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    / Shape and mass

    The negative spaces between shapes and masses are also carefully considered by the artist, since they can be so adjusted as to enhance the action and character of the positive images. They can be as important to the design as time intervals in music or the…

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  • Rachel Whiteread
    Rachel Whiteread

    …is usually considered to be negative space. She won the Turner Prize in 1993, becoming the honour’s first woman recipient, and represented Great Britain at the Venice Biennale in 1997.

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