Israeli illustrator Noma Bar cleverly uses negative space to create some thought provoking illustrations. His artworks are so simple, yet so clever you can’t fail to be impressed.
“An artist using “negative space” relies 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,” says the artist in his latest book called ‘Negative Space’.
Born in 1973 in Israel, Noma graduated from Bezalel Academy of Art & Design in 2000. Since 2001, he has been working in London with a lot of big names and media outlets including: Vodafone, Coca Cola, BBC, The Observer, The Economist, Wallpaper and many more. Bar has illustrated over sixty magazine covers, published over 550 illustrations and released two books: ‘Guess Who – The Many Faces of Noma Bar‘, in 2008 and ‘Negative Space‘ in early 2009[1].
Red Riding Hood
Swimmer
Gun Crime
Hoodies
Wish You Were Here
Pointed Sense
War and Peace
Shy Guy
Banged Up
Power To The Individual
Final Cut
Escape The Weather
Hunger
Tea For Two
Iraq Oil
Pensions & Property
Forgive Your Enemies
Bomb
Negative Space Book Cover
Business In War
Burka Ban
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If you like the works of Noma Bar, you might be interested in buying one of his books: Negative Space or Guess Who – The Many Faces of Noma Bar.
Negative Space Art by Noma Bar originally appeared on Bored Panda on November 1, 2011.
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