Hiroshi sugimoto is one of the most significant japanese contemporary artists to have emerged in the last 30 years. Japanese photographer hiroshi sugimotos pervading interest in theatre architecture is collected in a new book by damiani editore and matsumoto editions. He settled in new york, where he soon began his study of conceptual photography. What is hiroshi sugimotos theaters photography project. Hiroshi sugimoto william forsythe ballet season 1920.
Oct 15, 2016 hiroshi is joined in conversation with darius himes, international head of photographs for christies and coauthor of publish your photography book. He took many of his influences from the works and writings of marcel duchamp as well as. Fascinated by the concept of photographing an entire movie in a single frame, sugimoto creates his theater interiors by leaving the aperture. Sep 14, 2016 from september 14 october 1, 2016, fraenkellab is featuring a special presentation of seven photographs of theaters by hiroshi sugimoto. Silent images, tending to essentiality and plucked from the flow of the time, that catch the eye as archetypes of a civilization still pervaded by a sense of eternity. By choosing to shoot an entire movie in one frame, he creates luminous images that call attention to the passage of time and the specificity of each location. The artist has photographed more than 100 movie houses and drivein theaters in the past 40 years, and he recently extended the series to include italian opera houses and abandoned theaters. Since the 1970s, he has worked on his theater series, in which he photographs american cinemas during film showings. From september 14 october 1, 2016, fraenkellab is featuring a special presentation of seven photographs of theaters by hiroshi sugimoto. Hiroshi sugimoto, where noh theatre meets ballet pen. Hiroshi sugimoto has 47 books on goodreads with 1547 ratings.
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The complex, set to open in october, is the culmination of. In his photographic series, as well as his experiments with sculptural objects, architecture and exhibition design, sugimoto attempts to highlight and expand our perception of such abstract qualities as time, light, space, movement, spirit and the nature of reality itself. He reportedly took his earliest photographs in high school, photographing film footage of audrey hepburn as it played in a movie theater. Tripoli gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of photographs by hiroshi sugimoto. Sugimotos works aimed to create suspended states by changing the way time was represented and how individuals perceived it.
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