Contemporary Paintings on Instagram: "Adrian Ghenie’s Pie Fight paintings from the late 2000s look playful at first glance, but they carry a darker weight. He drew inspiration from slapstick scenes like the Three Stooges and the cut ending of Dr. Strangelove. The chaos of flying pies became a way to talk about humiliation, power, and how authoritarian regimes turn people into spectacles of shame. At the same time, the pie was Ghenie’s excuse to experiment with paint itself: thick, messy, and exp