Samuel Bak

As Far As Possible

   
As Far As Possible
  • 2011
  • Oil on canvas
  • 30 × 40 18 inches(76 × 102 cm)

  • Signed lower left: BAK

  • Pawn heaven? Pawn graveyard.
    A nightmare vision of a world in disarray.

    The stone silhouette on the altar.
    The fragmented Pawn forms aloft, as well attending the altar.
    In the distance, the billboard of a fragmented chess board.
    Other pieces of chess boards litter the terrain even suggesting the shape of the Mogen David.
    And the contents of a pawn head reveals an innocent pawn.

    The artist has stretched the pawn image as far as possible.

    Bernard H. Pucker, BAK a Day, December 24, 2021

  • Themes:  Rope Chess

Exhibitions

Your Move . New Paintings by SAMUEL BAK 2012 Boston, MA

Literature

Your Move . New Paintings by SAMUEL BAK Theodore K. Rabb 2012 Boston, MA, p. 26, ill.

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