Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels
Christie's, London, Post War and Contemporary Art, 12 October 2012, lot 348
Christie's, London, First Open, 15 September 2017, lot 22
Sugimoto, Houston: Contemporary Arts Museum, 1996, p. 67
A. R. George, ed., Hope Photographs, London: Thames & Hudson, 1998, pp. 144-145
Japanese • 1948
Hiroshi Sugimoto's work examines the concepts of time, space and the metaphysics of human existence through breathtakingly perfect images of theaters, mathematical forms, wax figures and seascapes. His 8 x 10 inch, large-format camera and long exposures give an almost eerie serenity to his images, treating the photograph as an ethereal time capsule and challenging its associations of the 'instant.'
In his famed Seascapes, Sugimoto sublimely captures the nature of water and air, sharpening and blurring the elements together into a seamless, formless entity. This reflection of the human condition and its relationship with time follows through his exploration of historical topics and timeless beauty as he uniquely replicates the world around us.
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