Blog assignment 3 "Positive/Negative Space or Shape"

Horsefly by Martin Puryear in 2000. negative shape or space is empty space, surrounded and shaped so that it acquires a sense of form or volume. positive shape or space is the figure that commands our attention.embraces contradictory elements. In this sculpture, the skeleton of which is formed by steel rods tied carefully together with wrapped wire, the interest resides in the unlikely combination of tar, wire, steel, and glass. Of these contradictions, Puryear has said, "I'm interested in mediating between a feeling of massiveness and fragility to reach a point of extreme vulnerability" from moma.org.