Crveno Roza [Red Pink]
Mladen Stilinović
N.d. [1979]
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Crveno Roza [Red Pink]
Mladen Stilinović
N.d. [1979]
Zagreb: Self-published
Unpaginated [18 pages]
21.2 × 29.7 cm
Unique

Mladen Stilinović (1947–2016) was a Croatian conceptual artist whose multidisciplinary approach encompassed photography, collage, artists’ books, film, painting, and text-based works. A founding member of the Group of Six Artists, active in Zagreb from 1975, he critically examined the relationships between language, ideology, power, money, work, and everyday life, often employing irony, paradox, and visual appropriation. Through an experimental and politically incisive practice, Stilinović became a significant figure in the development of conceptual art in the former Yugoslavia.


 


This unique book embodies this artistic philosophy. Conceived in conjunction with the eponymous exhibition held at the Podroom Working Community of Artists in Zagreb in 1979, Crveno – Roza (Red – Pink) brings together the conceptual and semantic works presented on that occasion. The handcrafted, staple-bound volume explores the colour red, associated with communism, in order to question its limits, truthfulness, and ideological expressions. In a statement handwritten on the second page, Stilinović affirms:


 


“One part of my work refers to the consumption of red color in different contents and techniques. Red is the color which contains many diverse meanings. Taking red through various contents, I want to de-symbolise it, make it just a colour. Thus the effort, if we want to read the painting correctly, consists of wiping out our knowledge, and not in confirming it. If we want to read the work through knowledge of this colour, there will be an absurd reading. Since we cannot hide knowledge, the works are read as symbols and de-symbols. One part of my work refers to the consumption of pink color.”


 


Materially rich, combining paper, fabric, and aluminium, Crveno – Roza is written entirely in Croatian. It unfolds as a sequence of political ideas, conceptual observations, lists of works, and text-based art pieces, forming a subtle yet carefully orchestrated critique of political authority and the power of language in socialist Yugoslavia.

Zagreb: Self-published
Unpaginated [18 pages]
21.2 × 29.7 cm
Unique

Mladen Stilinović (1947–2016) was a Croatian conceptual artist whose multidisciplinary approach encompassed photography, collage, artists’ books, film, painting, and text-based works. A founding member of the Group of Six Artists, active in Zagreb from 1975, he critically examined the relationships between language, ideology, power, money, work, and everyday life, often employing irony, paradox, and visual appropriation. Through an experimental and politically incisive practice, Stilinović became a significant figure in the development of conceptual art in the former Yugoslavia.

 

This unique book embodies this artistic philosophy. Conceived in conjunction with the eponymous exhibition held at the Podroom Working Community of Artists in Zagreb in 1979, Crveno – Roza (Red – Pink) brings together the conceptual and semantic works presented on that occasion. The handcrafted, staple-bound volume explores the colour red, associated with communism, in order to question its limits, truthfulness, and ideological expressions. In a statement handwritten on the second page, Stilinović affirms:

 

“One part of my work refers to the consumption of red color in different contents and techniques. Red is the color which contains many diverse meanings. Taking red through various contents, I want to de-symbolise it, make it just a colour. Thus the effort, if we want to read the painting correctly, consists of wiping out our knowledge, and not in confirming it. If we want to read the work through knowledge of this colour, there will be an absurd reading. Since we cannot hide knowledge, the works are read as symbols and de-symbols. One part of my work refers to the consumption of pink color.”

 

Materially rich, combining paper, fabric, and aluminium, Crveno – Roza is written entirely in Croatian. It unfolds as a sequence of political ideas, conceptual observations, lists of works, and text-based art pieces, forming a subtle yet carefully orchestrated critique of political authority and the power of language in socialist Yugoslavia.

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Mladen Stilinović (1947–2016) was a Croatian conceptual artist whose multidisciplinary approach encompassed photography, collage, artists’ books, film, painting, and text-based works. A founding member of the Group of Six Artists, active in Zagreb from 1975, he critically examined the relationships between language, ideology, power, money, work, and everyday life, often employing irony, paradox, and visual appropriation. Through an experimental and politically incisive practice, Stilinović became a significant figure in the development of conceptual art in the former Yugoslavia.

