Mladen stilinovic biography samples

Croatian artist (1947–2016)

Mladen Stilinović (10 April 1947 – 18 July 2016)^[1] was a Croatian conceptual artist and one of the leading figures of the so-called "New Art Practice" in Croatia.

He lived and worked in Zagreb, Croatia.^[2]

Early life

Stilinović was born in Belgrade, Serbia, to father Marijan Stilinović, who early in his career was an editor of the newspaper Borba, ambassador to Argentina, and later head of Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, and mother Nada Stilinović (née Popović).^[3]

Career

Stilinović's works are based on the idea of social and art critique.^[4] They are often witty, and come with a dose of irony and cynicism illustrated for example in his work, Money is Money, Art is Art.

He was one of the founding members of the informal neo-avantgarde, Group of Six Artists (Grupa šestorice autora), together with Vladimir Martek, Boris Demur, Željko Jerman, Sven Stilinović and Fe