Samuel Bak

In Search of Roof on One’s Own

   
In Search of Roof on One’s Own
  • 2017
  • Oil on canvas
  • 20 18 × 16 inches(51 × 40 12 cm)

  • Signed lower right: BAK

  • Bak and his parents hid under the eaves of a roof at one time during their period before ending up in HKP. Also leaping from roof to roof to find refuge.
    Roofs are important for all our safety.
    Here, chance plays an enormous role in our survival.

    The house like dice structure is precariously perched on the edge of the cliff. It is beautifully colored. The three dice circles decorate the side of the structure.
    The balls of the dice are around like antique cannon balls and the ever-present chimney belching the smoke of death reminds us of the context of this image.

    The sole figure in a trench coat is holding a violin case which may hold a gun or s musical instrument. He is in search of a place to hide and possibly to survive.

    Bernard H. Pucker, BAK a Day, February 20, 2022

  • Themes:  Travel Figure Dice Smoke

Exhibitions

Chance in the Art of Samuel Bak 2017 Boston, MA

Literature

CHANCE in the Art of SAMUEL BAK Jeffrey Gantz 2017 Boston, MA, p. 21, ill.

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