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Still, Life: New Paintings by Samuel Bak |
| Section: THE ARTS / ART |
| Author: Saul Touster and Irene Tayler |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 1/1/2007 |
| Size: 2,150 Words, 13,585 Characters |
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In the history of Western art there are a number of artists, especially since the Renaissance, who have come to be identified by their still lifes: Chardin, Cezanne, Morandi. Although a latecomer as a genre, the modern still life has effected major changes in technique and style in art and shifts in cultural consciousness. For example, cubism evolved mainly through still life painting, from Cezanne’s radical vision to Picasso’s and Braque’s experiments, and moved from being avant garde to become a popular visual sensibility. It’s too early to say whether Sam Bak’s work in still life is to stand among the works of those artists. But it is time enough to see that in his still lifes--which are a major part of his oeuvre--he is working significant changes and challenges in the moral environmen...
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... inescapable moral challenge. Like all true artists, Bak raises questions about what we see and how we see it. He troubles the spirit. He impresses and shakes us. If we look ahead, he makes us look back. He makes us remember.
This essay originally appeared in a Pucker Gallery catalogue, and has been reprinted with permisison. Copyright © 2006 Pucker Gallery (http://www.puckergallery.com)
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