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July 1, 2011
in targets symbols signs drawings Matt Niebuhr graphite graphite on paper
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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. mattniebuhrdrawings: untitled (line studies - #1 - two target construction)2011_01graphite on paper18” x 23 3/8” (45.7 x 59.4)cmMatt 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!

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.

mattniebuhrdrawings:

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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