Ivica Župan

Ivica Župan (born December 14, 1951 in Đakovo) is a Croatian art critic and curator. His published books are: Guja u njedrima – panorama novije hrvatske fantastične proze (1980), Mickey Spillane i američka ‘gruba’ škola krimića (1987), Vedri Sizif – razgovori s Ivanom Kožarićem (1996), EXAT 51 i drugo(vi) (2005), Pragmatičari, dogmati, sanjari: Hrvatska umjetnost i društvo 1950-ih godina (2007), Marijan Molnar: 1998. – 2008.: pregled radova (2013.) and Oslobođeni oblik (Tri zapisa o kiparstvu Vojina Bakića) (2019). He is also the author of monographs: Boris Demur – Spiralni ciklus (1999), Međunarodni park skulptura Jakovlje (2006), Velizar Vesović (2012), Robert Šimrak (2012), Đanino Božić (2012), Mauro Stipanov: Capricci arhitettonici (2014) and Ljubo De Karina (2017.) and he is the co-author of monographs Vlatko Vincek (2007) and Ratko Petrić (2007). Župan curated retrospective exhibitions of Ljubomir Stahov, Davor Krelja and Sunčanica Tuk. He is a member of Croatian Writers’ Association and AICA. Lives in Zagreb.