Kate Mosher Hall’s paintings aim, in her words, to “create space” and cultivate a special kind of “open-endedness.” Often combining figurative and obfuscated elements, her images hint at narrative structure, only to stymie pat interpretations and closed meanings. Hall’s works oscillate between frank acknowledgment of her materials—flat planes, paint, printing screens—and a seductive illusionism that draws on illustration and found images. Sometimes the works emphasize duality and fragmentation; at times they underscore the merger of forms and ambiguity. In playing with such structures, Hall not only seeks visual stimulus but also intrigue and psychological affect. Indeterminacy and enigma, as she puts it, allow for visual complexities that are “allegories to life experiences and broken conditions that she ultimately celebrates.”