Andrei Rublev — 185 minutes
2012
graphite, ink, charcoal and pastel on paper
10 15/16" x 24 9/16"
Film Drawings
2012—13
Film Drawings is a series of drawings based on selected black and white films. Taruishi uses the content of these films, their visual sequences, metaphors, historical references, and cinematic techniques to structure drawn images. The abstract, systematized drawings articulate specific durations of time and resonate the complex architecture of each film.
Faces — 130 minutes
2012
graphite and ink on paper
14 1/2" x 9 1/8"
La Guerre est Finie — 121 minutes
2012
graphite, ink and pastel on paper
8 7/16" x 14 1/16"
Le Notti Bianche — 97 minutes
2012
graphite, ink and charcoal on paper
7 3/4" x 12 1/2"
Rashomon— 88 minutes
2012
graphite, ink, charcoal and archival tape on paper
7 3/8" x 9 5/16"
The Silence — 96 minutes
2012
graphite, ink and pastel on paper with vellum
8 1/4" x 10 5/8"
Ugetsu Monogatari — 96 minutes
2012
graphite, ink and charcoal on paper
7 3/16" x 10 1/4"
Wings of Desire — 128 minutes
2013
graphite and ink on paper with vellum
9 3/8" x 12 7/8"
Winter Light — 81 minutes
2013
graphite, ink and charcoal on paper
10 1/16" x 12 1/16"
Woman in the Dunes — 147 minutes
2013
graphite and ink on paper
18 1/2" x 13 7/16"
Diagrams are intended to communicate information with clarity. Their intersecting lines and overarching systems insist on rigid precision, presenting a narrative that has already been distilled. But in the delicate, atmospheric drawings of Naho Taruishi, ghosts of diagram-like elements breathe and float in a monochromatic dreamscape. These drawings are meditative as opposed to assertive, privileging visual experience over readability. Indeed, they are more akin to memory than fact. - Berny Tan
Ugetsu Monogatari — 96 minutes
2012
graphite, ink and charcoal on paper
7 3/16" x 10 1/4"
Film Drawings is a series of drawings based on selected black and white films. Taruishi uses the content of these films, their visual sequences, metaphors, historical references, and cinematic techniques to structure drawn images. The abstract, systematized drawings articulate specific durations of time and resonate the complex architecture of each film.
Faces — 130 minutes
2012
graphite and ink on paper
14 1/2" x 9 1/8"
Andrei Rublev — 185 minutes
2012
graphite, ink, charcoal and pastel on paper
10 15/16" x 24 9/16"
La Guerre est Finie — 121 minutes
2012
graphite, ink and pastel on paper
8 7/16" x 14 1/16"
Le Notti Bianche — 97 minutes
2012
graphite, ink and charcoal on paper
7 3/4" x 12 1/2"
Rashomon— 88 minutes
2012
graphite, ink, charcoal and archival tape on paper
7 3/8" x 9 5/16"
The Silence — 96 minutes
2012
graphite, ink and pastel on paper with vellum
8 1/4" x 10 5/8"
Wings of Desire — 128 minutes
2013
graphite and ink on paper with vellum
9 3/8" x 12 7/8"
Winter Light — 81 minutes
2013
graphite, ink and charcoal on paper
10 1/16" x 12 1/16"
Woman in the Dunes — 147 minutes
2013
graphite and ink on paper
18 1/2" x 13 7/16"
Diagrams are intended to communicate information with clarity. Their intersecting lines and overarching systems insist on rigid precision, presenting a narrative that has already been distilled. But in the delicate, atmospheric drawings of Naho Taruishi, ghosts of diagram-like elements breathe and float in a monochromatic dreamscape. These drawings are meditative as opposed to assertive, privileging visual experience over readability. Indeed, they are more akin to memory than fact. - Berny Tan