Ann Pibal

Ann Pibal’s paintings feature deceptively simple compositions that utilize geometric motifs such as targets, rectangles, lines, and open cubes. Pibal works in both small-scale and large-scale formats, though no two paintings are exactly the same size. The compositions, executed in acrylic on thin aluminum panels, suggest shifting situations, motion or entropy; there is an active approach to spatial relationships, so that small spaces often denote much larger ones. The geometric figures themselves are sometimes repeated, but with slight differences, juggling accepted notions of symmetry and balance. The sense of play that runs through these trends in the work makes each painting a place where fixed or defined figures and forms become flexible upon closer viewing.