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Presentation over the Artist Hiroshi Sugimoto-was accompanied by a written research paper that was read during the presentation.
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Hiroshi Sugimoto
Presented by Jill Hayes
The Spiritual in Contemporary ArtUMKC
Spring Term 2011
Sea of Buddha
Hiroshi Sugimoto, Sea of Buddha, Black and White Photograph Series, 1995
The temple houses 1000 identical life-sized Buddha (Bodhistva Kannon) statues
Sugimoto photographed the hall in 1995 to create a series of 48 black and white photographs
Sanjusangendo Temple (Exterior)Kyoto, Japan
Sanjusangendo is a twelfth-century Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan.
The Buddha statues are arranged in 10 rows by 100 columns. In front and around some of these columns there are also 28 unique statues of guardian deities. Directly in the centre of these 1000 statues is a giant buddha statue covered in gold.
Sanjusangendo Temple (Interior)Hall of Thirty Three Bays / One Thousand Buddha
Sea of Buddha
Hiroshi Sugimoto, Sea of Buddha, 1995 (Exhibition Format)
7 Days / 7 Nights
Hiroshi Sugimoto, Seascapes Series, Black and White Photographs, 1980-2008, 7 Days / 7 Nights Exhibition at Gagosian Gallery in 2008.
Seascapes, Ligurian Sea
Hiroshi Sugimoto, Ligurian Sea, Saviore, 1982 (7 Days / 7 Nights Exhibition)
Seascapes, Caribbean Sea
Hiroshi Sugimoto, Caribbean Sea, Jamacia,1980 (7 Days / 7 Nights Exhibition)
Shinto Go-Oh Shrine
Hiroshi Sugimoto, artist and designer on the reconstruction project, 2002, Frontal view over the worship hall to the main sanctuary
Naoshima Island, Japan (top center, in yellow)
Shinto Go-Oh Shrine
Exterior view and side view of the outside optical glass steps, 2002
Shinto Go-Oh Shrine
Rock Chamber / Underground Chamber, An optical glass staircase leads from the worship hall to an underground chamber that represents the unity of heaven and earth.
Bibliography
1. Batchelor, Stephen. "Seeing the Light: Photography as Buddhist Practice." In Buddha Mind in Contemporary Art, edited by Jacquelynn Baas and Mary Jane Jacob, 141-145. Los Angeles, 2004.
2. Brougher, Kerry, "Impossible Photography," in Hiroshi Sugimoto, by Kerry Brougher and David Elliott, 21-31. Washington D.C.: Hatje Cantz Publishers, 2006.
3. Elliott, David. "Hiroshi Sugimoto: The Faces of Infinity." In Hiroshi Sugimoto, by Kerry Brougher and David Elliott, 32-41. Washington D.C.: Hatje Cantz Publishers, 2006.
4. Havinga, Anne E. "Landscapes from Nature, Landscapes of the Mind." In MFA Highlights: Photography, by Anne E. Havinga, Karen E. Haas and Nancy Keeler, 127-159. Boston: MFA Publications, 2008.
5. Spector, Nancy. "Reinventing Realism." In Sugimoto Portraits, by Tracey Bashkoff and Nancy Spector, 10-23. New York: Guggenheim Museum Publications, 2000.
6. Sugimoto, Hiroshi. "Sea of Buddha" (Plate Description) In Hiroshi Sugimoto, by Kerry Brougher and David Elliott, 163. Washington D.C.: Hatje Cantz Publishers, 2006.
7. Sugimoto, Hiroshi. "The Times of My Youth: Images from Memory." In Hiroshi Sugimoto, by Kerry Brougher and David Elliott, 10-19. Washington D.C.: Hatje Cantz Publishers, 2006.
8. Sugimoto, Hiroshi. "Appropriate Proportion" (Artist website) (Hiroshi Sugimoto, 2002, accessed 4 September 2011), available from http://www.sugimotohiroshi.com/appropriate.html
9. No author, "Hiroshi Sugimoto: 7 Days / 7 Nights" (Press Release) (Gagosian Gallery, 2008, accessed 2 September 2011), available from http://www.gagosian.com/exhibitions/2008-11-06_hiroshi-sugimoto
THE ENDQuestions Welcome
Completely Irrelevant Fact:
In 2009, the band U2 selected Sugimoto's seascape Boden Sea as the cover for their album, No Line on the Horizon.
No cash exchanged hands, rather the band and the artist have a barter agreement which allows Sugimoto to use the band's song "No Line on the Horizon" (partly inspired by the "Boden Sea" image) in any future project.