Debra Jan Bibel, artist

Square. This geometric form is solid, proper, staid, even rigid. It is the rock of ages. Its parent, the rectangle, is expansive but less harmonious. Together or alone in linear array, they are the stepping stones of life and the bricks of structure. The white backgrounds sharpen the edges, provide idealistic clarity, space, and peace.

Debra Jan Bibel

MORPHOLOGIES:
An Exploration, An Evolution

Square & Rectangle

These images are part of a series of over 20 works and mark the beginning of Bibel’s mature studies after an intensive study of the life, writings, and art of Mondrian and the forms of Neo-Plasticism and De Stijl.

Step Lively! (1998), 28 × 22 in.	Genetic Kinetic (1993), 24 × 24 in.	San Francisco (1998), 30 × 36 in. ×

Crossed Purposes (1998), 40 × 30 in.	Stanislaus (1998), 24 × 30 in.	Kyoto (1998), 36 ×36 in.

A Matter of Life and Death (1999), 40 × 30 in.


Thus Have I Heard . . . (1999), 48 × 36 in.	Empty Promises (1999), 36 × 36 in.	Morning Comes to Mendocino (1999) 36 × 36 in.


Four Kakemono for a Teahouse: Autumn (1999), 36 × 48 in.	Four Kakemono for a Teahouse: Winter (1999), 36 × 48 in.	Gravity (1999), 36 × 36 in.

Four Kakemono for a Teahouse: Spring (1999), 36 × 48 in.	Four Kakemono for a Teahouse: Summer (1999), 36 × 48 in.	Dialogue (1999), 18 × 24 in.

Chromatography (1998), 30 ×36 in.	(left) “Was It?” (2001), 24 × 24 in. (right) “Is It?” (2001), 24 × 24 in.

	Relationships (Prismatic Rain) (1998) Diptych, each.: 18 × 24 in.
* Sold × Personal Collection

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