Sugimoto Portraits - Hardcover

Bashkoff

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0810969289 ISBN 13: 9780810969285

Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2000

Synopsis

Japanese artist Hiroshi Sugimoto is renowned for his elegant photographic series of seascapes, theaters, museum dioramas, and Buddhist statuary. His new series presents life-size, black-and-white portraits of historical figures -- Henry VIII and each of his wives, Voltaire, Benjamin Franklin, Oscar Wilde, and Emperor Hirohito, among others -- photographed in wax museums, isolated against black backgrounds, and dramatically lit so as to create haunting Rembrandtesque images. The series, which also includes a 25-foot, five-panel photograph of a wax effigy of Leonardo's Last Supper, emulates the grand tradition of portraiture and recalls the wax figures' sources in famous paintings by Holbein, David, van Dyck, and Vermeer.This book, published to accompany an exhibition of commissioned work for the Deutsche Guggenheim Berlin that also travels to the Guggenheim Museo Bilbao, includes texts by a team of art historians and an interview with Sugimoto, offering fresh insights into the work of this contemporary artist.

About this title

Synopsis:

A photographic series of life size, black-and-white portraits of historical figures taken in wax museums, isolated against black backgrounds, and dramatically lit. The book includes an interview with the artist, Sugimoto and texts by a team of art historians.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0810969289
• ISBN 13: 9780810969285
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 170