dianne smith rfa gallery ohbmg 2012
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Dianne SmithRFA Gallery
OHBM Gala February 23, 2012
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Negative space, in art, is the space around and between the subject(s) of an image. Negative space may be most evident when the space around a subject, and not the subject itself, forms an interesting or artistically relevant shape, and such space is occasionally used to artistic effect as the "real" subject of an image. The use of negative space is a key element of artistic composition. The Japanese word "ma" is sometimes used to articulate this idea.
Ma can be roughly translated as "gap", "space", "pause" or "the space between two structural parts. The spatial concept is experienced progressively through intervals of spatial designation. In Japanese, ma, the word for space, suggests interval. It is best described as a consciousness of place, not in the sense of an enclosed three-dimensional entity, but rather the simultaneous awareness of form and non-form deriving from an intensification of vision.
Ma is not something that is created by compositional elements; it is the thing that takes place in the imagination of the human who experiences these elements. Therefore ma can be defined as experiential place understood with emphasis on interval.
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2012 One Hundred Black Men Inc., Annual Gala
Renaissance Fine Art
February 23, 2012Hilton New York 1335 Sixth AvenueNew York City, New York
Dianne Smith, “Ma III” (Detail), 2012
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Dianne SmithMa I2012oil, oil stick, acrylic on canvas,30 x 12
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Dianne SmithMa II2012oil, oil stick, acrylic on canvas,30 x 12
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Dianne SmithMa III2012oil, oil stick, acrylic on canvas,30 x 12
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Dianne SmithMa IV2012oil, oil stick, acrylic on canvas,30 x 12
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Dianne SmithMa V2012oil, oil stick, acrylic on canvas,30 x 12
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Dianne SmithMa VI2012oil, oil stick, acrylic on canvas30 x 12
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