Figuring Out

Those familiar with the artistic lexicon of Samuel Bak will recognize many of the symbols present in the series Figuring Out , but they will also meet and explore a new cast of characters. Human figures in many guises navigate a search for identity in the postwar world and invite the audience into a dialogue about the future of mankind. The human face appears in various states—from flesh to stone, in wooden profile, and as a gigantic monument slowly sinking into the earth, to name a few—but alwa