INSPIRE ME! Artist of Month for May 2014: Hiroshi Sugimoto

ART MEDIA AGENCY

My work simply flows with the current: humanity’s 

ongoing technological development, 

which reaches science, religion, philosophy and art.

~ HIROSHI SUGIMOTO

"Sea of Buddhas 001" (1995)

Hiroshi Sugimoto is a Japanese photographer, born in 1948. Today, he is considered to be amongst the most significant contemporary artists, recognised, not only for his technique, but for the conceptual and philosophical elements of his practice. Art Media Agency met with the artist at his new exhibition entitled “Aujourd’hui le Monde est Mort” (Lost Human Genetic Archive), taking place at Paris’s Palais de Tokyo. The artist discussed the evolution of his work, giving an insight, too, into new ideas and forthcoming projects. [link]

Japanese Artist Hiroshi Sugimoto's "Acts of God" at Fraenkel Gallery

THE ALPHA OMEGA ARTS
By TAHLIB

Hiroshi Sugimoto, The Last Supper: Acts of God (detail), 1999/2012

CALIFORNIA---Japanese photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto’s "The Last Supper: Acts of God" will be on display at the Fraenkel gallery from May 1 - July 3, 2014. The exhibition, "Hiroshi Sugimoto: Acts of God"(1999/2012) is a five-panel photograph, more than 24 feet in length. The artist first created this work in 1999, from a life-size wax reproduction of Leonardo’s "The Last Supper," which he photographed at a museum in Izu, Japan. In 2012, while the work was stored in the artist’s basement, it was damaged by the storm surge and flooding that occurred when Hurricane Sandy hit New York City. Sugimoto chose to retain the dramatic marks, colorations and ripples that have changed the character of the photograph. This gallery display coincides with a museum exhibition at the Getty Center. [link]