Author

Contributions

  • Bruijn, Hilde de - Contributor
  • Pilto, Carrie - Contributor
  • Bochicchio, Luca - Contributor
  • Cattelan, Maurizio, 1960- - Contributor
  • Cobra Museum voor Moderne Kunst (Amstelveen, Netherlands) - Contributor

Publication

2017 - Cobra Museum of Modern Art, Amstelveen, Netherlands

Language

English

Word Count

35,500 words, Guess

Page Count

142 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC700.411
  • LCCN6923.B25 A4 2017

Alternate Titles

  • Play as protest

Description

Enrico Baj's works look playful, colourful and humorous, but simultaneously show his sharp socio-critical, even anarchist, attitude. Baj himself stated that "only fun can validly oppose the system". Baj used play as a form of engagement and creation as a form of protest. His work was a protest against fascism, totalitarian systems, the power of the ruling class and the potential annihilation of the environment (the then new nuclear threat). The exhibition shows how Baj playfully used the strategies of satire and deliberate disrespect as means of protest against a society that seems to be on the constant verge of self-destruction. Exhibition: Cobra Museum of Modern Art, Amstelveen, The Netherlands (04.02.-14.05.2017).

Subjects

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  • Enrico Baj: play as protestCobra Museum of Modern Art2017-01-01
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