 

This unique book embodies this artistic philosophy. Conceived in conjunction with the eponymous exhibition held at the Podroom Working Community of Artists in Zagreb in 1979, Crveno – Roza (Red – Pink) brings together the conceptual and semantic works presented on that occasion. The handcrafted, staple-bound volume explores the colour red, associated with communism, in order to question its limits, truthfulness, and ideological expressions. In a statement handwritten on the second page, Stilinović affirms:

 

“One part of my work refers to the consumption of red color in different contents and techniques. Red is the color which contains many diverse meanings. Taking red through various contents, I want to de-symbolise it, make it just a colour. Thus the effort, if we want to read the painting correctly, consists of wiping out our knowledge, and not in confirming it. If we want to read the work through knowledge of this colour, there will be an absurd reading. Since we cannot hide knowledge, the works are read as symbols and de-symbols. One part of my work refers to the consumption of pink color.”

 

Materially rich, combining paper, fabric, and aluminium, Crveno – Roza is written entirely in Croatian. It unfolds as a sequence of political ideas, conceptual observations, lists of works, and text-based art pieces, forming a subtle yet carefully orchestrated critique of political authority and the power of language in socialist Yugoslavia.

Zagreb: Self-published
Unpaginated [18 pages]
21.2 × 29.7 cm
Unique

Mladen Stilinović (1947–2016) was a Croatian conceptual artist whose multidisciplinary approach encompassed photography, collage, artists’ books, film, painting, and text-based works. A founding member of the Group of Six Artists, active in Zagreb from 1975, he critically examined the relationships between language, ideology, power, money, work, and everyday life, often employing irony, paradox, and visual appropriation. Through an experimental and politically incisive practice, Stilinović became a significant figure in the development of conceptual art in the former Yugoslavia.

 

This unique book embodies this artistic philosophy. Conceived in conjunction with the eponymous exhibition held at the Podroom Working Community of Artists in Zagreb in 1979, Crveno – Roza (Red – Pink) brings together the conceptual and semantic works presented on that occasion. The handcrafted, staple-bound volume explores the colour red, associated with communism, in order to question its limits, truthfulness, and ideological expressions. In a statement handwritten on the second page, Stilinović affirms:

 

“One part of my work refers to the consumption of red color in different contents and techniques. Red is the color which contains many diverse meanings. Taking red through various contents, I want to de-symbolise it, make it just a colour. Thus the effort, if we want to read the painting correctly, consists of wiping out our knowledge, and not in confirming it. If we want to read the work through knowledge of this colour, there will be an absurd reading. Since we cannot hide knowledge, the works are read as symbols and de-symbols. One part of my work refers to the consumption of pink color.”

 

Materially rich, combining paper, fabric, and aluminium, Crveno – Roza is written entirely in Croatian. It unfolds as a sequence of political ideas, conceptual observations, lists of works, and text-based art pieces, forming a subtle yet carefully orchestrated critique of political authority and the power of language in socialist Yugoslavia.

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Mladen Stilinović (1947–2016) was a Croatian conceptual artist whose multidisciplinary approach encompassed photography, collage, artists’ books, film, painting, and text-based works. A founding member of the Group of Six Artists, active in Zagreb from 1975, he critically examined the relationships between language, ideology, power, money, work, and everyday life, often employing irony, paradox, and visual appropriation. Through an experimental and politically incisive practice, Stilinović became a significant figure in the development of conceptual art in the former Yugoslavia.

 

This unique book embodies this artistic philosophy. Conceived in conjunction with the eponymous exhibition held at the Podroom Working Community of Artists in Zagreb in 1979, Crveno – Roza (Red – Pink) brings together the conceptual and semantic works presented on that occasion. The handcrafted, staple-bound volume explores the colour red, associated with communism, in order to question its limits, truthfulness, and ideological expressions. In a statement handwritten on the second page, Stilinović affirms:

 

“One part of my work refers to the consumption of red color in different contents and techniques. Red is the color which contains many diverse meanings. Taking red through various contents, I want to de-symbolise it, make it just a colour. Thus the effort, if we want to read the painting correctly, consists of wiping out our knowledge, and not in confirming it. If we want to read the work through knowledge of this colour, there will be an absurd reading. Since we cannot hide knowledge, the works are read as symbols and de-symbols. One part of my work refers to the consumption of pink color.”

 

Materially rich, combining paper, fabric, and aluminium, Crveno – Roza is written entirely in Croatian. It unfolds as a sequence of political ideas, conceptual observations, lists of works, and text-based art pieces, forming a subtle yet carefully orchestrated critique of political authority and the power of language in socialist Yugoslavia.

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