The New York based Japanese photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto is a tecnically as well as philosophically equilibristic artist. Sugimoto works with large format cameras and long exposure time. His work is presented in the collection of major art museums in London, New York, Paris, Tokyo and Stockholm.

“Hiroshi Sugimoto's photographs of movie palaces and drive-in theatres pay homage to the role played by cinema in the creation of a modern American myth. The concept of a place signifying a bygone era is central to these images. Sugimoto's work also investigates the notion of how time is captured on film. [...] The movie palaces and drive-ins frame the photographs themselves, while encapsulating an evocative sense of locale. Likewise, the photographs test the limitations of time within the context of two dimensional representations.“ Peter Halbert: “The Blank Screens of Hiroshi Sugimoto”. In: H. Sugimoto: “Motion Picture”, 1995.

Provenance: Galleri Faurschou, Copenhagen; Sonnabend Gallery, New York.