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Intersecting Images : a "blog" with musings about art, photography and culture - begun in 2005
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Matt Niebuhr, Untitled (first construction, three targets, nine points at random) (2011)
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Some new work from my other site: Matt Niebuhr Drawings…
untitled (shimmer)
2012_03_31
oil pastel and graphite on paper
18” x 23 3/8” (45.7 x 59.4)cm
Matt Niebuhr
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richard serra : Sculpture - Wake - Seattle, WA.
photo attribution: Matt Niebuhr 2010
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So happy to be sending out this drawing on its way to a new life - today!
untitled (red / black)
2011_11_15
oil pastel, graphite on paper
11” x 14” (27.9 x 35.6)cm
Matt Niebuhr
This drawing has been gifted.
SPECIAL OFFER “KARMA” DRAWING
http://mattniebuhrworks.bigcartel.com/category/karma
DISCOUNT CODE: KARMA01 (hint: with this code, this drawing is yours to enjoy in person, for 1 penny… really, it’s not about the $… it’s about seeing the world out there in real life! )The law of karma, says only this:`for every event that occurs, there will follow another event whose existence was caused by the first, and this second event will be pleasant or unpleasant according as its cause was skillful or unskillful.’ A skillful event is one that is not accompanied by craving, resistance or delusions; an unskillful event is one that is accompanied by any one of those things.
With this in mind, this original drawing work is dedicated to the idea of KARMA and as such is gifted with the intent that it become and represent a ‘skillful event’.
The drawing is offered as an original work on paper, unmounted and unframed, shipped flat.
Visit: http://mattniebuhrworks.bigcartel.com/category/karma and use DISCOUNT CODE: KARMA01Please be sure to include the appropriate address to which you wish to have the drawing mailed!
Enjoy.
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new work - (personal note: I’m trying to better understand how materials, process, and tools effect outcomes - it’s a study of technique I’ve been exploring on paper - trying to find a way to make an image in my own voice…)
untitled
2011_12_17
gesso, oil pastel and acrylic on wood panel
24” x 24” (60.96 x 60.96)cm
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detail: untitled 2011_12_17
detail: untitled 2011_12_17
detail: untitled 2011_12_17
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untitled (#1, #2, #3 - Basalt shards - East Central Oregon)
2009_08_23
pigment inkjet prints
each Image size 12” x 18”
18” x 24” (45.7 x 60.9)cmeach in custom frame by the artist - baltic birch, glazing: acrylic
Last week (or so) of exhibition @ the Aalto Lounge - Portland, Oregon!
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untitled (line studies - #1 - two target construction)
2011_01
graphite on paper
18” x 23 3/8” (45.7 x 59.4)cm
Matt Niebuhr(a geometry construction using a compass and straightedge - two circles, constructed from three points each located at random on the page - then divided equally to form additional circles, rendered in poche to represent disks. A circle is a line forming a closed loop, every point on which is a fixed distance from a center point. A disk is a round portion of a plane which has a circular outline)
See this and other original works
availablefor purchase here - Thanks!Two Targets is now part of a private collection…!
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On exhibition during the month of Sept, 2011 @ Rain City Cafe - Portland, OR
One of six new works by Matt Niebuhr on display - Rain City Cafe is located immediately adjacent to the Hollywood branch of the Multnomah County Library - Portland, OR.
untitled, (horizontal bands #1)
2011_05_02
graphite on gesso on wood
24” x 24” (60.96 x 60.96)cm
Matt Niebuhr
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I’m considering revisiting the targets iconography in drawing form again while reading up on the perspective use of “targets” from an art history point of view - (Jasper Johns for example)… especially as the 4th of July looms ahead. The targets are to me - first, the result of some relatively simple geometric constructions, originating from an arbitrary position of three points but when combined in a certain way take on other meanings - depending on your point of view.
untitled (line studies - #1 - two target construction)
2011_01
graphite on paper
18” x 23 3/8” (45.7 x 59.4)cm
Matt Niebuhr(a geometry construction using a compass and straightedge - two circles, constructed from three points each located at random on the page - then divided equally to form additional circles, rendered in poche to represent disks. A circle is a line forming a closed loop, every point on which is a fixed distance from a center point. A disk is a round portion of a plane which has a circular outline)
See this and other original works available for purchase here - Thanks!
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untitled ( lines “y” 10,000 horizontal)
2011_06_13
graphite on polyester drafting film
39” x 60” (99.06 x 152.4)cm
Matt Niebuhr
” … the ten thousand things … “
forced perspective
(1) AP- 2009
pigment inkjet print
image size 12” x 18”
Hahnemuhle, FA
13” x 19” - 285 gsm paper
This image embodies a lot of what interests me in photography - the illusion of space / depth - rendered on a planar surface. What is amazing is how our eyes / brain interpret the shapes … and what elements give us clues to a perception of depth…
untitled, (horizontal bands #2 with cube)
2011_05_10
graphite on gesso on wood
24” x 24” (60.96 x 60.96)cm
Matt NiebuhrPart of a new series I’m interested in pursuing…
FYI: A few new works of my own are posted - your comments are always welcome!
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A few updates to share… (via Matt Niebuhr - Works) - happy Saturday!
(Photography: Cape Kiwanda, Oregon, 2009 - Matt Niebuhr)
untitled, #1 graphite line
2011_04_18
china marker and graphite over graphite wash on paper
48” x 48” (121.92 x 121.92) cm
Matt Niebuhr
(more drawings / studies on my log over here….)
Make drawings at different sizes (keeping the process of making them the same). The scale effects the outcome of a drawing - no matter how much planning goes into it - the size and circumstances (difficulty) of making seep into the process and make it something different and for this version in my study, something better… Perceptions change as well working at different scales…
The drawing to me, is a record of sorts, a record of ability and inability to control an outcome of a planned process… The hand is what executes the plan…. everything else is what happens…
(here’s why I think attribution is important to all of us and no, it’s not just about my work - it’s for those who choose to make and those who choose to look - we should be enabling / using this opportunity to reach out to each other get to know each other better - make the effort)
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