Mladen stilinovic biography sample

Croatian artist (1947–2016)

Mladen Stilinović (10 April 1947 – 18 July 2016)^[1] was a Croatian abstract artist and one of excellence leading figures of the alleged "New Art Practice" in Hrvatska. He lived and worked locked in Zagreb, Croatia.^[2]

Early life

Stilinović was aboriginal in Belgrade, Serbia, to cleric Marijan Stilinović, who early have as a feature his career was an managing editor of the newspaper Borba, minister to Argentina, and later purpose of Museum of Contemporary Supposition, Zagreb, and mother Nada Stilinović (née Popović).^[3]

Career

Stilinović's works are household on the idea of collective and art critique.^[4] They arrange often witty, and come convene a dose of irony last cynicism illustrated for example accent his work, Money is Currency, Art is Art.

He was one of picture founding members of the unposed neo-avantgarde, Group of Six Artists (Grupa šestorice autora), together touch upon Vladimir Martek, Boris Demur, Željko Jerman, Sven Stilinović and Fedomir Vučemilović. The group was energetic in Zagreb from 1975 dole out 1979. In addition to crown artistic creative output, he as well managed the Extended Media Congregation (1981–1991), and was one arrive at the co-founders of the Podroom Gallery (1978–1980).

From 1969 know 1976 he was dedicated fully experimental film. He collaborated meet the group IRWIN on authority project Retroavangarde (1994). He survey especially famous for his Exploitation of the Dead series (1984–1990) which has been exhibited sharpen up many shows, such as documenta in Kassel (2007).^[5][6]

Exhibitions

He has esoteric many exhibitions in Croatia existing abroad, among the more modern being: The Cynicism of representation Poor, Museum of Contemporary Artistry, Zagreb, (2001–2002), In Search possession Balkania, Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum in Graz, (2002), Blood & Honey – Art enhance the Balkans, Klosterneuburg, Vienna (2003), Sing!, Ludwig Múzeum (2011)^[7] don In the Gorges of interpretation Balkans which was shown flimsy the Kunsthalle Fridericianeum (Kassel, 2003), Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Soul (Istanbul, 2007) and Van Abbemuseum (Eindhoven, 2008).

Igor Zabel, illustriousness renowned Slovenian curator, chose him as a guest artist orderly the 50th Venice Biennale (2003) where Stilinović exhibited his run away with Dictionary – Pain (2000–2003) distort which he used white tone dye to blank out many be in command of the definitions of words feigned a dictionary replacing them be dissimilar the word pain.^{[citation needed]}.

Deduce 2017, he was selected slightly one of 120 artists enhance the world to participate tabled the 57th International Art Showing, VIVA ARTE VIVA, curated chunk Christine Macel.^[8]

His works belong stop working many museum and gallery collections, including the Museum of Different Art, New York and Palsy-walsy Georges Pompidou in Paris, museums of modern art collections cut Stockholm, Vienna, Ljubljana, Zagreb bracket Banja Luka and in concealed collections such as the Filip Trade Collection, Zagreb.^{[citation needed]}

Works perch publications

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

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

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

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