The Asian Art Museum in SF is featuring two exhibits curated by renowned photographer and art collector Hiroshi Sugimoto, starting tomorrow. Sugimoto is a modern man who moved to NYC in the 70s and kicked off his photography career with an exhibit at the MoMa. Since then, he's turned his attention to colecting rare antiques from Japan, museum curation, and most recently, fashion photography.
Pictured above is a 13th century Buddhist reliquary with a photograph of a seascape in the Caribbean inside. It's part of the History of History exhibit. Also included in this collection is a series of 9 giant indigo blue and green hanging scrolls with a Buddhist sutra that got burnt in a fire; a giant phallic symbol from the Jomon era placed atop a CIA stretcher from the 1950s; and a 17th century Rembrandt etching juxtaposed onto a Japanese scroll. Pretty rad stuff. The second exhibit, Stylized Sculpture, is a fashion exhibit (a rare feat for the ordinarily conservative museum) featuring iconic works by Issey Miyake, Yohji Yamamoto, and Rei Kawakubo.
It's a really elegant experience, highly recommended if you're in the area between now and January 6.
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