{"title":"Mladen Stilinović","description":"\u003cp\u003eMladen Stilinović (1947–2016) was a Zagreb-based artist and a central figure of the Yugoslav conceptual scene. Working across text, painting, performance, and publication, his practice examined language, ideology, labour, money, and the structures that determine artistic value. \u003cem\u003eThe Praise of Laziness\u003c\/em\u003e, first written in the early 1990s in the aftermath of the Cold War, has become one of his most widely circulated texts — a concise proposition that laziness constitutes a form of resistance to the demands of productivity, efficiency, and cultural overproduction. His publications and printed matter continue to circulate through artist-led presses and independent editions.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"mladen-stilinovic-the-praise-of-laziness-gato-negro-2015","title":"Mladen Stilinović — The Praise of Laziness, Gato Negro, Mexico City, 2015","description":"\u003cp\u003eSoftcover booklet, 10.5 × 8 cm, 28 pages, text in English. Good vintage condition: light handling wear and minor signs of storage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA pocket-sized edition of Mladen Stilinović’s influential text \u003cem\u003eThe Praise of Laziness\u003c\/em\u003e, published in Mexico City by Gato Negro in 2015. First written in the aftermath of the Cold War, the manifesto reflects on the artist’s position between Eastern European socialism and Western capitalism, proposing laziness not as failure but as a form of resistance to productivity, efficiency, and cultural overproduction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the key figures of the former Yugoslav conceptual scene, Stilinović spent decades examining language, ideology, labour, money, and the structures that shape artistic value. \u003cem\u003eThe Praise of Laziness\u003c\/em\u003e has since become one of his most widely circulated texts, frequently cited by artists, curators, and writers as a concise critique of the contemporary demand for constant activity and visibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSmall in scale but substantial in influence, this edition belongs to the lineage of artist-led publishing that keeps conceptual texts in circulation long after their original moment. Less a book than a portable proposition, it remains one of the clearest statements of Stilinović’s practice and its enduring relevance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA manifesto reduced to booklet form. A critique of work reproduced as an object. A text that continues to circulate because its argument remains unresolved.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShipping and handling included in the listed price.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The New Rare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53770444570962,"sku":"STILINOVIC-GATONEGRO-CAT-2015","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/5636\/1554\/files\/Stilinovic_Mladen._The_praise_of_Laziness_5d0c955c-d93e-4391-991f-971242bcc521.jpg?v=1781651465"}],"url":"https:\/\/thenewrare.com\/collections\/mladen-stilinovic.oembed","provider":"The New Rare","version":"1.0","type":"link"}