Enrico Baj was an Italian artist best known for his political collages, prints, paintings, and sculptures. His work was influenced by a variety of social and scientific themes, including nuclear warfare, the pseudo-philosophy ‘pataphysics, and human sexuality, which he explored through abstract, child-like imagery. “Enrico Baj is a very funny fellow,” New York Times critic John Russel said of the artist. “He has ruminated with great profit on facts of which we become daily more aware: that every human being is a battleground of opposites, for instance, and that the battle sways this way and that, rarely ending in a decisive victory for one side or the other.” Born on October 31, 1924 in Milan, Italy, Baj studied...