A Lifetime of Color: Study Art


Sculpture photo Sculpture positive space Sculpture negative space
Public art sculpture (title unknown) by Ace Dawson-Tobak, 1996

Glossary Term: Space
Space is one of the elements of art. Space is an empty place or surface in or around a work of art. Space can be two-dimensional, three-dimensional, negative and/or positive.

You can easily see the positive and negative space in this sculpture.

Artists also create positive and negative space in two-dimensional artworks.

Positive and negative space


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