In 1974 the Japanese photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto visited the Natural History Museum in New York, where he saw stuffed animals displayed in reconstructed landscapes. Sugimoto noticed that if you closed one eye the jungle scene with lifeless baboons looked surprisingly real. He photographed the dioramas in black and white. The two-dimensional black and white photographs are even more illusory than reality. In the late 1970s he began a series of photographs of cinemas. By opening the camera shutter for the length of the entire film screening, he allowed the images to fuse to create a single, magical white glow.
Specifications
| Title | Orinda Theatre, Orinda |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Bromide print |
| Object type |
Photograph
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
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| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Width 61 cm Height 50,8 cm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Artist:
Hiroshi Sugimoto
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| Accession number | 3357 (MK) |
| Credits | Purchased 1995 |
| Department | Modern Art |
| Acquisition date | 1995 |
| Creation date | in 1992 |
| Internal exhibitions |
Surreëel: foto's uit de collectie van Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (2011) |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Technique |
Silver dye-bleach print
> Bromide print
> Photographic printing technique
> Mechanical
> Planographic printing
> Printing technique
> Technique
> Material and technique
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| Geographical origin | Japan > East Asia > Asia |
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