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Hiroshi Sugimoto
(*1948)
Singal Box - Herzog &. De Meuron,
1998
Material / Technology / Carrier
Silbergelatineabzug
Dimensions of the object
61 x 50,8 cm
Displayed
Not on display
Acquisition
1999 erworben als Ankauf aus der Galerie Sonnabend, New York
Stock
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Sammlung Moderne Kunst
in der Pinakothek der Moderne München
Citation
Hiroshi Sugimoto, Singal Box - Herzog &. De Meuron, 1998, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Sammlung Moderne Kunst
in der Pinakothek der Moderne München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/wE4KKPz4Z5 (Last updated on 15.05.2024)
The remarkable ability of the familiar to take on an unexpected strangeness, can be sensed through the photographs from Hiroshi Sugimoto's work series titled "Architecture". Since 1997 and initially commissioned by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, the artist has been exploring important architectural buildings of the early twentieth century in Europe, North America and Asia by means of an abstract, almost puzzling visual language. In his so-called “erosion testings”, the artist challenges the stability of the “architecture of superlatives”. By using long periods of exposure, Sugimoto causes the depicted buildings to almost melt away in the process. Isolated from their urban context and bathed in dreamlike light, the photographed constructions seem to be almost reminiscent of toy models. Sugimoto's hazy black and white photographs put the rational vision of New Building to the test and transform iconic landmarks into allegorical memories.
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