Making a Museum in the 21st Century addresses some of the most pressing issues for museums in a new era of popularity and audience engagement. Over the past decade, spectacular buildings and increased attendance have been accompanied by increased expectations for museums to create new ways for visitors to interact with art. Against a backdrop of large demographic shifts and geopolitical shuffles resulting in rapid museum growth in Asia and the Middle East, museums around the world face new opportunities and challenges. This book brings together the perspectives of prominent museum leaders, directors, curators, architects and artists such as David Adjaye, Melissa Chiu (the Hirshhorn), Adam Lerner (MCA Denver), Glenn Lowry (MoMA), Walid Raad (Cooper Union), Hiroshi Sugimoto and others.

Making a Museum in the 21st Century

Morgan, Jessica

Lowry, Glenn

Deliss, Clémentine

Adjaye, David

SUGIMOTO, Hiroshi

Bharucha, Rustom

Carding, Janet

Collier, Caroline

Lerner, Adam

Makariou, Sophie

Nasar, Hammad

Nittve, Lars

Ning, Ou

Raad, Walid

Chunchen, Wang

Reference

Asia Society

Hiroshi Sugimoto, one of Japan’s best-known photographers, turns his lens on Italy’s architectural masterworks to create a meditation on the potential of cultural exchange and the possibility of cultural fusion. In an electrifying moment in 1585, four Japanese youths appeared before Pope Gregory XIII, summoned to his court from the nascent Christian community in Japan to present themselves at the capital of their faith. Legendary photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto follows in the boys’ footsteps, capturing the architectural wonders of Rome, Florence, and Venice as the Eastern visitors might have seen them on their grand tour. Sugimoto’s images present each chapel and theater as a marvel, imposing and dark. He contextualizes his photographs with Japanese works from the period and the decades that follow. These panels and objects attest to the impact of Western culture, specifically Jesuit Christianity, on Momoyama and Edo aesthetics as Japanese artists envisioned scenes of European life.

Hiroshi Sugimoto: Gates of Paradise

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Skira/Rizzoli

A landmark monograph on an unprecedented scale that allows all aspects of Mark Rothko’s career to be heard in full voice, published in close collaboration with the artist’s family and featuring beloved works from major collections as well as never-before-seen canvases and paintings on paper.\nDeluxe and comprehensive, this revelatory volume examines the brilliance of Mark Rothko (1903–1970), a pioneer of the New York School and major figure in the Abstract Expressionist movement. Illustrated with more than 275 images that explore his paintings, prints, and works on paper, this book highlights the best-known and also lesser-known works by Rothko—from his early figurative and Surrealist works to his mesmerizing color-field paintings of immense scale to the more restricted palette of his luminous later works and his final series of black-and-gray paintings. Among Rothko’s artistic philosophies, he held that painting was a deeply psychological and spiritual experience through which basic human emotions could be communicated. This is the first book to include foldouts that highlight works from the Rothko Chapel in Houston and the Rothko Room at the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C.\nKate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko draw on intimate knowledge of the artworks and the artist’s life to give a fuller picture of their father and place him within the context of art history; they endeavor to give an impartial portrait—the man and his work—while introducing personal details where they can enlighten. Alexander Nemerov and Hiroshi Sugimoto provide reflections about the artist’s work.

Mark Rothko

Nemerov, Alexander

Rothko, Christopher

Rothko Prizel, Kate

Rizzoli Electa

"Sugimoto's seascapes...attempt not to define the world, but rather to reveal it slowly through patient observation and intense perception."--Kerry Brougher Reprint of exhibition catalog

Sugimoto

Ferguson, Russell

Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Individual Artists

Fotofolio, INc

In Sugimoto's latest works Lighting Fields he generates photographs without a camera, rather like a photogram. But instead of placing an object on photo-sensitive paper, then exposing it to light, he produces the image by causing electrical sparks to erupt over the film's surface. The process creates a similar situation to the first meteorite hitting the Earth, he said, before embarking on a discussion about the panspermia hypothesis, which holds that life was created when meteorites laced with amino acids plunged into the primordial seas. That's the theory that's most believable now, Mr. Sugimoto observed wryly. But it sounds like a fairy tale to me. In The Day After Sugimoto's first show with The Pace Gallery he combines early works from Seascapes and Dioramas to underscore the epic nature of these pieces, the largest the photographer has made to date.

Hiroshi Sugimoto - the Day After

Pace Gallery

Versailles: Surface de Révolution

Flammarion

Text in book is French. What kind of experience might looking at a statue of Buddha represent today? This is the problematic broached by Hiroshi Sugimoto in this book, which establishes a conversation between his photographs, artworks from his personal collection and his writing. It is the first major monograph about the artist and reveals an essential aspect of his work that is inspired by ancient civilisations and their spirituality. In partnership with Fondation Pierre Bergé - Yves Saint Laurent, Paris PRESS REVIEWS Hardcover with jacket 210 x 260 mm 224 pages 83 photographs Translation : Corinne Atlan

Accelerated Buddha (French Edition)

XAVIER BARRAL

« Aux débuts du cinéma, on montrait dix images par seconde, à l'époque du muet on est passé à seize puis, quand le cinéma est devenu parlant, à vingt-quatre, ce qui est encore le cas aujourd'hui. Regarder un film de deux heures équivaut à regarder défiler les images rémanentes de 172 800 photos. Accumulées en grande quantité, les images mortes paraissent vivantes. Depuis l'Egypte ancienne, ou plutôt depuis l'aube des civilisations, la possibilité d'une résurrection a été l'une des préoccupations essentielles de l'humanité. L'idée m'est venue de photographier ces images qui semblaient animées par la vie, pour les figer une nouvelle fois. Je me suis senti à ce moment-là comme investi d'une mission : ces fantômes rendus à la vie par une accumulation de photographies, il fallait les mettre à nouveau sous clé par le biais de la photographie. Perdu dans ma rêverie, je me suis vu prendre 170 000 photos en une seule prise de vue. L'image qui en résulta était un écran blanc, brillant dans l'obscurité d'une salle de cinéma. Et cette lumière étincelante produite par une surexposition répétée 170 000 fois, se manifestait sous la forme d'une émanation divine. Une présence surnaturelle que l'on aurait pu appeler « la Mort surexposée ». » (Extrait du texte de Hiroshi Sugimoto)

Theaters

Photography & Video

Seascapes (nouvelle édition augmentée)

"Sugimoto's seascapes...attempt not to define the world, but rather to reveal it slowly through patient observation and intense perception."--Kerry Brougher Reprint of exhibition catalog

Sugimoto - conceptual forms (bilingue anglais-francais)

FONDAT CARTIER

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