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
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MSU exhibition Kožarić 100
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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
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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
The full dated record · 7 entries
1921
Ivan Kožarić born at Petrinja.
1969
Red Loop (Croatian Museum of Contemporary Art).
1971
Nine Views.
2011
There’s No Death, There’s Only Life! [from the portfolio ‘Time for a New State!’] (M HKA - Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen).
2011
Art Is Always Elusive! [from the portfolio ‘Time for a New State!’] (M HKA - Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen).
2011
Time for a New State! [from the portfolio ‘Time for a New State!’] (M HKA - Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen).
2011
It’s Ridiculous to Die! [from the portfolio ‘Time for a New State!’] (M HKA - Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen).
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Petrinja
Birth place
Zagreb
Death place
Primary material
Documents and archives
reference work
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q1560831: Ivan Kožarić
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- “Ivan Kožarić”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
authority file
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
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q1560831: Ivan KožarićWikimedia Foundation
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1- University of ZagrebOrganisation
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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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