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Ivan Kožarić

Ivan Kožarić was a Croatian sculptor (1921–2020). He was born in Petrinja and died in Zagreb.

Also recorded as Ivan Kozaric · Ivan Kožaric

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Biography

Ivan Kožarić studied at Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb. The recorded working language is Croatian.

The field of work recorded is art of sculpture.

Work by Ivan Kožarić is recorded in the collections of Museum of Modern Art, Croatian Museum of Contemporary Art and M HKA - Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen.

MSU exhibition Kožarić 100

MSU exhibition Kožarić 100

Zblace

MSU exhibition Kožarić 100

MSU exhibition Kožarić 100

Zblace

Catalogued output

Works

Their recorded dates run from 1969 to 2011.

  • Nine Views

    1971

  • Red Loop

    1969 · Croatian Museum of Contemporary Art

  • There’s No Death, There’s Only Life! [from the portfolio ‘Time for a New State!’]

    2011 · M HKA - Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen

  • Art Is Always Elusive! [from the portfolio ‘Time for a New State!’]

    2011 · M HKA - Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen

  • Time for a New State! [from the portfolio ‘Time for a New State!’]

    2011 · M HKA - Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen

  • It’s Ridiculous to Die! [from the portfolio ‘Time for a New State!’]

    2011 · M HKA - Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen

  • I’m Blissfully Happy to Be Happy! [from the portfolio ‘Time for a New State!’]

    2011 · M HKA - Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen

  • Let’s Break the Frames! [from the portfolio ‘Time for a New State!’]

    2011 · M HKA - Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen

  • My God, How Great You Are! [from the portfolio ‘Time for a New State!’]

    2011 · M HKA - Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen

  • When You Die, Nevermore [from the portfolio ‘Time for a New State!’]

    2011 · M HKA - Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen

  • I Don’t Know How to Go On! [from the portfolio ‘Time for a New State!’]

    2011 · M HKA - Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen

  • Figure [from ‘Mapa serigrafija, MMII’]

    2002 · M HKA - Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen

The complete catalogue · 24
  • Nine Views

    1971

  • Red Loop

    1969 · Croatian Museum of Contemporary Art

  • There’s No Death, There’s Only Life! [from the portfolio ‘Time for a New State!’]

    2011 · M HKA - Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen

  • Art Is Always Elusive! [from the portfolio ‘Time for a New State!’]

    2011 · M HKA - Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen

  • Time for a New State! [from the portfolio ‘Time for a New State!’]

    2011 · M HKA - Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen

  • It’s Ridiculous to Die! [from the portfolio ‘Time for a New State!’]

    2011 · M HKA - Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen

  • I’m Blissfully Happy to Be Happy! [from the portfolio ‘Time for a New State!’]

    2011 · M HKA - Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen

  • Let’s Break the Frames! [from the portfolio ‘Time for a New State!’]

    2011 · M HKA - Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen

  • My God, How Great You Are! [from the portfolio ‘Time for a New State!’]

    2011 · M HKA - Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen

  • When You Die, Nevermore [from the portfolio ‘Time for a New State!’]

    2011 · M HKA - Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen

  • I Don’t Know How to Go On! [from the portfolio ‘Time for a New State!’]

    2011 · M HKA - Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen

  • Figure [from ‘Mapa serigrafija, MMII’]

    2002 · M HKA - Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen

  • Wideness [from ‘Mapa serigrafija, MMII’]

    2002 · M HKA - Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen

  • Homage to Germany [from ‘Mapa serigrafija, MMII’]

    2002 · M HKA - Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen

  • Sphere [from ‘Mapa serigrafija, MMII’]

    2002 · M HKA - Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen

  • Wind [from ‘Mapa serigrafija, MMII’]

    2002 · M HKA - Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen

  • Untitled

    2006 · M HKA - Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen

  • Fisherman [from ‘Mapa serigrafija, MMII’]

    2002 · M HKA - Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen

  • Circle [from ‘Mapa serigrafija, MMII’]

    2002 · M HKA - Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen

  • Landscape

    2003 · M HKA - Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen

  • Bouquet of Genes

    2002 · M HKA - Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen

  • Time for a New State!

