Enrico Baj

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Baj in 1964

Enrico Baj (31 October 1924 – 16 June 2003)

'pataphysics
.

Biography

He was born in

Brera Academy of Art
.

In 1951 he founded the

political. Baj himself was aligned with the anarchist movement. His most well-known pieces are probably the series of "Generals": absurd characters made from found objects
such as belts or medals.

He made numerous works using motifs from other artists, from

Picasso
. Sometimes he recreated entire works of other painters.

In 1972 public display of a major work, Funeral Of The Anarchist Pinelli (a reference to Carlo Carrà's painting The Funeral of the Anarchist Galli of 1911), was banned after the murder of the police officer believed to be responsible for Giuseppe Pinelli's death in custody. However, his work continued to be political. In 1989 he designed thirty marionettes for Le Bleu-blanc-rouge et le noir, an opera by Italian composer Lorenzo Ferrero to a libretto by Anthony Burgess, written for the bicentenary of the French Revolution. In his last years, he created a series of paintings in protest at the election of Silvio Berlusconi. He died in 2003 in Vergiate, Italy.

References

  1. ^ "Enrico Baj - Social Networks and Archival Context". snaccooperative.org. Retrieved 6 January 2024.

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