Kristian Kozul (born 1975) is a Croatian sculptor. After completing the Academy of Fine Arts of Zagreb, he went on to the Academy of Fine Arts of Düsseldorf to study under Janis Kounellis.
Kozul’s original works have been on show in solo and group exhibitions in Croatia, Holland, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Austria, Japan and other countries. I came across these special objects at the Galerie TZR department at the "Liste" fair in Berlin and their strange dichotomy immediately made a deep impression and remained in the mind. Kozul’s sculpture is based on recognizable forms, be it something familiar from mythology such as the horn of plenty, or a religious or everyday object. He goes on to treat an objects such as this or its form in such a way that it appears to jump into a different reality, contradict itself and arouse questions in the viewer: What can be sumptuously decorated? What kind of object can be fitted with dangerous spikes?
Most of the works on show are from the artist’s "Discoware" series. They are all associated with nursing, consisting of wheelchairs, crutches, bedpans… all magnificently decorated with glass mosaics, beads and sometimes feathers. They are strange items, sumptuous and beautiful in form, like perfectly functional objects in general – but also frightening, relating to illness or disability, empty, devoid of function.
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