December 2017
Intermediate to advanced
208 pages
3h 39m
English
Repetition of images can endow them with new authority, visual identity, or meaning.
• Redundancy. In Andy Warhol’s flower paintings, for instance, the repeated image of a desirable object undermines that very desirability, suggesting that it is endlessly available.
• Decorative. Repeated images can readily become decorative.
• Disposability. Repetition is associated with printing and manufacturing techniques, often carrying a sense of transience, cheapness, and disposability.
• Breaking the repeat. Breaking a repeat by introducing variation creates interest by undermining the viewer’s expectations.
• Repetition as power. The repeated image or element can take on a sense of power or omnipresence.
• Formal motif. Repeated ...