Although created for different purposes,Barbara Hepworth's Two Figures and the African feast-making spoon share a similar trait.What is it?
A)They are both based on the animal form.
B)They are both positive forms that contain negative space.
C)They are both constructed from clay.
D)They are both functional artworks.

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Both Barbara Hepworth's Two Figures and the African feast-making spoon are examples of positive forms that contain negative space. In Two Figures, the sculpture portrays two human figures that are carved out of a solid block of wood, leaving behind negative spaces between the curves and contours of the figures. Similarly, the African spoon is designed in a way that the majority of the object is the negative space, while the functional part of the spoon is the small solid section at the end.

Although Created for Different Purposes,Barbara Hepworth's Two Figures and the African