Samuel Bak

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  • 2018
  • Oil on canvas
  • 24 18 × 48 18 inches(61 × 122 cm)

  • Signed and dated lower left: BAK 18

  • Indeed a Display as the members of one side of the Chess match is well presented.
    They have endured!

    Clearly Sam's use of Chess as a metaphor is on Display with this intense and colorful painting.
    From the left the pieces are arranged:
    Rook
    Knight
    Bishop
    Queen
    King

    With a landscape littered with pawns.
    As ever in battle, the pawns are the casualties.
    All are presented before the fragments of the Chess board.

    On the right is the sole Rook and a marvelous winged pawn which presents flight and possibly escape.
    The farm house in the background seems to just be a farm house.
    Finally, the tree or trees on the right have new growth and a sense of continuation.

    Overall, a brilliantly colored Display of Sam at his best!

    Bernard H. Pucker, December 30, 2021

  • Themes:  Rope Chess

Exhibitions

Renewed Engagement: Chess in the Art of Samuel Bak 2019 Boston, MA, Nr. 10.

Literature

Renewed Engagement . Chess in the Art of Samuel Bak Ute Ben Yosef 2019 Boston, MA, back cover

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