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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 … “
untitled ( lines “y” 128 diagonals)
2011_02_05
graphite on polyester drafting film
42” x 42” (106.68 x 106.68)cm
Matt Niebuhr
untitled (lines “y” from / towards the center)
2011_01_25
graphite on polyester drafting film
42” x 42” (106.68 x 106.68)cm
Matt Niebuhr
On exhibit - March 2011, Stumptown - on Division st.
Line: A geometrical object that is straight, infinitely long and infinitely thin. A line is one-dimensional. It has zero width (in mathematics).
If you draw a line with a pencil, the pencil mark has a measurable width. The pencil line is therefor just a way to illustrate the idea of a line on paper. The line drawn on paper (or drawn on any other media visible to the eye) is always only just a representation of the idea of a line.
Again, strictly speaking, the idea of a line is that it has zero width and infinite length - in this sense we can not see with our eyes the idea of a line directly - only indirectly, as an approximate representation.
This does not seem to bother anyone… (me included - though it does cause me to wonder…)
Sometimes, just a simple line can be quite beautiful… my preference is to see representations of lines, drawn by hand. Words are not literature until given a specific order, numbers are not mathematics…
untitled (chance or a new form of life)
2010_12_09
graphite on polyester drafting film
36” x 42” (91.4 x 106.7)cm
Matt Niebuhr
(A little introspection) I have come to believe (acknowledge is probably a better word) that most forms of drawing contain an element of the autobiographical - more or less. Perhaps some drawings are of a more commercial intent - though even those however are something of an expression - of value. That said, a drawing may resonate with a life experience - perhaps even yours - so much the better.
This is one of those drawings that means a lot to me personally - it contains elements that echo around my mind, thinking about my own life - transference perhaps - but an honest inquiry into the questions of what matters in the daily goings on of life - is it the cost of oil, the value of an ounce of gold, your daily worth as represented in the stock market ticker, employment, shopping… hope - life on other worlds? How is it defined? It’s an open question.
detail: untitled
2010_12_09
graphite on polyester drafting film 36” x 42” (91.4 x 106.7)cm
Matt Niebuhr
detail: untitled
2010_12_09
graphite on polyester drafting film 36” x 42” (91.4 x 106.7)cm
Matt Niebuhr
detail: untitled
2010_12_09
graphite on polyester drafting film 36” x 42” (91.4 x 106.7)cm
Matt Niebuhr