    2011 · M HKA - Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen

  • Found Sculpture

    2009 · M HKA - Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen

  • Man of the Future - Flyer

    1973 · M HKA - Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen

A further 4 recorded entries stand behind this article and are held on the record.

Dated record

Life and career

Explore 1921–2011

  1. 1921

    Life

    Ivan Kožarić born at Petrinja.

  2. 1969

    Institution

    Red Loop (Croatian Museum of Contemporary Art).

  3. 1971

    Nine Views.

  4. 2011

    Life

    There’s No Death, There’s Only Life! [from the portfolio ‘Time for a New State!’] (M HKA - Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen).

  5. 2011

    Institution

    Art Is Always Elusive! [from the portfolio ‘Time for a New State!’] (M HKA - Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen).

  6. 2011

    Institution

    Time for a New State! [from the portfolio ‘Time for a New State!’] (M HKA - Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen).

  7. 2011

    Institution

    It’s Ridiculous to Die! [from the portfolio ‘Time for a New State!’] (M HKA - Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen).

The full dated record · 7 entries
  1. 1921

    Ivan Kožarić born at Petrinja.

  2. 1969

    Red Loop (Croatian Museum of Contemporary Art).

  3. 1971

    Nine Views.

  4. 2011

    There’s No Death, There’s Only Life! [from the portfolio ‘Time for a New State!’] (M HKA - Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen).

  5. 2011

    Art Is Always Elusive! [from the portfolio ‘Time for a New State!’] (M HKA - Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen).

  6. 2011

    Time for a New State! [from the portfolio ‘Time for a New State!’] (M HKA - Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen).

  7. 2011

    It’s Ridiculous to Die! [from the portfolio ‘Time for a New State!’] (M HKA - Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen).

Named by the record

Places

Only places the record itself states, plotted where the house gazetteer settles their coordinates. Nothing is inferred from a name or a nationality.

  • Petrinja

    Birth place

  • Zagreb

    Death place

Primary material

Documents and archives

Literature

Bibliography

Ivan Kožarić: A Feeling of Wholeness, Afterall: A Journal of Art, Context and Enquiry, 2012. Ivan Kožarić: ‘Freedom Is a Rare Bird’, Afterall: A Journal of Art, Context and Enquiry, 2012. Umjetnički opus u neprestanoj tranziciji: Neke spoznaje o naravi umjetničkog poslanja akademika Ivana Kožarića u povodu 100. Obljetnice njegova rođenja, Ars Adriatica, 2021.

  • Projekt Matoševa spomenika u Zagrebu godine 1938. S pregledom vrijedne likovne „matošiane”, Poznańskie Studia Slawistyczne, 2014

  • Hrvatski kipari na Internacionalnom simpoziju skulpture u terakoti velikog formata Terra u Kikindi, Radovi Instituta za Povijest Umjetnosti, 2022

A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Citations

References

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People, houses and institutions

Teachers, collaborators, publishers and institutions recorded against this person, each on a stated basis.

Studied at

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Held on the record

Further particulars

Open the remaining particulars

Those registers additionally record the forms Ivan Kožarić, 1921-2020, Ivan Kožarić 1921-, Ivan Kožarić, Croatian sculptor and visual artist (1921-2020), Ivan Kožarić, beeldhouwer uit Kroatië, Ivan Kožarić, escultor croat, Ivan Kožarić, horvát szobrász, 1921-2020, Ivan Kožarić, Croatian sculptor and visual artist, Ivan Kožarić, Hırvat heykeltıraş, Ivan Kožarić, escultor croata and Exhibition Ivan Kožarić. Freedom Is a Rare Bird (2013: München).

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