Hiroshi Sugimoto
Hiroshi Sugimoto ( Japanese杉 本 博 司, Sugimoto Hiroshi , born February 23, 1948 in Tokyo , Japan ) is a Japanese photographer who lives and works in New York , USA .
life and work
Hiroshi Sugimoto studied at Saint Paul's University in Tokyo . During his art studies at the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles , he was sustained by the American art movements of minimalism and conceptual art (concept art) affected.
He works exclusively in the medium of black and white photography and according to the concept of the series by consistently pursuing the idea of individual series over a long period of time. So far, the following series / groups of works have been in the foreground in his work: "Dioramas" (dioramas) and "Wax Museums" ( wax figure museums , both from 1976 on), "Theaters" (cinemas, from 1978), "Seascapes" (sea views, from 1980) and "Architecture" (from 1997). Works by Hiroshi Sugimoto are represented in many international collections and are presented in photography and art exhibitions. His works are part of artistic photography .
Awards
- 2001: Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photography
- 2006/2007: German Photo Book Prize
- 2009: Praemium Imperiale
- 2010: Medals of Honor (Japan)
- 2013: Officier des Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
- 2014: Isamu Noguchi Award
Exhibitions (selection)
- 1977: Minami Gallery, Tokyo
- 1981: Sonnabend Gallery, New York
- 1985: New Museum of Contemporary Art , New York
- 1989: Cleveland Art Museum, USA
- 1993: Palais des Beaux-Arts, Charleroi , Belgium
- 1995: Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland ; Center International D'art Contemporain, Montreal , Canada ; Metropolitan Museum of Art , New York; The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
- 1996: Sydney Biennale, Australia ; Hara Museum Arc, Gunma , Japan
- 1997: Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley , USA
- 1998: Sonnabend Gallery, New York; Photographer's Gallery, London , GB
- 1999: Galerie next St. Stephan, Vienna , Austria
- 2000: Deutsche Guggenheim Berlin; Guggenheim Museum Bilbao , Spain
- 2001: Yokohama Triennial, Japan; Kunsthaus Bregenz
- 2002: Kunsthalle Bielefeld
- 2003: Museum of Contemporary Art , Chicago
- 2004: Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh , GB; Jeu de Paume, Paris , France
- 2007: MARTa Herford
- 2007: Art Collection North Rhine-Westphalia , Düsseldorf
- 2007: Villa Manin Centro d'Arte Contemporanea, Passariano Italy
- 2008: Museum der Moderne Salzburg Mönchsberg
- 2008: New National Gallery , Berlin
- 2008: Art Museum KKL, Lucerne
- 2012: Hiroshi Sugimoto: Revolution , Museum Brandhorst , Munich
literature
- Petra Gördüren, Dirk Luckow (Eds.): Dopplereffekt. Pictures in Art and Science , Kunsthalle zu Kiel January 31 to May 2, 2010. DuMont Buchverlag, Kiel 2010, ISBN 978-3-8321-9295-2
- Hiroshi Sugimoto , Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern 2007, ISBN 978-3-7757-1934-6
- Francesco Bonami et al .: Hiroshi Sugimoto. Architecture . Ed .: Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern 2007. ISBN 978-3-7757-2056-4 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Hiroshi Sugimoto in the catalog of the German National Library
- Official website
- Guggenheim Collection Online
Individual evidence
- ↑ Peter Yeoh: Capturing Light - Hiroshi Sugimoto reveals the essence of his life's work . In: Glass Magazine . No. 2, 2010, ISSN 2041-6318 , pp. 174-179.
- ^ Retrospective of the Japanese artist Hiroschi Sugimoto in the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin, from July 4th to October 5th, 2008
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sugimoto, Hiroshi |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 杉 本 博 司 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 23, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tokyo |