Hiroshi Sugimoto
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Hiroshi Sugimoto, born on February 23, 1948, is a Japanese photographer currently dividing his time between Tokyo, Japan and New York City, United States. His catalogue is made up of a number of series, each having a distinct theme and similar attributes...
art values
My art has gained some high value.
photography art thinking
I didn't want to be criticized for taking low-quality photographs, so I tried to reach the best, highest quality of photography and then to combine this with a conceptual art practice. But thinking back, that was the wrong decision [laughs]. Developing a low-quality aesthetic is a sign of serious fine art-I still see this.
art mean mind
Art is technique: a means by which to materialize the invisible realm of the mind.
art helping consciousness
Art always helps religion; it became an inseparable phenomenon when human beings gained consciousness.
art artistic intention
Art resides even in things with no artistic intentions.
spiritual school artist
Not any particular religion or school of religion, but being an artist, you have to be spiritual, in a way.
religious art feelings
Art and religion have the same origin. Art first, or religion first? Maybe consciousness first! Consciousness always comes with religious feeling and artistic identification. It's the same origin.
art pieces contemporary
The 1,000 Buddha, to me, is almost like a contemporary art piece.
spiritual artist postmodern
I don't love the postmodern statement: "You shouldn't be spiritual if you are the artist."
garden zen
It's pre-photography, a fossilization of time, ... Americans have done the Zen garden to death. I wanted to do something different.
call material means opposite research
I call it the New Material Research Laboratory, which means just the opposite - that it is about old techniques,
christian buddhist america
I don't know how many serious Christians exist here in America, but the Japanese, the younger generation is leaving the Buddhist religion mentality behind.
age example tools
I have no policy for my collection. For example, there's a bunch of meteorite [on the windowsill in my studio]. I touch it and I feel the energy from the universe. I have a 1/1,000th of a fragment of stone-age tools and pottery and debris. I can learn many things from my collection. Actually, the 1,000 Buddha, I wanted to buy it, but it's a National Treasure, so I couldn't. If you cannot buy it, just photograph it!
australia museums offering
I don't know whether the future or 2018 exists or not, but if it exists, I'm offering a show to a museum in Australia titled "Time Reversed." Time is going backwards.