Hiroshi Sugimoto: Form Is Emptiness

Early Bird Promotion (4 – 28 May 2026) (Incl. Booking Fee)

1. Standard Adult - $16.00
2. Standard Concession (Seniors, Overseas Students and Teachers) - $12.00
3. Singaporean / PR (Local) Adult - $12.00
4. Singaporean / PR (Local) Concession (Senior) - $8.00

Paid Admission (29 May – 4 Oct 2026) (Incl. Booking Fee)

1. Standard Adult - $20.00
2. Standard Concession (Seniors, Overseas Students and Teachers) - - $15.00
3. Singaporean / PR (Local) Adult - $15.00
4. Singaporean / PR (Local) Concession (Senior and National Servicemen) - $10.00

Free admission for:

1. Children 6 years and below
2. Persons with disabilities (PWD) and their caregiver
3. Local and locally-based students and teachers

Concession Requirements:

1. Seniors aged 60 years and above will require a valid ID for entry
2. Students and teachers will require a valid student/staff pass for entry
3. National Servicemen will require a valid 11B pass for entry

Event dates: 29 May 2026 – 04 October 2026

Venue: Singapore Art Museum at Tanjong Pagar Distripark

Opening hours: 10:00am - 7:00pm (Last admission at 6:30pm)

Early Bird Period: 4 – 28 May 2026 (Save 20%)

Hiroshi Sugimoto: Form Is Emptiness marks the internationally acclaimed artist's first major exhibition in Southeast Asia. Bringing together 63 works from 11 series, alongside 14 fossils from the artist's personal collection, the exhibition traces five decades of artistic inquiry and sustained conceptual exploration.

The exhibition title draws from a well-known line in the Heart Sutra, a foundational Buddhist text. The phrase "form is emptiness" articulates a profound yet direct insight: nothing exists independently, and we perceive the world in a certain way because of the definitions we have created for ourselves. The tension between appearance and reality has long been central to Sugimoto's practice.

Although Sugimoto is best known for his photography, his work extends far beyond a single medium, encompassing sculpture, installation, writing, and architectural design. For him, these are not departures from photography but expansions of photographic thinking-ways of distilling and contemplating time and space so that a moment becomes a catalyst for deeper perception.

At the intersection of Buddhist philosophy and scientific inquiry, Sugimoto approaches time not as a fixed measure, but as something open and malleable. He invites viewers to slow down and reconsider the act of seeing itself, which is not passive reception, but an intentional and reflective gesture.

Designed by Sugimoto, the exhibition layout takes the form of a mandala-а circular, geometric figure representing the universe in Hindu and Buddhist symbolism. Rather than a single linear route, paths branch, loop and reconnect, inviting more than one direction of movement.

Visitors are invited to move through the exhibition at their own pace and in their own sequence. In doing so, the spatial experience echoes Sugimoto's enduring concern: how form and emptiness exist in interdependence, and how understanding gradually emerges through experience rather than relying on predetermined interpretation.

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