As an artistic device, negative space refers to an artists rendering of a subject by relying on the space that surrounds the subject to provide shape and meaning. Of course, the term also refers to any topic that conjures feelings of unease and discomfort. Furthering the partnership begun with the publication of Guess Who? internationally acclaimed illustrator Noma Bar has compiled his newest collection of work, Negative Space. Including works commissioned by The New York Times, Esquire UK, The Guardian and Time Out London, as well as never-before seen illustrations, in Negative Space Bar plays with this pun, focusing on subject matter ranging from sex, global warming and nuclear warfare to religion, crime and corporate greed. The context for the creation of the illustrations, whether by assignment or sheer inspiration, will be established with insight from Bar, as well as the editors and art directors he works with regularly, providing insight into Bars process. With Negative Space, Noma Bar solidifies his reputation as an artist able to convert complex topics into clean, provocative and revealing lines that viewers take in with ease, though they are not easily forgotten.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
If you like the cover you will like the book. It's a picture book of ideas.
It's not a large book, there isn't any theory... but it's a good looking, interesting and often amusing collection of similarly styled illustrations. I gave 4 stars because it does what it says it does - shows off Noma Bar's work. I like.
It's not a large book, there isn't any theory... but it's a good looking, interesting and often amusing collection of similarly styled illustrations. I gave 4 stars because it does what it says it does - shows off Noma Bar's work. I like.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By ShirleyM
Format:Paperback
This is an example I showed to my students about negative space in design. There are some imaginative examples inspired by a number of themes. This book is more inclusive of images, it would have been excellent if these had included a paragraph on Barr's illustrative process. Nonetheless, a book definitely worth having in the collection.
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You don't see this level of creativity too often which is why I enjoyed this book so much. Noma Bar sort of does the impossible and sums up an almost abstract concept with what seems incredibly simple graphics. They are simple, of course, containing flat colours and easy on the eye graphics but step back and look carefully at what you see and it will become apparent that these are really complex examples of visual literacy.
It's a shame that nowhere in the book are a couple of examples of how Bar creates his remarkable graphics. How long do they take, how many ideas are rejected, is colour included in his original roughs? On eight pages at the back of the book there are some thumbnails of his sketchbooks but they look completely unlike his finished designs, in fact a pastiche of colored scribbles, so no help there.
The range of material is impressive though there is a strong leaning towards contemporary world problems and Bar's work is the ideal illustrative material for this because his ideas get to the point where a photograph to say the same thing would be hard to find. His `Global warming' graphic says it all with a silhouette of a fried egg breaking out of a black panel and the yoke is a globe with the land mass a tint of light grey.
My only criticism of the book is that it is too large. Bar's graphics, because of their straightforward presentation, work best at postcard size or smaller and on these pages there is either a lot of surplus page space with a reasonably sized image or large areas of flat colour because the image are so big.
It's a shame that nowhere in the book are a couple of examples of how Bar creates his remarkable graphics. How long do they take, how many ideas are rejected, is colour included in his original roughs? On eight pages at the back of the book there are some thumbnails of his sketchbooks but they look completely unlike his finished designs, in fact a pastiche of colored scribbles, so no help there.
The range of material is impressive though there is a strong leaning towards contemporary world problems and Bar's work is the ideal illustrative material for this because his ideas get to the point where a photograph to say the same thing would be hard to find. His `Global warming' graphic says it all with a silhouette of a fried egg breaking out of a black panel and the yoke is a globe with the land mass a tint of light grey.
My only criticism of the book is that it is too large. Bar's graphics, because of their straightforward presentation, work best at postcard size or smaller and on these pages there is either a lot of surplus page space with a reasonably sized image or large areas of flat colour because the image are so big.
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