Students create a sculpture based on Rhythm, Repetition & Movement

1. RHYTHM,
REPETITION
&
MOVEMENT

2. The repetition of visual elements
give a composition unity, continuity,
flow and emphasis.
In the visual arts, rhythm is created through
the regular recurrence of elements with
related variations. Rhythm refers to any
kind of movement or structure of dominant
and subordinate elements in sequence.
Rhythm, in the visual arts, is an
organizational and expressive device.

3. BACKS, 1978-81 EIGHTY
SCULPTURES OF BURLAP AND
RESIN MOLDED FROM PLASTER
CASTS OVER LIFESIZE BY
MAGDALENA ABAKANOWICZ

4. DONALD JUDD, Untitled, 1969. Brass and colored fluorescent Plexiglass on steel
brackets, 10 units, 6 1/8” x 2’ x 2’ 3” each, with 6” intervals. Hirshhorn Museum and
Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. (gift of Joseph H.
Hirshhorn, 1972). Art Judd Foundation/Licensed by VAGA, New York.
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A powerful critic and theorist, and an aggressive defender of his
own work. Judd championed these sculptures on the grounds
that “actual space is intrinsically more powerful and specific than
paint on a flat surface.”
“My things are symmetrical because … I wanted to get rid of any
compositional effects, and the obvious way to do it was to be symmetrical.”

5. Field for the British Isles, 1993 by Antony Gormley

6. FIELD FOR THE BRITISH ISLES
BY ANTONY GORMLEY

7. (DETAIL) FIELD FOR THE BRITISH
ISLES, 1993 BY ANTONY
GORMLEY

8. Antony Gormley
European Field, 1993
Terracotta. Variable size: approx. 40,000 elements,
each 8-26 cm high Installation view, Kunsthalle zu
Kiel, Kiel, Germany, 1997 Commissioned by Malmö
Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden Photograph by Helmut
Kunde, Kiel

10. Use small objects in the 100s or 1000s such as toothpicks, nails, pushpins, pencils, straws, etc. to
create an interesting form that demonstrates a sense of rhythm, repetition and movement.
Craftsmanship is of paramount importance. Glue, adhesives, etc. should not be visible in the final
piece.

13. Rhythm, Repetition and Movement in this figure creates a very dramatic effect

14. COLOR PENCILS,
ORGANIZED AND
ARRANGED TO
GREAT EFFECT AS A
RAINBOWED
SPHERE!

15. TOOTHPICKS, HOT GLUE
AND ZEN MASTER
PATIENCE HAVE CREATED
THIS COMPELLING
ORGANIC FORM.

16. PLASTIC SPOONS!

17. GIFT-WRAPPING
CARDBOARD TUBES!

18. POPSICLE STICKS
TWISTING AND
MOVING!

19. THESE POPSICLES HAVE
AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT
RHYTHM THAN THE
PREVIOUS SLIDE!

21. A MUSHROOM CLOUD
MADE OF TOY ARMY MEN!

22. Rolled tubes of colored post-it notes and simple cardboard!

23. A BIRD HOUSE
FROM A BOOK!

24. Stacks of cut colored paper!

25. USING PAPER AND
REPETITIVE
TRIANGLES!

26. STRAWS!

27. ARTIST SANG SIK HONG’S
AMAZING SCULPTURES
ARE CONSTRUCTED WITH
THOUSANDS OF PLASTIC
DRINKING STRAWS!

32. ARTIST FRANCESCA PASQUALI
USING STRAW TO CREATE
COMPELLING ABSTRACT
FORMS.