Artist: MC Esher
Title: Sky and Water I
Year Produced: 1938
Medium: Woodcut Print
Source of Image: Google Images/WikiPaintings
In a basic definition, negative space is space that is between objects or space that is left blank, positive space is space that is occupied or marked. This piece utilizes positive and negative space very well, and it makes the piece very interesting. It transforms both types space into representational shapes of actual things (fish/birds).
Photographer/Artist: Lee
Title: Power Lines
Year Produced: 2006
Medium: Photography
Source of image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/leecullivan/122271605/
I really like this piece because it uses negative space (as far as space that is not occupied by form) extremely well. The shape of the black telephone poles pushing into the vast negative space occupied by the sky make the piece very visually appealing.
