内容简介
HiroshiSugimotohasexploredideasoftime,empiricism,andmetaphysicsthroughasurrealandformalisticapproachsincethe1970s.Aself-described“habitualself-interlocutor,”Sugimotousesthecameraasabridgebetweenabstractquestionsandthequiet,comicalnatureofmoderneverydaylife.WhetherformallyphotographingMadameTussaudswaxfiguresandthewildlifescenesattheAmericanMuseumofNaturalHistory,oropeningthelensofhis8-by-10cameratocaptureatwo-hour-longfilminoneexposure,heexploresthemesofconsumerism,narrative,andexistenceinrichandevocativeimagery.ThisnewprojectpresentsasurveyofSugimoto’siconicwork,fromhiscalmseascapestohismorerecentexplorationoflightningfieldsandphotogenicdrawing.CreatedinconjunctionwithanupcomingexhibitionatFUNDACI?NMAPFREinSpain,thesurveyincludesanintroductionandessaybywriterandcuratorPhilipLarratt-Smith,aninterviewwithSugimoto,andtextbytheprominentBrazilianartistIrandoEspíritoSanto.
作者简介
HiroshiSugimoto(born1948)isaJapanesephotographerandarchitect.HedivideshistimebetweenTokyoandNewYorkCity.Sugimotohasexhibitedextensivelyinmajormuseumsandgalleriesthroughouttheworld,andhisworkisheldinnumerouspubliccollections,includingTheMetropolitanMuseumofArt,NewYork;MuseumofContemporaryArt,Tokyo;NationalGallery,London;NationalMuseumofModernArt,Tokyo;Smithsonian,Washington,DC;andTate,London,amongothers.