Mladen Stilinović

Born 1947 in Belgrad, Croatia
Died 2016 in Pula, Croatia

As a post conceptual artist Mladen Stilinović is skeptical about the potential of art contributing to social change and investigates its relationship to power. The focus of his attention is on the “afterlife” of utopias. When is a utopia of liberation turned into a gesture of authority? Stilinović integrated the ambivalence inherent to geometric abstraction (and the avant-garde in general) in his works with his use of colour and form. In his early collages Stilinović reveals complex and sometimes enigmatic “language games” that had not yet revealed their political and ideological potential, and points to his future works.

Mladen Stilinović, Korupcija, 2005 — Mladen Stilinović, *Korupcija*, 2005
Collage on cardboard, 33 × 21 cm

Exhibition view, Galerie Martin Janda, 2019 — *Exhibition view*, Galerie Martin Janda, 2019
Photo: Anna Konrath

Mladen Stilinović, Eksploatacija Mrtvih / Exploitation of the Dead, 1990 — Mladen Stilinović, *Eksploatacija Mrtvih / Exploitation of the Dead*, 1990
Acrylic on photo copy on wooden board, 33 × 33 × 1.8 cm

Exhibition view, Galerie Martin Janda, 2014 — *Exhibition view*, Galerie Martin Janda, 2014
Photo: Markus Wörgötter

Mladen Stilinović, Conversation With Freud – The Artist as His Own Complex, 1982/1995 — Mladen Stilinović, *Conversation With Freud – The Artist as His Own Complex*, 1982/1995
Inkjet prints on baryta paper, edition of 10, 6 parts, each 29.6 × 42 cm

Mladen Stilinović, Svijestan Materijala / Aware of Material from the series White Works, 1976 — Mladen Stilinović, *Svijestan Materijala / Aware of Material from the series White Works*, 1976
Acrylic, pencil on paper, 20.8 × 29.2 cm

Mladen Stilinović, Za Kruh / For Bread, 1973 — Mladen Stilinović, *Za Kruh / For Bread*, 1973
Tempera, transfer lettering, newspaper on paper, 21.3 × 29.8 cm

Galerie Martin Janda

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