Told and Foretold - The Cup in the Art of Samuel Bak (Hardcover)

In his latest series of paintings featuring images of cups, Samuel Bak proves once again that he is a master of the collapsing visual metaphor. His images do not vanish from the canvas, but they lose their integrity, groping for a form that will enable them to retain some semblance of their original shapes. Often set against a background of mountainous or other natural terrain, these damaged images offer a disturbing contrast to the indifference of most of the landscapes they inhabit. In the few cases where human figures appear, they seem displaced, sad, burdened, struggling vainly to establish some control over the disarray that assaults them. Bak's art and the questions he raises are important for viewers today because he is overtly concerned with matters both of his own personal experience and those of the larger human condition. His work preserves the memory of the twentieth-century ruination of Jewish life and culture by way of an artistic passion and precision that stubbornly announces the creativity of the human spirit.

General

Imprint:	Pucker Art Publications
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 2014
Authors:	Lawrence L. Langer
Dimensions:	279 x 229 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	100
ISBN-13:	978-1-879985-28-5
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Art treatments & subjects > Exhibition catalogues and specific collections
LSN:	1-879985-28-4
Barcode:	9781879985285

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