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Tuesday, 11 January 2011

Frank Stella's Irregular Polygons- Chevrontastic times





Ok so up until today i didn't know what chevron is/was  *sad face*
SO to enlighten the rest of the world to the miraculousness that is definition 
and to share my excitement at learning
 (surprise enough; at school)

I'm gonna share :)



chev·ron

[shev-ruhn]  
–noun
1.
a badge consisting of stripes meeting at an angle, worn onthe sleeve by noncommissioned officers, police officers, etc.,as an indication of rank, service, or the like.
2.
an ornament in this form, as on a molding.
3.
Also called chevron weave herringbone def. 2a .
4.
Heraldry an ordinary in the form of an inverted V .



uhhh one of Deese :


Or






Or, what I had to analyse today 




Frank Stella 4 lyfe - chevron baby 

also had to look at these cool dudes work 



Mr Olitski



Mr Noland (chevron! you see a reoccurring theme here perhaps?!)

 and and and 
 Mr Judd 


Awesome modernist paintings and sculpture! 

lets be fair your all most probably thinking to your self 'what the fuck?' right !

and i would have totally been in the same boat as you only yesterday if it wasn't for 

 five hours of THIS


looking at stuff like this HORRIBLE essay

I did however teach me about form and shape 
and how to interpret and understand work like the boxes and chevrons above 

GOOD DAY 

8 o'clock start tomorrow

Roll on stained glass window making :D

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