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Tyrrhenian Sea, Scilla

1993

Gelatin-silver print

119.4 x 149.2 cm

Photo ©Hiroshi Sugimoto, Courtesy of Lission Gallery

Tyrrhenian Sea, Scilla

1993

Gelatin-silver print

119.4 x 149.2 cm

‘Can someone today view a scene just as primitive man might have?’ Hiroshi Sugimoto dates his fascination with the sea back to childhood. ‘My first personal memory is a seascape,’ he explains. ‘The sea has changed so much less than the land, so when human beings first gained consciousness, moving from an animal to a human state, the seascape might have made a strong impression on their minds. I can share that vision. I can compare my own memory with the first vision of the world.’

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Artist Biography
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Hiroshi Sugimoto currently lives and works between New York and Tokyo. His retrospective exhibitions have been presented at prominent institutions worldwide, including the Hayward Gallery in London, the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia. He has also held solo exhibitions at leading international museums such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, MoMA, the Guggenheim Museum, Palais de Tokyo, and the Centre Pompidou—all of which house his works in their collections. Sugimoto’s artistic achievements have been recognized with numerous prestigious awards, including the Royal Photographic Society’s Centenary Medal, the Isamu Noguchi Award, Japan’s Medal with Purple Ribbon, the Praemium Imperiale, the Hasselblad Award, and the Mainichi Art Prize.
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