Damiani is pleased to announce the publication of a series of books on sugimotos work, in collaboration with matsumoto editions. Endeavors in art aremere approximations, efforts to render visible unseen realms, he says. A selfdescribed habitual selfinterlocutor, sugimoto uses the camera as a bridge between abstract questions and the quiet, comical nature of modern. See more ideas about hiroshi sugimoto, photography and japanese photography. Super potato design is the first fulllength book to present the. For over thirty years, sugimoto has traveled the world photographing its seas, producing a body of work that is an extended meditation on the passage of time and the natural history of the earth. Hiroshi sugimoto is a contemporary japanese photographer whose esoteric practice explores memory and time. The complex, set to open in october, is the culmination of the artists career, a series of. Japans leading interior designer book online at best prices in india on. So very commonplace are these substances, they hardly attract attention. Sugimoto is a master of the long exposure and the largeformat camera.
Hiroshi sugimoto at the odawara art foundations enoura observatory, about an hour outside of tokyo. These primordial substances, which make possible all life on earth, are the subject of hiroshi sugimotos seascapes series. Sugimotos winning project with singer minami saeki, songs, is the source for this lovely, oddly static work, performed in tandem by the composer and guitarist cristian alvear. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Super potato s compelling designs for the interiors of restaurants, shops and hotels. The complete works of takashi sugimoto super potato design is the first fulllength book to present the work and conceptual ideas of the internationally renowned japanese design firm super potato, founded by takashi sugimoto. Internationaly based interior design firm super potato s official home page. He tells himself he is following sugimoto because there is an unpaid debt. Super potato s powerful designs for the interiors of restaurants, shops and hotels, as well as takashi sugimoto s designs for tea ceremony spaces and utensils, are richly complex compositions of. See more ideas about hiroshi sugimoto, gelatin silver print and fashion photography art. The complete works of takashi sugimoto mira rocher on. Brochure, in french, with interview brochure, in french, with interview by thomas kellein reprint of interview published in exhibition catalogue hiroshi sugimoto. Hiroshi sugimoto hiroshi sugimoto first encountered the elaborate animal dioramas at the american museum of natural history after moving to new york in 1974.
His father left for the united states shortly after he was born, and his mother joined him some years later, with the result that the young henry was raised largely by his grandparents. A selfdescribed habitual selfinterlocutor, sugimoto uses the camera as a bridge between abstract questions and. Sugimoto, who was born in wakayama, japan, and was the grandson of a samurai, moved to hanford, calif. Super potato design is the first fulllength book to present the built work and conceptual ideas of the internationally renowned japanese design firm super potato, founded by takashi sugimoto. Contemporary art symposium 1994, a gathering organized by the japan foundation, continues to function as a model for regional exchange. These primordial substances, which make possible all life on earth, are the subject of hiroshi sugimoto s seascapes series.
Living phenomena spontaneously generated from water and air in the presence of light. Super potatos compelling designs for the interiors of restaurants, shops and hotels, as well as takashi sugimotos designs for tea ceremony spaces and utensils, are richly complex. In the course evolution, aquatic organisms crawled onto land and their fins evolved into legs. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Japans leading interior designer kindle edition by locher, mira, ando, tadao, shiratori, yoshio. Hiroshi sugimoto was in fact born and raised in tokyo. His artistic career com prises close studies of sameness and difference. Hiroshi sugimotos most popular book is hiroshi sugimoto. Hiroshi sugimoto born 1948 has helped define what it means to be a multidisciplinary contemporary artist, his photographs blurring the lines between photography, painting. Traveled as hiroshi sugimoto to art gallery of york university, toronto, september 5october 29. Persons with the name sugimoto, can be quite ambitious, selfconfident, determined and selfreliant and have a strong unyielding willpower and the courage of their convictions. Hiroshi sugimoto, japanese photographer whose realistic images of intangible or impossible phenomena challenged the understanding of photography as an objective art form.
Internationaly based interior design firm super potatos official home page. Mar 12, 2016 in association with mcnamara art projects. Nobuyoshi araki hiroshi sugimoto 28 january 12 march. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading super potato design. This foundational seminar involved several practitioners from china, including curator li xianting and a thenyoung artist named cai guoqiang. While those piece were generally short song length, here sugimoto takes one, h, and elaborates on it for more than 42 minutes. The veteran photographer making stunning new buildings the.
Hiroshi sugimoto began to photograph his dioramas series, a body of work that spans almost four decades, when he moved to new york city from japan in 1974. He died at the age of 90 in 1990, living after the war in apartments on. Hiroshi sugimoto book series matsumoto incorporated. Established in 1962, the mit press is one of the largest and most distinguished university presses in the world and a leading publisher of books and journals at the intersection of science, technology, art, social science, and design. Super potato design is the first fulllength book to present the work and conceptual ideas of the internationally renowned japanese design firm super potato, founded by takashi sugimoto. I made a curious discovery while looking at the exhibition of animal dioramas. Takashi sugimoto accidental design toto, tokyo 2011 isbn 978 4 88706 317 4 42. Super potato s powerful designs for the interiors of restaurants, shops and hotels, as well as takashi sugimoto s designs for tea ceremony spaces and utensils.
