On March 21, 2020, the Kyoto City Museum of Art, will reopen in its new incarnation as the Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art following an extensive upgrade. The Higashiyama Cube gallery, an exciting new addition built to mark the rebirth of this beloved 86 year old local institution, will be the venue for \u201cHIROSHI SUGIMOTO \u2013 POST VITAM<\/i>,\u201d an exhibition of work by Hiroshi Sugimoto, a contemporary artist with a global practice who also has close ties with Kyoto.
\nSince the 1970s, Hiroshi Sugimoto has earned global acclaim for photographic works combining sophisticated large-format camera techniques with conceptual motifs. Sugimoto\u2019s interests also encompass collecting art and historical documents from different times and places, architecture, and theater directing: all facets of his ongoing exploration of the concept of time, human perception, and the origins of consciousness.
\nVisiting Kyoto frequently over the years and finding himself moved to contemplative thought by the ancient capital\u2019s long history, Sugimoto was inspired to create the Sea of Buddha<\/i> series in the city. Now, to celebrate the renewal of the Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art, situated in Okazaki, Kyoto, once home to six large temples, he will invoke the sacred splendor of an imaginary temple, under the title POST VITAM<\/i>.
\nThis first major exhibition by Hiroshi Sugimoto at a Kyoto museum will present a large-scale installation of photographic works by the artist including new large-format photos of the central figure in the main hall of the Rengeoin temple in Kyoto (better known as Sanjusangendo) together with the Sea of Buddha<\/i> series; and for the first time anywhere, the OPTICKS<\/i> series of large-format color photographs.
\nIn addition to various works and artifacts involving Kyoto, jodo<\/i> (pure land), and ruri<\/i> (lapis lazuli) \u2013 glass, the exhibition will include Sugimoto\u2019s Glass Tea House “Mondrian,”<\/i> installed in the Museum\u2019s outdoor Japanese garden. An intriguing addition to a show offering visitors the opportunity to take a fresh look at a photography-based creative practice developing alongside the artist\u2019s intersecting religious, scientific and artistic spirits of inquiry, and ponder anew the state of the Japanese soul in its centuries-old craving for the pure land.<\/p>\n
—————————– Hiroshi Sugimoto\u2019s essay \u201cSecond Silent Spring\u201d which appeared in the April 15 edition of the Yomiuri Shimbun has been recreated as a visual presentation viewable on YouTube. The work features installation views of HIROSHI SUGIMOTO \u2013 POST VITAM at Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art. \u201cSecond Silent Spring\u201d by Hiroshi Sugimoto (2020)
\nVisual presentation of Sugimoto\u2019s essay \u201dSecond Silent Spring\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n\u25b7 Hiroshi Sugimoto A Second Silent Spring<\/a>
\nKeiichiro Shibuya\u2019s composition \u201cAppropriate Proportion\u201d originally composed for the documentary film \u201cMemories of Origin (2012)\u201d was newly edited for this work.<\/p>\n
\nProduction\/text\/direction: Hiroshi Sugimoto
\nMusic: Keiichiro Shibuya \u201cAppropriate Proportion\u201d ATAK018 Soundtrack for Memories of Origin Hiroshi Sugimoto
\nSource: Yomiuri Shimbun (April 15, 2020)
\nInstallation views: HIROSHI SUGIMOTO \u2013 POST VITAM at Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art
\nPhotos: Yuji Ono, Yoshio Suzuki, Sugimoto Studio<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":603,"parent":0,"template":"","exhibition_cat":[2],"class_list":["post-1479","exhibition","type-exhibition","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","exhibition_cat-cat","en-US"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.kyotocity-kyocera.museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibition\/1479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.kyotocity-kyocera.museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibition"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.kyotocity-kyocera.museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/exhibition"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.kyotocity-kyocera.museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibition\/1479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9698,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.kyotocity-kyocera.museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibition\/1479\/revisions\/9698"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.kyotocity-kyocera.museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.kyotocity-kyocera.museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"exhibition_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.kyotocity-kyocera.museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibition_cat?post=1479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}