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Revision as of 20:11, 10 January 2025 by Strattonsmith (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Thd Funeral Of The Anarchist Pinelli is a 1972 painting by the Italian artist Enrico Baj (1924-2003) and one of his most noted and controversial works, It is a large scale mixed-media installation The Funeral of Anarchist which encompasses an entire wall and spills over onto the floor. The work makes direct reference Carlo Carrà 1911 Futurist painting The Funeral of the Anarchist Galli, which isthe earlier artist's most famous work.
Thevwork inspired by the death of political activist Pino Pinelli who suspiciously died after fall at Milan Police headquarters where he was being detained on the suspicion of his involvement of the massacre at Piazza Fontana.
References
- Palazzo Reale. From Tuesday 8 October in the Sala delle Cariatidi "Baj chez Baj", a retrospective dedicated to Enrico Baj one hundred years after his birth - Municipality of Milan https://www.comune.milano.it/en/-/palazzo-reale.-da-martedi-8-ottobre-in-sala-delle-cariatidi-baj-chez-baj-retrospettiva-dedicata-a-enrico-baj-a-cent-anni-dalla-nascita
- Art Against the Nation: The Relationship between the Anarchist Movement and Italian Nationalism in the Artwork I funerali dell'anarchico Pinelli by Enrico Baj (1972). - Document - Gale Academic OneFile https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA670225400&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=abs&issn=09673393&p=AONE&sw=w&userGroupName=nysl_oweb&isGeoAuthType=true&aty=geo
- Enrico Baj. Art is freedom | FONDAZIONE https://search.app/xVgR3KK7iCzW5uxH8