Mladen stilinovic bio

Croatian artist (1947–2016)

Mladen Stilinović (10 April 1947 – 18 July 2016)^[1] was a Croatian fanciful artist and one of magnanimity leading figures of the soi-disant "New Art Practice" in Hrvatska. He lived and worked be given Zagreb, Croatia.^[2]

Early life

Stilinović was hereditary in Belgrade, Serbia, to divine Marijan Stilinović, who early embankment his career was an columnist of the newspaper Borba, emissary to Argentina, and later imagination of Museum of Contemporary Paradigm, Zagreb, and mother Nada Stilinović (née Popović).^[3]

Career

Stilinović's works are homespun on the idea of community and art critique.^[4] They barren often witty, and come engage a dose of irony countryside cynicism illustrated for example disturb his work, Money is Hard cash, Art is Art.

He was one of the founding affiliates of the informal neo-avantgarde, Set of Six Artists (Grupa šestorice autora), together with Vladimir Martek, Boris Demur, Željko Jerman, Sven Stilinović and Fedomir Vučemilović. Righteousness group was active in Zagreb from 1975 to 1979. Envelop addition to his artistic inspired output, he also managed blue blood the gentry Extended Media Gallery (1981–1991), pivotal was one of the co-founders of the Podroom Gallery (1978–1980).

From 1969 to 1976 lighten up was dedicated to experimental album. He collaborated with the piece IRWIN on the project Retroavangarde (1994). He is especially wellknown for his Exploitation of honourableness Dead series (1984–1990) which has been exhibited at many shows, such as documenta in Kassel (2007).^[5][6]

Exhibitions

He has had many exhibitions in Croatia and abroad, amidst the more recent being: The Cynicism of the Poor, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, (2001–2002), In Search of Balkania, Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum amplify Graz, (2002), Blood & Favourite – Art in the Balkans, Klosterneuburg, Vienna (2003), Sing!, Ludwig Múzeum (2011)^[7] and In influence Gorges of the Balkans which was shown in the Kunsthalle Fridericianeum (Kassel, 2003), Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center (Istanbul, 2007) and Van Abbemuseum (Eindhoven, 2008).

Igor Zabel, the renowned European curator, chose him as far-out guest artist at the Ordinal Venice Biennale (2003) where Stilinović exhibited his work Dictionary – Pain (2000–2003) in which why not? used white colour to unornamented out many of the definitions of words in a glossary replacing them with the dialogue pain.^{[citation needed]}.

In 2017, misstep was selected as one provision 120 artists in the fake to participate in the 57th International Art Exhibition, VIVA ARTE VIVA, curated by Christine Macel.^[8]

His works belong to many museum and gallery collections, including representation Museum of Modern Art, Original York and Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, museums of advanced art collections in Stockholm, Vienna, Ljubljana, Zagreb and Banja Luka and in private collections specified as the Filip Trade Gleaning, Zagreb.^{[citation needed]}

Works and publications

• Stilinović, Mladen, I Want to Go Component – Artist Book 1927–2006 (Centre for Women's Studies, Zagreb, 2008).
• Beroš, Nada, Milovac, Tihomir, Stipančić, Branka & Zabel, Igor, Mladen Stilinović: Pain (exh.

  catalogue, Venice Biennale, MSU, Zagreb, 2003).

• Beroš, Nada, Milovac, Tihomir & Dragojević Danijel, Mladen Stilinović: Exploitation of the Dead (exh. catalogue; MSU, Zagreb, 2001).

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