Representative work by Mladen Stilinović
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Artist

Mladen Stilinović

1947–2016 · Croatian

Mladen Stilinović used text, found materials, performance and everyday objects to critique labor, ideology, nationalism and the art system. His works often deploy humor, laziness and deliberately poor materials as resistance to institutional authority.

Conceptual art; text; installation

Major Works

  • 1978Artist at Work
  • 1993The Praise of Laziness
  • 1992An Artist Who Cannot Speak English Is No Artist
  • 1984–90Exploitation of the Dead
  • 1970sRed-Pink
  • 1990sWhite Absence
  • 2000sDictionary—Pain
  • 1970sMoney Is Money
  • 1990sGeometry of Cakes
  • 1970sThe Language of Politics

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