The circle is perfection. But when you apply mathematics to it, you need to use pi, an indeterminate or transcendental number. Our retina, hence our scope of vision, is circular, though we place emphasis on the horizon, in contrast to cats, which are more sensitive to the vertical. The circle is steadfast and forthright, yet it implies gliding movement along a surface or a rotation in space, forming its noble derivative, the sphere. Spiritual mandalas are circles, materialistic coins are circles. The Zen enso, which is symbolic of the absolute, encompassing the dharma essence and Tao way neither lacking anything nor with anything in excess, is a brush painting of a circle. A circle pulls space around it. The line is a connection or a path or vector. Bibel discovers for herself what Calder had artistically pioneered and what a child playing with Tinkertoys knows intuitively: the lightness of being. Here are skeletal formations in unbounded space, abstract yet representational and associative. |
Debra Jan Bibel
MORPHOLOGIES:
Circle & Line
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Circle &
Line forms can also be found in the City Synthesis — Resonance Series. |
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Iguazu (2024), 36 × 36 in. | |
Global
Climate Change III —Dying coral reef
(2024),
36 × 36 in.
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Other Worlds (2024), 40 × 20 in. | |
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The Seasons
(2024),
16 × 16 in., each Quadriptych: Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter
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Mind Tunnel (2024), 16 × 16 in. | |
Global
Climate Change II
(2024),
24 × 30 in. Link to enlargement |
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Global Climate Change
(2024),
36 × 36 in. Link to enlargement |
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Every Thing Consists of Organized Atoms: Canyon
(2023),
40 × 30 in. |
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Lava Field
(2023),
48 × 30 in. |
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Rainstorm
(2023,
30 × 30 in. |
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Rose Garden
(2023,
24 × 30 in. |
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Wildflowers
(2022),
36 × 24 in. |
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Perceive the wind,
perceive the dance:
New England Autumn
(2022), 36 × 36 in. |
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Arks (2012), 24 × 36 in.
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Samba (2013), 30 × 30 in. |
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Tornado (2013), 24 × 36 in. |
Winter's Harbinger (2016), 30 × 24 in. |
Passage (2008), 30 × 40 in. | |
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Harbor Nocturne (2008), 36 × 24 in. * | |
Full Circle (2008), 48 × 36 in. |
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Dorje (2008), 24 × 24 in. |
Ecosystem, More or Less (2009), 30 × 30 in. |
See also:
Circle & Line Series, Years 2006–2007 |
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* Sold × Personal Collection |
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Last revision: 30 October 2024