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HIROSHI SUGIMOTO

Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 8, 2022
Notes from Setouchi: At Naoshima, three giants of Japanese art wrestle for attention
In spaces that opened earlier this year on Naoshima, the severe architecture of Tadao Ando brings a new edge to the art of Yayoi Kusama and Hiroshi Sugimoto.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 20, 2021
Hiroshi Sugimoto¡¯s Jekyll and Hyde year
The artist famous for his riddling photos has turned to old-fashioned function and grace in his design for the Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden in the U.S.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 18, 2020
Hiroshi Sugimoto: Spiritual recultivation in apocalyptic times
The inaugural exhibition of the newly minted Kyoto City Kyocera Museum of Art highlights the career of acclaimed photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 20, 2018
The best pick and mix of modern art
The current exhibition at the Hara Museum of Contemporary Art could be considered a retrospective of Toshio Hara¡¯s career as a collector. Surprisingly, given that the museum was founded in 1979, it¡¯s the first time that the director and president has personally curated a show there, and the title is...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Dec 12, 2017
It has been a year of new museums, galleries and inventive renovations
From polka-dot emporiums and oceanfront observatories to a new-generation castle museum, a raft of eclectic new cultural spaces have been showcased over the past year across Japan. Here are a few highlights that have either opened or been renovated across the country in recent months.
CULTURE / Art
Dec 12, 2017
Bohemia along the Sumida: In search of cultural capital
On paper, the Japanese government supports the arts, which are considered important vehicles for promoting Japanese culture globally, enhancing the country¡¯s image as a tourist destination and stimulating declining regional economies. But, where does the content for Japan¡¯s increasing number of art festivals...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Oct 7, 2017
Hiroshi Sugimoto: The illusion of architecture
The renowned artist made a name for himself by capturing time in a photograph. Now he attempts to do the same with an art complex in Odawara ...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 6, 2016
Japan¡¯s TOP museum sees the big picture
After being closed for two years for major renovations, Tokyo¡¯s best-known photography museum in Tokyo¡¯s fashionable Ebisu neighborhood reopened on Sept. 3, just in time to celebrate its 20-year anniversary. The venerable facility now boasts a new look, improved exhibition spaces and a new name in English:...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 6, 2016
It¡¯s the end of the world as we know it, and we still feel fine
Hiroshi Sugimoto¡¯s ¡°Lost Human Genetic Archive,¡± the inaugural exhibition for the reopening of the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography (now the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum), is an erudite and elaborate exercise in gallows humor. The theme is the end of civilization and human life, but possibly...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 30, 2016
¡®Hiroshi Sugimoto: Lost Human Genetic Archive¡¯
Sept. 3-Nov. 13
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Apr 23, 2016
¡®Hiroshi Sugimoto: Black Box¡¯ ponders representations of representations
¡°Black Box¡± is the most recent publication of works by Japanese photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto. It spans the entirety of his artistic career, from the natural history ¡°Dioramas¡± of the 1970s to his recent ¡°Lightning Fields¡± series. It also includes a wide-ranging discussion between Sugimoto and curator...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jan 24, 2015
Hiroshi Sugimoto: On the Beach
Hiroshi Sugimoto¡¯s photography is mesmerizing partly because of its other-worldly perfection ¡ª his black-and-white prints are flawless. On its own, however, this isn¡¯t enough to justify the significance of his work in the contemporary art scene. His deadpan images of animal dioramas, waxwork figures...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 28, 2014
A modern annex for an old favorite
I always feel a little inadequate arriving at the Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, shambling up its gravel drive in my slovenly journalist garb and running one hand over my face to check if I¡¯ve shaved that day. It¡¯s such an elegant venue that I feel I really should be arriving in more style, possibly...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Oct 23, 2013
Tears shed for puppets in the City of Love
Japanese photographer/artist Hiroshi Sugimoto is inescapable in Paris just now, with posters all over the Metro for his ¡°Accelerated Buddha¡± exhibition at the Fondation Pierre Berg¨¦-Yves Saint Laurent and ¡°Sugimoto Bunraku: Sonezaki Shinju¡± (¡°The Love Suicides at Sonezaki¡°) at the Th¨¦?tre de la Ville...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art / NEW ART SEEN
Jan 1, 2003
So you thought ¡®02 was good? Well, there¡¯s Mori to come
It looks, at first glance, like a refreshing case of ¡°out with the old, and in with the new¡°: In late 2002 the Tokyo art community bade a teary goodbye to its Mecca, when the falling-down old Sagacho building, home for years to some of Japan¡¯s most progressive gallery spaces, finally closed its doors...
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