This lavish book is the only complete collection of the renowned Theaters series, in which Hiroshi Sugimoto opens his shutter as a film begins and closes it as it concludes. "Different movies give different brightnesses. If it's an optimistic story, I usually end up with a bright screen; if it's a sad story, it's a dark screen."
Hiroshi Sugimoto was born in Tokyo in 1948. He studied photography at the Center College of Design in Los Angeles before moving to New York in the 70s. His work has been exhibited internationally, including at the Berkeley Art Museum, California; the 10th Biennial of Sydney, Australia; capc MusEe de l'Art Contemporain, Bordeaux; the Carnegie International, Pittsburgh; the New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York; and The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Hans Belting is professor of art history and media theory at the University of Munich and the University of Chicago, and the author of The End of the History of Art? and Likeness and Presence.
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*Please note that this is a sample image and not the cover. The book has a pure white cover in a silver slipcase.
Text by Dr. Hans Belting and Sugimoto.
Publisher: Sonnabend Sundell, Publication Date: 2000
First Edition