Kauzlarić Atač Zlatko – Summer 2012

He was born in 1945 in Koprivnica. After finishing high school, he enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb. During his studies, he became involved in the work of the Student Experimental Theatre. He graduated in the class of Professor Miljenko Stančić and immediately became an associate of the master workshop of Professor K. Hegedušić. In 1973, he became an assistant at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb, where he currently works as a full professor and served as dean for some time. Alongside painting and graphics, he actively engages in scenography and costume design, collaborating on about a hundred theater projects both domestically and internationally, as well as several film and television projects. He is also the author of several visual interventions in public spaces. In 1996, a monograph about him was published, written by Tonko Maroević. He is the recipient of numerous awards for painting and scenography, as well as the Order of Danica for merits in culture. His artistic existence in painting is marked by works—starting with those created during his involvement with the “Biafra” group (from 1970), portraits of notable individuals in expressive motion, nudes, and numerous self-nudes. From the very beginning, the artist has maintained a sense for the expression of the moment, rhythm, movement, and a characteristic artistic engagement. His current painting preoccupation is with nudes submerged in water, where drawing is replaced by the dominance of pure painterly treatment of the surface with color, revealing the full virtuosity of a skilled master who does not suppress expression with figurative language.