Naho Taruishi | Papyrus
Naho Taruishi
Letter I, 2017
9 1/2 x 15 inches
$1,400
Letter I, 2017
9 1/2 x 15 inches
$1,400
Naho Taruishi
Letter II, 2017
Graphite on paper
14 3/4 x 19 1/2 inches
$1,450
Letter II, 2017
Graphite on paper
14 3/4 x 19 1/2 inches
$1,450
Naho Taruishi
Letter III, 2017
Graphite on paper
20 x 16 inches
$1,750
Letter III, 2017
Graphite on paper
20 x 16 inches
$1,750
Naho Taruishi
Letter IV, 2017
Graphite on paper
13 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches
SOLD
Letter IV, 2017
Graphite on paper
13 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches
SOLD
Naho Taruishi
Letter V, 2017
Graphite on paper
7 3/4 x 10 5/8 inches
$1,350
Letter V, 2017
Graphite on paper
7 3/4 x 10 5/8 inches
$1,350
Naho Taruishi
Letter VI, 2017
Graphite on paper
7 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches
$1,350
Letter VI, 2017
Graphite on paper
7 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches
$1,350
Naho Taruishi
Letter VII, 2017
Graphite on paper
15 x 40 1/8 inches
SOLD
Letter VII, 2017
Graphite on paper
15 x 40 1/8 inches
SOLD
Naho Taruishi
Letter VIII, 2017
Graphite on paper
14 5/16 x 11 1/4 inches
$1,450
Letter VIII, 2017
Graphite on paper
14 5/16 x 11 1/4 inches
$1,450
Naho Taruishi
Letter IX, 2018
Graphite on paper
8 1/2 x 16 1/8"
$1,725
Letter IX, 2018
Graphite on paper
8 1/2 x 16 1/8"
$1,725
Naho Taruishi
Letter X, 2018
Graphite on paper
7 5/8 x 10 3/4 inches
$1,150
Letter X, 2018
Graphite on paper
7 5/8 x 10 3/4 inches
$1,150
Naho Taruishi
Letter XI, 2018
Graphite on paper
17 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches
$2,000
Letter XI, 2018
Graphite on paper
17 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches
$2,000
Naho Taruishi
Papyrus, 2018
Etching, aquatint
12 5/8 x 22 1/8 inches
Edition on 20
$1,225 framed
$950 unframed
Papyrus, 2018
Etching, aquatint
12 5/8 x 22 1/8 inches
Edition on 20
$1,225 framed
$950 unframed
Naho Taruishi | Papyrus
January 24 – March 3, 2019
Opening reception: January 24, 6–8PM
January 24 – March 3, 2019
Opening reception: January 24, 6–8PM
The focal point of Naho Taruishi’s work has been historical events that are recorded, preserved, remembered, altered or forgotten. Her references range from ancient documentations to maps, mechanical inventions for expeditions, photography, films and architecture. The image depicted in Papyrus, 2018, a new copperplate intaglio print edition, is derived from a found letter in Pompeii dating back approximately 2000 years. The faded written message is no longer decipherable, yet the papyrus has become an object preserving the trace of communication generated from an unknown sender to a recipient. Through etched line and burnished aquatint tones emerge a sense of time that constantly overwrites our perception of things around us, and inquires into the ways in which we document events in visual forms.
Naho Taruishi was born in Tokyo, Japan and currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. Her work has been shown both locally and abroad including at Planthouse Gallery, The Drawing Center, Artists Space, A.I.R Gallery, Show Room, and White Box, in New York, NY as well as shows at Rochester Institute of Technology, NY, Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum, TX, and RK Projects, RI among others. Her publication by Vincent FitzGerald & Co. is held in various institutional collections including the Library of Congress, New York Public Library, Harvard University and Lyrik Kabinett, in Munich, Germany. Taruishi has been awarded a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant. She also has received fellowships from The Drawing Center, the MacDowell Colony, the Watermill Center, and Atlantic Center for the Arts.