This long-awaited exhibition marks the first Japanese solo show by the German-born master of contemporary photographer Andreas Gursky. Consisting of about 65 works, this overview of Gursky's career (he began by studying with Bernd and Hilla Becher) extends from his early efforts to the large-format prints that have come to exemplify his practice, including some that were shot in Japan such as Kamiokande and Tokyo Stock Exchange.

he exhibition will comprise approximately 65 photographs selected by the artist, ranging from early works from the 1980’s to such masterpieces as 99 Cent (1999), Rhine II (1999), F1 Pit Stop IV (2007), Pyongyang I (2007), Tokyo Stock Exchange (1990) and Kamiokande (2007) – both taken in Japan – and his latest work Qatar (2012). The most recent series of works – ’Ocean’ (2010) produced with the aid of satellite imagery and ’Bangkok’ (2011), which contemplates the surface of a river, display increasingly conceptual concerns where the artist is more akin to a painter using photographs.

Casting aside a chronological display, the exhibition will instead uniquely aim to show the entire body of work as a single unified entity with both old and new and small and large formats displayed side by side.

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Andreas Gursky,
Kamiokande, 2007
© Adagp, Paris, 2008 : Andreas Gursky /
Courtesy: Monika Sprüth / Philomene Magers