How ironic on the eve of the probable invasion of the Ukraine this work by Bak is our Bak a Day!
It seems that the Russian evaluation is the devaluation of lives. By committing troops to war his evaluation has come down the devaluation of life.
The dice as a launch pad for rocket. The whole dice being lifted as an enigmatic image "raising your chances." The artist as the prophet of human actions.
Sovereignty and territorial expansion translated as greed and power have played into the evaluation.
Bernard H. Pucker, BAK a Day, February 12, 2022
Vilna Gaon Museum of Jewish History (Samuel Bak Museum)