Samuel Bak

Blue Royalty

   
Blue Royalty
  • 2011
  • Oil on canvas
  • 40 18 × 30 inches(102 × 76 cm)

  • Signed lower left: BAK

  • Under the huppah or royal canopy, nearly in shreds, stand askew the Royal couple.
    The Queen is wrapped in tree roots and a single branch rises above the Couple.

    The "best persons" are the Knights of honor to witness the marriage.
    The coupling is made possible by the prone and wounded pawns or soldiers of the Court.

    The ground pattern is made up of the squares of a chess board. It is never whole.
    The complete board defines the rules of the Game and in our present world, there are no rules.

    Bernard H. Pucker, BAK a Day, December 22, 2021

  • Themes:  Tree 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. 14, ill.

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