NEW YORK, N.Y.- The Pace Gallery presents an exhibition of new objects and sculptures by Hiroshi Sugimoto. Hiroshi Sugimoto: Surface of the Third Order on view at 510 West 25th Street from October 28 through December 23, 2011. Hiroshi Sugimoto: Surface of the Third Order features two bodies of conceptual three-dimensional work: intimately-sized crystal pagodas inlaid with photographs and large-scale aluminum sculptures based on mathematical functions. Both series explore the concepts of zero and infinity, ideas that have long informed Sugimoto’s photographic work. Made from optical-quality glass, each Five-Element Pagoda is based on the form of a thirteenth-century Japanese Buddhist stupa, a traditional reliquary used to hold the ashes of Buddha. The geometric forms of the pagoda’s layers represent the elements of nature: