Samuel Bak

The Wisperer

   
The Wisperer
  • 2019
  • Oil on linen
  • 20 × 16 inches(50 12 × 40 12 cm)

  • Signed and dated lower left: BAK 19

  • Can you hear what is being whispered?
    Can you unpack this fecund image? Does this image including the Dove of Peace bring any sense of calm and order in our broken universe?

    The invented bird head covering sets the scene for the Dove with a sprig in its mouth. The head with unusable glasses has the branch in place of a cigar as the perch for the bird.
    The entire focus on the head is framed by the arch of triumph. Have these strange characters survived the war?
    Are they the progenitors of the future?
    Time to whisper your answer.

    Bernard H. Pucker, BAK a Day, November 6, 2021

  • Themes:  Figure Bird Tool

Exhibitions

Ongoing Conversation . Birds in the Art of Samuel Bak 2020 Boston, MA

Literature

Ongoing Conversation . Birds in the Art of Samuel Bak Jeanne V. Koles 2020 Boston, MA, p. 21, ill.

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