Željko Kipke
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Željko Kipke is a Croatian artist. His practice is based on painting and experimental film
, but he is also a published art critic and theoretician. He was born in Čakovec
, Croatia
, but lives and works in Zagreb
.
He was an associate in the Master Workshop of Ljubo Ivančić and Nikola Reiser (1976–1981). From 1982 he started orienting himself towards theory and began to publish essays and critiques about visual art and experimental film in newspapers and magazines. During the 1980s he began creating experimental film and to date has made a series of six films entitled Six Easy Pieces along with the video art works: Rhythm (1980) and Embedding into a Black Square (1984). He participated in Harald Szeemann
’s exhibition Blood & Honey / Future’s in the Balkans in Klosterneuburg (Vienna) in 2003.
He has exhibited in a group show in the Artists’ Space in New York in 1989. His works are kept in many museum and gallery collections, including the Peter Stuyvesant Collection in Amsterdam, the FRAC Collection in Toulouse (Les Abattoirs), and MUMOK
, (the Museum of Modern Art) in Vienna. He was the Croatian representative at the Venice Biennale
in 1993 and at the Cairo Biennale two years later. He was the selector for the Croatian Pavilion at the 52nd Venice Biennale in 2007.
Experimental film
Experimental film or experimental cinema is a type of cinema. Experimental film is an artistic practice relieving both of visual arts and cinema. Its origins can be found in European avant-garde movements of the twenties. Experimental cinema has built its history through the texts of theoreticians...
, but he is also a published art critic and theoretician. He was born in Čakovec
Cakovec
Čakovec is a city in northern Croatia, located around 90 kilometres north of Zagreb, the Croatian capital. Čakovec is both the county seat and largest city of Međimurje County, the northernmost, smallest and most densely populated Croatian county.-Population:...
, Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
, but lives and works in Zagreb
Zagreb
Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...
.
He was an associate in the Master Workshop of Ljubo Ivančić and Nikola Reiser (1976–1981). From 1982 he started orienting himself towards theory and began to publish essays and critiques about visual art and experimental film in newspapers and magazines. During the 1980s he began creating experimental film and to date has made a series of six films entitled Six Easy Pieces along with the video art works: Rhythm (1980) and Embedding into a Black Square (1984). He participated in Harald Szeemann
Harald Szeemann
Harald Szeemann was a Swiss curator and art historian.-Life:Szeemann was born in Bern. He studied art history, archaeology and journalism in Bern and Paris, and in 1956 he began working as an actor, stage designer and painter, as well as doing one-man shows. He started creating exhibitions in 1957...
’s exhibition Blood & Honey / Future’s in the Balkans in Klosterneuburg (Vienna) in 2003.
He has exhibited in a group show in the Artists’ Space in New York in 1989. His works are kept in many museum and gallery collections, including the Peter Stuyvesant Collection in Amsterdam, the FRAC Collection in Toulouse (Les Abattoirs), and MUMOK
MUMOK
MUMOK is the abbreviation of "MUseum MOderner Kunst" Foundation Ludwig Vienna. It is located in the Museumsquartier in Vienna, Austria....
, (the Museum of Modern Art) in Vienna. He was the Croatian representative at the Venice Biennale
Venice Biennale
The Venice Biennale is a major contemporary art exhibition that takes place once every two years in Venice, Italy. The Venice Film Festival is part of it. So too is the Venice Biennale of Architecture, which is held in even years...
in 1993 and at the Cairo Biennale two years later. He was the selector for the Croatian Pavilion at the 52nd Venice Biennale in 2007.
Published works
- Illuminators of the New Cycle (1989)
- A Guide through Subterraneus (1992)
- Beware of Imitations (1993)
- From Plenty to the Moon (1998)
- Any Similarity to Real People or Events is Intentional (2004)
- From February to February (2005)