SHINICHI MARUYAMA

Maruyama had a show last year at Bruce Silverstein in Chelsea. Note the capability to sync flash at 7,500/second. I almost prefer the little photo of Maruyama wielding a big arc of ink to the photos themselves. Who hasn't craved since childhood to splash india ink all over? Unfortunately in the age of sexed-up photo manipulation this remarkable process-heavy series falls a little bit flat. Also, you have to love that there is a Japanese word for "writing in the sky." The following is an excerpt from the press release for the show: 

"KUSHO, the Japanese word for “writing in the sky” features ten large-scale photographs that represent the midair interplay of black Indian ink and water. The phenomenon that Maruyama captures—two liquids colliding the millisecond before they merge into gray—is the result of various actions and devices. [...] The split-second timing necessary to photograph these pictures is made possible by recent advances in strobe light technology, allowing the artist to capture phenomena to within 7,500th of a second."

(via http://juliettemerck.blogspot.com)

Update on Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at 2:49PM by Alexander Porter