by TARO NASU (Tokyo) Location: Taro Nasu (Tokyo)
Artist(s): Taiji MATSUE
Date: 31 Aug - 21 Sep 2012
Mega city, dessert without anyone, and forest… he has photographed in same style under the theme of 'collecting surface of the earth'. It is known as very unique style, as called 'collection of place names'. In 'JP-22' exhibition in 2006, he has announced and exhibited vivid color photographs, which overturned his existing monochrome works, and it affected on the art market. In 2010, Matsue called himself as 'moving photo' in video art to raise a question about existing concept of boundary between photo and image. Matsue said 'Interest of photograph should involve continuously with evolution of technology. In the era of DIgital, Considering how to have a symbiotic relationship with newest technology will make photograph to grow in the future." And, he answers for what he said through his works.