carlier | gebauer is very pleased to present Filipino artist Maria Taniguchi’s first solo exhibition with the gallery, opening 1 May, 2015 from 6-9pm. Featured works include the latest black and grey brickwork paintings from the larger project Untitled (2008 – ongoing) comprising nearly sixty pieces to date of similar technique and format. Other works include a sculptural stack of paper posters depicting the dark entryway to an ancient cave dwelling. 

These dark, imposing and methodical paintings of interlaced brickwork shall tightly line the gallery walls as one continuous work in a graph diagram. Beginning with a monochrome grey background, Taniguchi maps out a network of small graphite lines mimicking the designs used in bricklaying. Then, using varying densities of black acrylic paint, each ‘brick’ is meticulously filled in – allowing for slight aberrations to be revealed in the formal patterning as light reflects across the smooth surface. Her work deals with the progression of time in relation to the accumulation of form and experience in artistic production. The repetition and modulation of individual markings read like a coded speech locked in persistent conversation. It is a conversation seemingly closed in, but in fact is open to present interruptions and future engagements.