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Boden Sea, Uttwill by Hiroshi Sugimoto on display now at the Gagosian Gallery via Artnet.

Fourteen photographs from the Seascapes series by Hiroshi Sugimoto are on display at the Gagosian Gallery through March 7, 2009.  The exhibition entitled 7 Days / 7 Nights is comprised of photographs of the sea and its horizon taken at various locations around the globe.  The photos, like all of Sugimoto’s work, were taken using a late 19th century large-format camera with extremely long exposures.  The results are works that display the unchanging nature of the sea while still revealing its subtle idiosyncrasies.  The artist is also the subject of a traveling retrospective now on display at the Lucerne Museum of Art. Included are several of the artist’s famed works including several photos from the 1976 Dioramas series. The series Dioramas consists of photographs taken of natural history museum displays, the subjects appear as real animals until examined further. Like much of Sugimoto’s work Dioramas is an attempt to intrigue the viewer into taking a more methodical approach at viewing the photo and its subjects. These works along with several others will be on display at the Lucerne Museum of Art through January 25, 2009.

Sugimoto at Four Venues [Art: 21]
7 Days / 7 Nights Press Release [Gagosian Gallery]
Hiroshi Sugimoto “Seven Days / Seven Nights” [NY Art Beat]
Hiroshi Sugimoto Press Release [Lucerne Museum of Art]
Hiroshi Sugimoto Retrospective at the Lucerne Museum of Art [Raw Art]
Hyena Jackel Vulture by Hiroshi Sugimoto Via Christie’s. On display now at the Lucerne Museum of Art

Polar Bear via Lucerne Museum of Art. On display now at the Lucerne Museum of Art.

Lightning Fields 008 via Artnet. On display now at the Lucerne Museum of Art.

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