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Untitled, 1972
By Enrico Baj
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Enrico Baj, painter and sculptor, was born in Milan. From a young age Baj showed a precocious talent for art, even gaining the disapproval of the local authorities for using his art to make fun of fascist dignitaries visiting his hometown. In 1944 he fled to Geneva to avoid conscription. He studied painting at the Accademia di Brera, Milan (1945-8), while also studying law at the university there.
In 1951 he founded the arte nucleare movement with Sergio Dangelo, which unlike abstract art was overtly 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. Baj died in 2003, aged 78.
In 1951 he founded the arte nucleare movement with Sergio Dangelo, which unlike abstract art was overtly 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. Baj died in 2003, aged 78.
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Original screenprint.
From the edition of 200 - a copy of the signed and numbered justification page will accompany this piece.
From the suite 'La Cravate ne Vaut pas une Médaille'.
Enrico Baj was well known for engaging directly with topical issues – from the threat of nuclear war to the advent of Silvio Berlusconi. Baj was particularly close to the pioneers of Dada and Surrealism, a close friend of Marcel Duchamp, with whom, in 1965, he collaborated on a provocative version of the Mona Lisa.
Best known for his baffoonish images of generals lavishly decorated with medals which, for him, represented empty symbols of honour and status.
The medals led him to explore the motif of the necktie in a series of works, notably the artist’s book ‘La Cravate ne Vaut pas une Médaille’. He explained the tie’s iconography as a common man’s medal – the everyday badge of honour.
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