ANDALUCIA 1988, 1988, ©TAIJI MATSUE Courtesy of TARO NASU
TAIJI MATSUE「ANDALUCIA 1988」
Saturday, October 11 - Saturday, November 9, 2025
Gallery Hours: 11:00-19:00, Tue. - Sat.
Closed on Sun., Mon., and Public Holidays
*Opening reception: 17:00-19:00 on Saturday, October 11
*Open from 10:00 - 18:00 on Sunday, November 9, for Art Week Tokyo

TARO NASU is pleased to present “ANDALUCIA 1988”, a solo exhibition by TAIJI MATSUE, opening on October 11.

In 1988, at the age of 25, TAIJI MATSUE travelled to Andalusia, Spain, where he walked through the streets with his camera, capturing the landscape.
The town he encountered was flooded with intense sunlight, revealing a place seemingly devoid of shadows. This journey became a kind of revelation for MATSUE and played a pivotal role in the development of his photographic style. “ANDALUCIA 1988” occupies a crucial position in his body of work, bridging “TRANSIT”, his debut series, and “gazetteer”, the first well-acclaimed and representative series released in the 1990s.
This exhibition presents, for the very first time, the long-unseen and previously unpublished series, “ANDALUCIA 1988”—an elusive body of work now revealed in its entirety.

TAIJI MATSUE
Born in Tokyo in 1963. Currently lives and works in Tokyo.
Graduated from the Department of Geography, Faculty of Science, the University of Tokyo in 1987.
Awarded the 25th Society of Photography Award (2013), the 28th Higashikawa Award (Domestic Photographer Award) (2012), the 27th Kimura Ihei Award (2002), and the 12th Higashikawa Award (New Photographer Award) (1996).
Selected solo exhibitions include: makietaCC (Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Tokyo, 2021), makietaTYO (TARO NASU, Tokyo, 2021), TAIJI MATSUE gazetteer (Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, 2018), gazetteer (TARO NASU, Tokyo, 2018), LIM (TARO NASU, Tokyo, 2015), Taiji MATSUE: Surficial Survey (IZU PHOTO MUSEUM, Shizuoka, 2012), jp0205 (TARO NASU, Tokyo, 2012), survey of time (TARO NASU, Tokyo, 2010) and JP-22 (Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum, Shizuoka, 2006).

MATSUE’s new photobook featuring the series “ANDALUCIA 1988”, unveiled for the first time in this exhibition, will be published by Seigensha. Prior to its general release at the end of October, it will be available for advance sale at TARO NASU. We invite you to take this opportunity to pick it up and take a closer look at our gallery.
A5, landscape, modified / 96 pages / Hardcover
Price: ¥4,950 (tax included)
Publisher: Seigensha Art Publishing