Hiroshi Sugimoto
Sant'Elia Monument, Como, 1998
Gelatin silver print, printed in 1998, mounted on board in an artist’s frame.
Image : 148,5 x 119 cm.
Image : 58 1/2 x 46 3/4 in.
Image : 58 1/2 x 46 3/4 in.
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'Early-twentieth century modernism was a watershed moment in cultural history, a stripping away of superfluous decoration. The spread of democracy and the innovations of the Machine Age swept aside the...
"Early-twentieth century modernism was a watershed moment in cultural history, a stripping away of superfluous decoration. The spread of democracy and the innovations of the Machine Age swept aside the ostentation that heretofore had been a signifier of power and wealth.
I set out to trace the beginnings of our age via architecture. Pushing out my old large-format camera’s focal length to twice-infinity―with no stops on the bellows rail, the view through the lens was an utter blur―I discovered that superlative architecture survives the onslaught of blurred photography. Thus I began erosion-testing architecture for durability, completely melting away many of the buildings in the process."
- Hiroshi Sugimoto
I set out to trace the beginnings of our age via architecture. Pushing out my old large-format camera’s focal length to twice-infinity―with no stops on the bellows rail, the view through the lens was an utter blur―I discovered that superlative architecture survives the onslaught of blurred photography. Thus I began erosion-testing architecture for durability, completely melting away many of the buildings in the process."
- Hiroshi Sugimoto
Exhibitions
Bregenz, Kunsthaus Bregenz, Hiroshi Sugimoto: Architecture of Time, 2002 (another print exhibited);
Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshi Sugimoto: Architecture, 2003;
Arles, Les Rencontres d’Arles, Palais de l’Archevêché and Cloître Saint-Trophime, Icons, Claude Berri Collection, Photographs, July–August 2003;
Tokyo, Mori Art Museum, Hiroshi Sugimoto, 2005 (another print exhibited).
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