NAHO TARUISHI
NAHO TARUISHI
NAHO TARUISHI


Andrei Rublev — 185 minutes
2012
graphite, ink, charcoal and pastel on paper
10 15/16" x 24 9/16"

Film Drawings
2012—Current

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 Taruishi uses the content of these films, their visual sequences, metaphors, historical references, and cinematic techniques to structure drawn images.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.

NAHO TARUISHI


Rashomon— 88 minutes
2012
graphite, ink, charcoal and archival tape on paper
7 3/8" x 9 5/16"

NAHO TARUISHI


La Guerre est Finie — 121 minutes
2012
graphite, ink and pastel on paper
8 7/16" x 14 1/16"

NAHO TARUISHI


Ugetsu Monogatari — 96 minutes
2012
graphite, ink and charcoal on paper
7 3/16" x 10 1/4"

NAHO TARUISHI


35 Shots of Rum — 100 minutes
2023
graphite and ink on paper 
28 1/4" x 14"

NAHO TARUISHI


The Silence — 96 minutes
2012
graphite, ink and pastel on paper with vellum
8 1/4" x 10 5/8"

"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. "An Outside and an Inside" on Asymptote Journal

NAHO TARUISHI


Faces — 130 minutes
2012
graphite and ink on paper
14 1/2" x 9 1/8"

NAHO TARUISHI


Le Notti Bianche — 97 minutes
2012
graphite, ink and charcoal on paper
7 3/4" x 12 1/2"

NAHO TARUISHI


Wings of Desire — 128 minutes
2013
graphite and ink on paper with vellum
9 3/8" x 12 7/8"

NAHO TARUISHI


Winter Light — 81 minutes
2013
graphite, ink and charcoal on paper
10 1/16" x 12 1/16"

NAHO TARUISHI


Woman in the Dunes — 147 minutes
2013
graphite and ink on paper
18 1/2" x 13 7/16"

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NAHO TARUISHI


Andrei Rublev — 185 minutes
2012
graphite, ink, charcoal and pastel on paper
10 15/16" x 24 9/16"

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 Taruishi uses the content of these films, their visual sequences, metaphors, historical references, and cinematic techniques to structure drawn images.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.

NAHO TARUISHI


Rashomon— 88 minutes
2012
graphite, ink, charcoal and archival tape on paper
7 3/8" x 9 5/16"

NAHO TARUISHI


La Guerre est Finie — 121 minutes
2012
graphite, ink and pastel on paper
8 7/16" x 14 1/16"

NAHO TARUISHI


Ugetsu Monogatari — 96 minutes
2012
graphite, ink and charcoal on paper
7 3/16" x 10 1/4"

NAHO TARUISHI


35 Shots of Rum — 100 minutes
2023
graphite and ink  on paper 
28 1/4" x 14"

NAHO TARUISHI


The Silence — 96 minutes
2012
graphite, ink and pastel on paper with vellum
8 1/4" x 10 5/8"

"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. "An Outside and an Inside" on Asymptote Journal

NAHO TARUISHI


Le Notti Bianche — 97 minutes
2012
graphite, ink and charcoal on paper
7 3/4" x 12 1/2"

NAHO TARUISHI


Faces — 130 minutes
2012
graphite and ink on paper
14 1/2" x 9 1/8"

NAHO TARUISHI


Wings of Desire — 128 minutes
2013
graphite and ink on paper with vellum
9 3/8" x 12 7/8"

NAHO TARUISHI


Winter Light — 81 minutes
2013
graphite, ink and charcoal on paper
10 1/16" x 12 1/16"

NAHO TARUISHI


Woman in the Dunes — 147 minutes
2013
graphite and ink on paper
18 1/2" x 13 7/16"

⇐ Return to Work