Ivica Malčić, rođen u Zagrebu 1964. Diplomirao je na ALU Zagreb 1996. u klasi profesora Miroslava Šuteja. Dosad je izlagao na tridesetak samostalnih i oko sto dvadeset skupnih izložbi. U Galeriji VN u Zagrebu izlagao je tri puta, i to svakih deset godina: 1994., 2004. i 2014. Taj koncept izlaganja svakih deset godina u istoj galeriji ostvario je i u Galeriji proširenih medija u Zagrebu, 2007. i 2017. godine. Od 1998. do 2002. izlaže u Zagrebu svaku godinu sto slika, a 2007., 2009. i 2017. izlaže 365 dnevničkih crteža, koji su dva puta u cijelosti objavljeni u časopisu Fantom slobode izdavačke kuće Durieux. Tri je puta bio finalist THT nagrade u MSU-u Zagreb. Za svoj rad nekoliko je puta nagrađivan, a posljednja je nagrada MSU-a na Bijenalu slikarstva 2021. Njegov rad dio je stalnog postava Nacionalnog muzeja moderne umjetnosti u Zagrebu. Član je HZSU-a. Živi i radi u Zagrebu.

Ivica Malčić, born in 1964 in Zagreb. He graduated from ALU Zagreb in 1996 in the class of Professor Miroslav Šutej. So far, he has exhibited at around thirty solo and around one hundred and twenty group exhibitions. He exhibited three times at the VN gallery in Zagreb, every ten years: 1994, 2004 and 2014. Malčić managed to implement the concept of exhibiting every ten years at the Extended Media Gallery in Zagreb, in 2007 and 2017. From 1998 to 2002, he exhibited one hundred paintings every year in Zagreb, and in 2007, 2009 and 2017, he exhibited 365 diary drawings, which were published twice in their entirety in the magazine Fantom slobode of the Durieux Publishing House. Three times Malčić was a finalist of the THT award at MSU Zagreb. He has been awarded several times for his work, the last of which was the MSU award at the Biennial of Painting in 2021. His work is part of the permanent exhibition of the National Museum of Modern Art in Zagreb. He is a member of HZSU. Lives and works in Zagreb.

Ivica Malčić

Samo prolazim… / Just Passing…, 2020.

ulje i akrili na platnu / oli and acrylics on canvas

30 x 195 cm

Slika Samo prolazim... hommage je Željku Jermanu. Naslikana je na platnu skinutom s blindrame da podsjeća na njegove role fotopapira koje je izlagao direktno na pod ili zid. Njegovu slavnu rečenicu: „Ovo nije moj svijet“ preslikao sam u njegovu originalnom rukopisu, zatim sam dodao svojim rukopisom „Samo prolazim do ateljea“. Na slici je prikazan svijet umjetnosti prema kojem imam mnogo respekta, u obliku velikog štafelaja i stolice na kojoj držim boje, dok sam sebe prikazao kao malu crvenu figuricu s dva kista u rukama i simbolom plodnosti. Svakodnevno odlazim u atelje da bih se odmaknuo od stvarnog svijeta. U njemu se najbolje osjećam i zaboravljam sve nedaće vanjskog svijeta, od pandemije koronavirusa, rata u Ukrajini, ekonomske krize do „svakodnevne jadikovke“ neplaćenih računa. U njemu sam stvarno sretan.

The painting Just Passing... is an hommage to Željko Jerman. It was painted on a canvas removed from the stretcher bar as to resemble his rolls of photo paper, which he displayed directly on the floor or wall. I copied his famous sentence: "This is not my world" in his original handwriting, then added in my own handwriting "I'm just passing by the studio". The picture shows the world of art, for which I have a lot of respect, in the form of a large easel and a chair on which I put the paints, and I depicted myself as a small red figurine holding two brushes in hands and a symbol of fertility. I go to the studio every day to get away from the real world. I feel the best in it and forget all the troubles of the outside world, from the coronavirus pandemic, the war in Ukraine, the economic crisis to the "daily lament" of unpaid bills. I'm really happy in it.

• iz izjave umjetnika / from the statement of the artist