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Enrico Baj
Italian painter, sculptor and writer (1924–2003)
Enrico Baj (31 October 1924 – 16 June 2003)[1] was an Italian artist and writer on art.
Many of his works show an obsession with nuclear war. He created prints, and sculptures but especially collage.
Enrico baj biography
He was close to the surrealist and dada movements, and was later associated with CoBrA. As an author, he has been described as a leading promoter of the avant-garde. He worked with Umberto Eco among other collaborators. He had a long interest in the pseudo-philosophy 'pataphysics.
Biography
He was born in Milan into a wealthy family, but left Italy in 1944 having upset the authorities and to avoid conscription.
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He studied at the Milan University law faculty and the Brera Academy of Art.
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.
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