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koŽaric
heap, 2001
mixed media, 24 x 23 cm
courtesy of the artist

ivan kožaric
*1921 in petrinja. Lives in zagreb.
ivan kožaric started to exhibit in 1953. his first one man show was in 1955, and in the next three years he had exhibitions with ivo dul?i? in zagreb (1956), Ljubljana (1957) and
belgrade (1958). Apart from having short study trips to italy and germany, in 1959/60 kožari? spent a few months in paris. At the beginning of the sixties he was one of the zagreb
cult group gorgona. next to regular one man shows, he exhibited at various joint and conceptual exhibitions which represented croatian (earlier yugoslav) art at home and
abroad. in 1976 he exhibited at the biennale in venice, in sao paolo in 1979, and, more recently, with a few other artists, was the central personality in an exhibition of croatian
contemporary sculpture in duisburg. several of this sculptures have been placed in public places, and the most recent, grounded sun, was set up in zagreb in 1994. his more
recent award is The vjesnik Annual Josip ra?i? Award, which he got in 1994 for the kožari? studio exhibition in zagreb’s zvonimir gallery. As a member of the initiating committee,
he has been campaigning for the setting up of a croatian museum of contemporary Art, and since 1991-1996 he has been the president of the croatian society of fine Artist.

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