Sugimoto + U2
January 14th, 2009
Word on the street is that one of Hiroshi Sugimoto‘s images will be used as the cover for U2‘s upcoming album No Line on the Horizon, scheduled for release March 3rd. The Season 3 photographer follows in the footsteps of other Art:21 artists who have also crossed over and “exhibited” their work as album art. Notable favorites include Raymond Pettibon for Sonic Youth (Goo, 1990), Tim Hawkinson for Beck (Mutations, 1998), and Matthew Barney for Arto Lindsay (The Prize, 1999).
In other news, I dare say that I may be the first and only Art21 blogger to have a weird utensil named after him.
Posted in: Design, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Matthew Barney, Raymond Pettibon, Sound & Music, Tim Hawkinson
8 Responses to “Sugimoto + U2”
If certainly fits a “No Line On The Horizon” title.I have always admired Mr. Sugimoto’s work.
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Looking foward to new U2 w/ the Hiroshi Sujimoto image as the cover…thanks for the info!
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What a spectacularly imaginative idea.
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[...] Hiroshi Sugimoto photo will reportedly be used on the cover of U2’s next album. [...]
http://www.u2.com/highlights/?hid=517
it’s true!
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looks like both taylor deupree and richard Chartier’s cd on L-ne from 2006 and a Brothomstates cd on Warp from 2001!
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[...] Hiroshi Sugimoto, he of the horizon-far stare, will be used as the art for the upcoming U2 album (art21.org); titled No Line at the Horizon, it was produced by Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno at least in part in [...]
sorry to comment on such an old post, but it seems sugimoto “donated” the photo to U2 – in exchange for the right to use the album’s title song in a future project. not so much “exhibiting” on an album cover as swapping a work for a work sugimoto’s quoted in an interview here
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fa20090320a1.html
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