Cut it Out

I first saw the work of Noma Bar in the Oberver. I liked his strong simple images. I attended the London Design Festival 2011 and realising that Bar had an exhibition I went along.

I think Bar's work is very humorous, clever and simple. At first glance, these graphic images he creates are bold and brightly coloured yet within his work often lies important political and social messages.

Noma Bar communicates a message on a social issue with amazing clarity while adding a bit of humor too. He uses the idea of playing with positive and negative space to create two images or double images.

With bold colors, shapes and one or two icons he captures the essence of a person. Using very little colour/shape/iconography he has captured the spirit of Saddam Hussein amazingly.

Images from: http://grainedit.com/2010/03/17/noma-bar-interview/ and http://www.dutchuncle.co.uk/illustrators/noma-bar/portfolios/portfolio