Fraenkel Gallery is pleased to present the U.S. debut of two important new bodies of work by Hiroshi Sugimoto, drawing from Japan's spiritual history and incorporating photographic techniques and materials into classical artforms.
The exhibition features immense folding screens, known as byobu, printed with photographs of sacred landmarks, and works from Brush Impression, a series of one-of-a-kind calligraphic photographs made by painting Japanese characters onto light-sensitive paper.
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The extraordinary career of Hiroshi Sugimoto (b. 1948) is celebrated in this retrospective of more than 100 luminous photographs, made from 1976 to the present. This presentation, in an installation designed by Sugimoto, constitutes the first major survey of Sugimoto's oeuvre.
One of Japan's most important contemporary artists, Sugimoto is known for his ongoing multiple series of hauntingly beautiful black-and-white photographs exploring the themes of time, memory, dreams, and natural histories. Working with a large-format camera, he produces glowing images, ranging from the richly detailed to the starkly minimal, which are often suffused with expanses of light and space.
Image Credit: Tateiwa, 2022, pigment print on Japanese rice paper, mounted to folding screen, 71-1/4 x 279 inches (overall)
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The exhibition features immense folding screens, known as byobu, printed with photographs of sacred landmarks, and works from Brush Impression, a series of one-of-a-kind calligraphic photographs made by painting Japanese characters onto light-sensitive paper.
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The extraordinary career of Hiroshi Sugimoto (b. 1948) is celebrated in this retrospective of more than 100 luminous photographs, made from 1976 to the present. This presentation, in an installation designed by Sugimoto, constitutes the first major survey of Sugimoto's oeuvre.
One of Japan's most important contemporary artists, Sugimoto is known for his ongoing multiple series of hauntingly beautiful black-and-white photographs exploring the themes of time, memory, dreams, and natural histories. Working with a large-format camera, he produces glowing images, ranging from the richly detailed to the starkly minimal, which are often suffused with expanses of light and space.
Image Credit: Tateiwa, 2022, pigment print on Japanese rice paper, mounted to folding screen, 71-1/4 x 279 inches (overall)
Fraenkel Gallery is pleased to present the U.S. debut of two important new bodies of work by Hiroshi Sugimoto, drawing from Japan's spiritual history and incorporating photographic techniques and materials into classical artforms.
The exhibition features immense folding screens, known as byobu, printed with photographs of sacred landmarks, and works from Brush Impression, a series of one-of-a-kind calligraphic photographs made by painting Japanese characters onto light-sensitive paper.
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The extraordinary career of Hiroshi Sugimoto (b. 1948) is celebrated in this retrospective of more than 100 luminous photographs, made from 1976 to the present. This presentation, in an installation designed by Sugimoto, constitutes the first major survey of Sugimoto's oeuvre.
One of Japan's most important contemporary artists, Sugimoto is known for his ongoing multiple series of hauntingly beautiful black-and-white photographs exploring the themes of time, memory, dreams, and natural histories. Working with a large-format camera, he produces glowing images, ranging from the richly detailed to the starkly minimal, which are often suffused with expanses of light and space.
Image Credit: Tateiwa, 2022, pigment print on Japanese rice paper, mounted to folding screen, 71-1/4 x 279 inches (overall)
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The exhibition features immense folding screens, known as byobu, printed with photographs of sacred landmarks, and works from Brush Impression, a series of one-of-a-kind calligraphic photographs made by painting Japanese characters onto light-sensitive paper.
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The extraordinary career of Hiroshi Sugimoto (b. 1948) is celebrated in this retrospective of more than 100 luminous photographs, made from 1976 to the present. This presentation, in an installation designed by Sugimoto, constitutes the first major survey of Sugimoto's oeuvre.
One of Japan's most important contemporary artists, Sugimoto is known for his ongoing multiple series of hauntingly beautiful black-and-white photographs exploring the themes of time, memory, dreams, and natural histories. Working with a large-format camera, he produces glowing images, ranging from the richly detailed to the starkly minimal, which are often suffused with expanses of light and space.
Image Credit: Tateiwa, 2022, pigment print on Japanese rice paper, mounted to folding screen, 71-1/4 x 279 inches (overall)
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