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Signed and numbered plastic and card collage on paper.
A special collage for the suite, made in an edition of 75.
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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Signed and numbered plastic and card collage on paper.
A special collage for the suite, made in an edition of 75.
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.
