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Revision as of 20:55, 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 his most nooted and controversial work, It is a large scale mixed-media twelve meter long installation which encompasses an entire wall and moves out 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.
The work was 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.
Tbe work which was created for the Palazzo Reale in Milan The work was set to be displayed in the Great Hall of Caryatids of the palazzo, in the spring of 1972 but on the of its openung, Police Commissioner Luigi Calabresi was assassinated and the exhibition was delayed indefinitely.
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