Once again Bak’s artistic homage is composed of damaged cultural artifacts: a small shred of cloth, a teapot doubly pierced by a bullet, a severely chipped teacup separated from its now empty saucer, a cracked pitcher whose handle is formed as a question mark engraved into the suspended object next to it. What is this large tallis striped “fragment” suspended by at least one “noose” knot from the skies above? A piece of stucco wall? A gravestone? A tablet? What is the best reference for control of those strings? Multiple red streaks drip like blood down the block and fill the lower part of the question mark handle. Similarly, bright red coloring covers parts of the brown table.
Somewhat incongruously there are two small rocks aligned at the edge of the table. Are these the stones which in Jewish tradition are placed on gravestones to represent permanence and respect? This is a still life which reeks of death and destruction. Who is responsible? Can this world repair or is burial the only choice? A fragmented world indeed!
Painting these battered still life elements before a sylvan backdrop and using negative space framed by a riddled teapot or between the pitcher and teapot spouts, telescopically presents blue sky and verdant trees to convey a sense of universality not found in a more traditional intimate closed room presentation. Thus, what is seen here applies to the wide world much more than to a single house. This world is our world still and needs our most sincere commitment to protect life.
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