Samuel Bak

Moveable

   
Moveable
  • 2019
  • Gouache and charcoal on paper
  • 31 × 24 cm(12,2 × 9,4 inches)

  • Signed and dated lower left: BAK 19

  • Indeed Moveable but the question arises: why? This enigmatic work asks for a clear description simply to try to understand why bother?

    From the bottom up we start with a cart. With at least one wheel off, it is unlikely that it will prove effective in moving its contents.

    Contents: A massive tree trunk with powerful branches that call to mind two muscular legs spread eagle. The balance of the tree is attached to the top of the inverted table.

    Looking carefully as it seems that at least one leg of the table is the extension of the branch of the tree. The table is in disrepair and is held together by a rope.

    When has this collection been and where is it going? Why bother moving?
    Yet if the table had at one time been an altar and the tree had represented rebirth and growth, we do need to remember them and assume that one day they could be replanted and the table placed upright to assume their former lives as growth and offerings.

    Bernard H. Pucker, BAK a Day, October 15, 2022

  • Themen:  Seil Reise Baum

Ausstellungen

Unstill Life by Samuel Bak 2021 Boston, MA

Literatur

Unstill Life: New Works by Samuel Bak Ann Barger Hannum 2021 Boston, MA, p. 63, ill.

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