Told & Foretold: The Cup in the Art of Samuel Bak

by Lawrence L. Langer

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1879985284
• ISBN13: 9781879985285
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Pucker Art Publications
• Length: 100 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.8" x 11.3"