Željko Kipke Biography

Werbs for Abbie Hoffmann, 1981, photo-series 8b/w photographs, 18x13 cm.

Artist born in Čakovec (Croatia), graduated from the Painting Department at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb 1976. In the first half of the 80s he made short films, mostly documenting his public actions. He represented Croatia at the Venice Biennale in 1993 and at the Cairo Biennale two years later. He was appointed Commissioner of the Croatian Pavilion at the 52nd Venice Biennale 2007.

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Spokesmen of Apocalypse

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He is a member of Croatian Association of Artists (HDLU), Croatian Society of Film Critics (HDFK), International Association of Art Critics (AICA), and contrib-utes essays and critiques on film and art practice to daily papers, periodicals, and web portals.

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Heaven Can Wait

Author himself

Nine of his books have been published – ranging from selected theory-related writings, essays on contemporary art, and short stories to one-year diary (Feb-ruary to February, Zagreb 2005), a catalogue of dreams (Sei-khai-reich, Velika Gorica 2006), a book of coincidences (Figure 17 – Heaven Can Wait, Zagreb 2007), and selected essays on film and art (Spokesmen of Apocalypse, Zagreb, 2012). He has directed about ten short film narratives based on coincidences and dreams. Lives in Zagreb.

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