Super potato s compelling designs for the interiors of restaurants, shops and hotels, as well as takashi sugimoto s designs for tea ceremony spaces and utensils, are richly complex compositions of materials. Since the mid1970s, hiroshi sugimoto has used photography to investigate how visual representation interprets and distills history. New projects, new ideas and the desire for expansion, all allow the them to go forth with courage, originality and decisiveness. Super potato design is the first fulllength book to present the work and. Find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. Henry sugimoto was born in wakayama, japan, on march 12, 1900. Antigravitation structures everything on this planet is drawn towards the earth, regardless of whether they are living creatures or inanimate objects. Japanese design firm super potato, founded by takashi sugimoto. Hiroshi sugimoto has 47 books on goodreads with 1547 ratings. See available photographs, prints and multiples, and sculpture for sale and learn about the artist.
Takashi sugimoto, visionary founder and president of super potato co. Apr 03, 2017 hiroshi sugimoto at the odawara art foundations enoura observatory, about an hour outside of tokyo. Omitting the didactic materials surrounding each display, images in the series dioramasproduced between 1975 and 1999heighten the illusion that the animals were photographed in. Buy sugimoto first edition by hiroshi sugimoto isbn.
The veteran photographer making stunning new buildings. Hiroshi sugimoto discusses his process for designing exhibitions, and the role that marcel duchamps work and ideology plays in his own artistic process. Books by hiroshi sugimoto author of hiroshi sugimoto. When i first arrived in new york in 1974, i visited many of the citys tourist sites, one of which was the the american museum of natural history. Dressed up as a tourist, i walked into a cheap cinema in the east village with a largeformat. Super potato design is the first fulllength book to present the work and conceptual ideas of the internationally renowned japanese design firm super potato. Immediately i sprang into action, experimenting toward realising this vision. I imagine my vision then try to make it happen, just like painting, he says. It was a critical moment in the history of intellectual exchange.
Super potatos compelling designs for the interiors of restaurants, shops and hotels, as well as takashi sugimotos designs for tea ceremony spaces and utensils. Ben brown fine arts hong kong, in collaboration with mcnamara art projects, is pleased to announce the exhibition nobuyoshi araki hiroshi sugimoto, featuring the iconic and seemingly disparate work of two of the most prominent contemporary photographers, both emanating from japan. Book super potato design the complete works of takashi. During the prime time of seibu group, i worked with ikko tanaka for the environmental planning of the seibu department stores as a design director to launch several stores domestically. I was first involved with designs for bars, tearooms, and boutiques. Super potato s powerful designs for the interiors of restaurants, shops and hotels, as well as takashi sugimoto s designs for tea ceremony spaces and utensils, are richly complex compositions of materials. He studied metalworking because he says it was the department with the fewest students. Inspire a love of reading with prime book box for kids discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1. Dioramas narrates a story of the cycle of life, death and rebirth, from prehistoric aquatic life to the propagation of reptile and animal life to homo sapiens destruction of the earthand then to a renewal of the earth, where flora and fauna flourish without man. Super potatos powerful designs for the interiors of restaurants, shops and hotels, as well as takashi sugimotos designs for tea ceremony spaces and utensils, are richly complex. Super potatos powerful designs for the interiors of restaurants, shops and hotels, as well as takashi sugimotos designs for tea ceremony spaces and. He moved to new york in 1974 where he lives and works today, he also has a residence in tokyo however. To craft his exquisite blackandwhite images, hiroshi sugimoto uses a 19thcenturystyle, largeformat camera, exploring his idea of photography as a method for preserving and modeling time. Theyd drawn even but now hes halfblind, and his depth perception is shot to shit, and a pound of flesh seems like fair recompense for the only thing ogata has ever done well in his entire life.
I established super potato as an interior design firm in 1973. Hiroshi sugimoto book series theaters, seascapes, and dioramas are the first three books in a series of publications on the work of photographer and conceptual artist hiroshi sugimoto. Hiroshi sugimoto japanese hiroshi sugimotos works seem to capture the japanese notion of aware, a term connoting sur prise or delight. Oct 31, 2010 hiroshi sugimoto was born and raised in tokyo, japan, where he studied politics and sociology at st. Sugimoto meaning, sugimoto name meaning babynology. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Exhibition brillia mare ariake brillia mare tokyo, 2008. Portraits is the fourth in a series of books on sugimotos major bodies of work and presents 70 photographs, 7 of which have never before been published.
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