©image: Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana
1947 - 2016
Born in Belgrade (RS), died in Pula (HR).
Mladen Stilinović questioned the deep structures of society that determined the role of the artist as an agent (and captive) of language. He famously said: ‘An artist who doesn’t speak English is not an artist.’ In collages and photographs based on the colours of the Croatian flag he challenges the authority of national symbols. His ‘taxonomical’ installations use seemingly innocuous objects and paintings to critique socialist and neoliberal ideology and expose the unequal and unstable relation between the individual and society. By juxtaposing dislocated signs Stilinović ironically visualises the constants of human powerlessness and suffering.
>Mladen Stilinović
>Mladen Stilinovic talking about the concept 'Lazy Birthday'.
>Mladen Stilinović, Artist at Work, 1978.Photography.
>Mladen Stilinović, An Artist Who Cannot Speak English is No Artist, 1992.Other.
> Exhibition: EXTRA MUROS: DE INTERNATIONALE - Museum of Affects. 26 November 2011 - 29 January 2012.
> Exhibition: EXTRA MUROS: Spirits of Internationalism. 21 January 2012 - 29 April 2012.
> Exhibition: MONOCULTURE | A Recent History. 25 September 2020 - 25 April 2021.
> Exhibition: Museum of Parallel Narratives. In the framework of L’Internationale. 14 May 2011 - 02 October 2011.
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> Ensemble: MONOCULTURE - ARTWORKS.