Genesis in the Art of Samuel Bak
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Oct 1, 2008 (Wednesday) to
Jan 31, 2009 (Saturday)
What
Location : Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art - 2021 East 71st StreetSamuel Bak examines creation, cruelty, mortality, morality, and accusation. Subjects include: scriptural stori...
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Location : Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art - 2021 East 71st Street
Samuel Bak examines creation, cruelty, mortality, morality, and accusation. Subjects include: scriptural stories of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and the various encounters with their Creator, humankind&39;s passage through Time and its changing role in existence, tikkun hao&39;lam - the enormous task of repairing the world, and Michelangelo&39;s Creation of Adam, at whose center God&39;s and Adam&39;s pointing fingers nearly touch.
Imbued with the same rich color palette and use of metaphors for which Bak is renowned, Bak&39;s paintings add new symbols and characters to his repertoire. Moreover, this series from the Pucker Gallery asks difficult questions concerning divine compassion, human defiance, moral responsibility, and the role of the artist in society.
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