Samuel Bak

Spoilers

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

  • Signed lower right: BAK

  • A remarkable assemblage of brokenness.
    The King with crown askew is off center at the middle of the devastation.
    The entire chess entourage is present including the bishops, knights and rooks.
    The Queen is partially covered in her own niche.

    Silhouettes of heads are observers.
    Did people create this disaster?
    The chess pieces did not. They are merely manipulated by the players.
    There is an eerie beauty in this image of destruction.

    Bernard H. Pucker, BAK a Day, December 23, 2021

  • Themes:  Chess Ladder Figure

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. 15, ill.

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