Report on the Opening of 'Hiroshi Sugimoto: Extinction' Exhibition (National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo). Seeing Hiroshi Sugimoto's Origins and Future
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Hiroshi Sugimoto's large-scale retrospective 'Extinction' opens at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, exploring the medium of film photography and the artist's future.Summary
The large-scale retrospective 'Hiroshi Sugimoto: Extinction' has opened at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, running until September 13. This exhibition marks the first time in 21 years that Sugimoto has held a solo exhibition in a Japanese museum featuring only photographs, following his 2005 show at the Mori Art Museum. In an era where film photography is rapidly disappearing due to digitalization, Sugimoto chose the title 'Extinction' to reflect the dual meaning of the medium's end and his own life's end. The exhibition invites viewers to consider what is truly facing extinction by examining works that have expanded the possibilities of media expression.
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