- Firstly a definition, of interest here because it highlights the significance of the negative space: 'An important but often overlooked aspect of form is the negative space. Negative space is the space around and between a part of the subject or even the entire subject. For example, when sculpting an arm, you would focus on the shapes created by the negative space between the arm and the body.'
- A traditional Japanese perspective - Nōtan. A YouTube video demonstration; I love the way the image suddenly gains a 3D perspective at the 1:48/1:49 point:
Nōtan - light-dark harmony
- And something that profoundly resonates with me; I shall write more on that in a subsequent post. Sukhi Barber, who considers 'the negative space as being as important as the material itself, implying the dance of form and spirit, a constant state of transformation. '
'In every moment, we are the combination of form and spirit, impermanent elements and eternal consciousness. Appearance/Emptiness demonstrates how these two realities exist side by side, each adorning the other. While form is the playful expression of mind; mind itself is the spark that animates. '
- Taken from an article on The Negative Space on quora.com:
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Serra’s Sequence gives another example of negative space, this time a space that can only be observed from above, or experienced by walking into the sculpture itself. In this case, the space is almost more important than the steel that forms the body of the work.
- And following on with some more Richard Serra, some images from my California trip (Back from California) at the UCLA Sculpture Park (what a facility/oppoturnity for the UCLA students!). Experiencing/exploring the 'negative space' physically, with the entire body, awakens the consciousness - awakened my consciousness - of the inner space, the space with-in and awakens the consciousness of the infinite space with-out as you exit the inner space:
And at the UCLA Luskin Conference Centre, on a much smaller scale, this piece, to me, is all about the 'negative' space:
I love the dynamic between the two 'positive', bronze elements - their dialogue - creating a comfortable 'negative' space, intimate and tender:
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Richard Serra uses negative space in his minimalist sculpture No. 5 in an entirely different way. Two massive pieces of steel separated by a long bar, allowing you to contemplate the space within and the space without.
Serra’s Sequence gives another example of negative space, this time a space that can only be observed from above, or experienced by walking into the sculpture itself. In this case, the space is almost more important than the steel that forms the body of the work.
- And following on with some more Richard Serra, some images from my California trip (Back from California) at the UCLA Sculpture Park (what a facility/oppoturnity for the UCLA students!). Experiencing/exploring the 'negative space' physically, with the entire body, awakens the consciousness - awakened my consciousness - of the inner space, the space with-in and awakens the consciousness of the infinite space with-out as you exit the inner space:
And at the UCLA Luskin Conference Centre, on a much smaller scale, this piece, to me, is all about the 'negative' space:
I love the dynamic between the two 'positive', bronze elements - their dialogue - creating a comfortable 'negative' space, intimate and tender:
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