Publisher: Hayward Gallery Publishing & Hatje Cantz

Publication Date: 2022

Binding: Hardcover, 216 pages

Language: English (accompanied by a booklet with Chinese translation)

ISBN: 9783775755320

UCCA Center for Contemporary Art presents “Hiroshi Sugimoto: Time Machine” from March 23 to June 23, 2024. Featuring 11 series and 127 pieces from the past 50 years of the artist’s oeuvre, this comprehensive survey exhibition encompasses his signature “Seascapes,” “Theaters,” “Lightning Fields,” and “Portraits” series from early in his career, in addition to a newly created darkroom calligraphy that will be shown to the public for the first time. These works highlight the artist’s philosophical and playful inquiry into our understanding of time and memory, as well as the ambiguous nature of photography as a medium suited to both documentation and invention.

In conjunction with the debut of “Hiroshi Sugimoto: Time Machine,” a comprehensive retrospective exhibition of the artist’s practice, Hayward Gallery, London published an English-language catalogue systematically surveying Sugimoto’s oeuvre over the past five decades. The catalogue encompasses select pieces from all of Sugimoto’s major photographic series, as well as lesser-known works that fully embody his innovative and conceptually driven approach to making pictures. Also included in the catalogue are texts by a number of international artists, scholars, and curators―including James Attlee, Geoffrey Batchen, Allie Biswas, David Chipperfield, Edmund de Waal, Mami Kataoka, Ralph Rugoff, Lara Strongman, and Margaret Wertheim―offering thoughtful explorations of Sugimoto’s artistic endeavors from a variety of perspectives. Hiroshi Sugimoto: Time Machine is designed by Graphic Thought Facility and published by Hatje Cantz. On the occasion of exhibition travelling to Beijing, UCCA offered the English catalogue for sale, accompanied by an exclusive booklet containing Chinese translations of the nine critical essays.