Repetition/Rhythm

Repetition is the idea of something happening over and over again. Rhythm occurs when something happens over and over again in a composition. When these two work hand in hand, you create an artwork that has a certain object repeating over and over again. For example, the white, brown, and purple dots placed on the red background of Larry Poons Nixes Mate all seem to create a rhythm of vertical lines going off of the paper. If you follow the dots, they seem to make a criss-cross design on top of a red background which makes them pop out. The black arrows in the piece show the imaginary lines that are being created through the dots.