ENRICO BAJ
(Milano 1924 - Vergiate (VA) 2003)
Danzatrice di Cuba
mixed media on canvas, cm 45x40
on the reverse signed, dated and titled
executed in 1955
Provenance
Private collection
In 1955, with Jaguer and with Dangelo, Baj founded the magazine Il gesto for the promotion of the nuclear movement in Milan; at the same time he became a correspondent of some of the most well-known avant-garde magazines, including Phases, Edda, Boa and Direzioni. In the spring he took part in the second Parisian exhibition of the Phases group, with whom he continued to exhibit for a long time. In the summer, again with Jaguer, he organized the "International exhibition of free forms", one of the most significant European exhibitions of informal art. In the first book of Il gesto, then presented, many of the works on display and texts by Dal Fabbro, Sanesi, Jaguer, Tsutomu Izima and Dangelo were published.
