His birth house in Senjak was confiscated by the Yugoslav communist authorities and his father spent six years in jail because he was a staunch anti-communist.

His graduate thesis sparked controversy because it was presented as a "musical hall" but it was an adapted Eastern Orthodox church, without a cross.

[9] He also taught at universities in Priština, Vienna, Graz and Paris[10] and was a contributor and art critic for Politika along with a number of other magazines and newspapers.

[1] Together with a number of Yugoslav artists, including his friends Leonid Šejka and Olja Ivanjicki, he founded the Mediala art group.

[11] In an interview for Danas Ristić claimed that the church in Slavonski Brod was blown-up by a Croatian parliament member Ante Prkačin.