Jiří Kolář was a prominent poet, visual artist, and translator whose avant-garde artistic practice and radical political stance made him a dissident under the Stalinist Czechoslovakian government. After initially making a living as a writer, Kolář began to create visual art that dissolved the relationship between word and image, thus resisting the academic and Socialist Realist artwork favored by the communist regime. In Untitled (Knife and Rolling Pin), the attached objects fuse with text in a surprising combination of modern typography and ordinary kitchen utensils. This playful arrangement dissolves both the utilitarian role of the objects and the legibility of the text, demonstrating how Kolář used art to subvert the use of language and imagery for government propaganda. This work symbolizes an act of resistance against the totalitarian regime.