The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 25, 2024

Caribbean Sea, Jamaica

1988

Hiroshi Sugimoto

(Japanese, 1948-)

Image: 42.1 x 54.5 cm (16 9/16 x 21 7/16 in.); Paper: 44.5 x 60.4 cm (17 1/2 x 23 3/4 in.); Matted: 63.5 x 81.3 cm (25 x 32 in.)

Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry, Mrs. John B. Dempsey, and Mr. Donald F. Barney, Jr., in honor of Brenda and Evan Turner 1994.22

Location: not on view

Description

In his striking, minimal seascapes, Japanese photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto conveys the sensation of timelessness and infinite space. For this series, begun in 1980, he traveled the world to photograph vast bodies of water from high cliffs using a large-format camera. By eliminating all indications of land and humanity, Sugimoto revealed the subtle differences in atmosphere, light, wind, and wave patterns at each site. With trance-like intensity, these evocative seascapes provide cogent metaphors for transience, emptiness, and dislocation.

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Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996. Reproduced: P. 351
The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (MOCA), Cleveland, OH (June 9-August 20, 2006).
The History of Japanese Photography. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX (organizer) (March 2-April 27, 2003); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (May 25-July 20, 2003).
Legacy of Light: Master Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 24, 1996-February 2, 1997).
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