Dioramas

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Dioramas is a photographic series by Hiroshi Sugimoto that presents hauntingly realistic black-and-white images of museum dioramas, blurring the line between artificial displays and perceived reality.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf artwork
photographic series
color black-and-white
countryOfOrigin Japan
creator Hiroshi Sugimoto NERFINISHED
depicts artificial landscapes
natural history museum displays
staged scenes of nature
taxidermied animals
describedAs blurring the line between artificial displays and perceived reality
hauntingly realistic images of museum dioramas
genre black-and-white photography
conceptual photography
fine art photography
hasQuality cinematic
haunting
high contrast
hyper-realistic appearance
illusionistic
large format
meditative
hasTitle Dioramas NERFINISHED
inception 1970s
influenced later conceptual photographic practices
influencedBy museum display practices
languageOfTitle English
mainSubject museum dioramas
medium gelatin silver print
movement conceptual art
contemporary art
minimalism NERFINISHED
notableExhibition exhibitions at major contemporary art museums
notableWorkOf Hiroshi Sugimoto NERFINISHED
partOfSeriesBy Hiroshi Sugimoto NERFINISHED
techniqueUsed careful framing to exclude museum context
large-format camera
long exposure
theme artificiality of museum displays
constructed nature
illusion and representation
perception of reality
relationship between photography and reality
time and timelessness

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Hiroshi Sugimoto notableWork Dioramas