Overview
Photo: Karlo Čargonja
David Maljkovic born 1973, Rijeka, Croatia. Lives and works in Zagreb, Croatia.
Maljkovic’s work questions repeatedly the status of the studio, creating a different visual dialog with it. Using the studio as raw material for the creation of new relations, peeling the content and recycling the form, the methodology of image-building becomes more important than the content, rejecting the notion of a motif as a completed issue. Driving the investigation to the border between architecture, painting and sculpture, Maljkovic practice takes the shape of two-and three-dimensional works of different medium: prints on canvas or archival cardboard, wooden, plexiglas and plastic structures, films, photographs and collages.
Maljkovic had numerous solo exhibitions at institutions such as Palais de Tokyo, Paris; Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka; Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana; Kunsthalle Basel, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid; Musee d’Art Contemporain, Bordeaux. He was part of various group exhibitions, including in MoMA, New York City; MAXXI, Rome; Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels; Deutsches Architektur Zentrum, Berlin; Museo Tamayo, Mexico City; Ludwig Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest; Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw. During his career, Maljkovic won several awards and prizes, including DAAD, Berlin; IASPIS, Stockholm, ARCO Prize for young artists, Madrid; KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin; among others. Maljkovic’s works can be found in collections such as the Centre Pompidou, Paris; MoMA, New York City; Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest; TATE Collection, London; Mumok, Vienna; MUDAM, Luxembourg.
Works
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SAMPLE, 2024 -
ENTRY C, 2023-2024
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THE P. PROTOTYPE, 2023-2024
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SAMPLE, 2021-2024
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SOURCE & SOURCE RECOLORING, 2021-2024
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THE P. PROTOTYPE, 2021-2024
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In the List of Works (1), 2019
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In the List of Works (3), 2019
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In the List of Works (4), 2019
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In the List of Works (5), 2019
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In the List of Works (6), 2019
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In the List of Works (8), 2019
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Yet to be titled, 2017
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Yet to be titled, 2017
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Yet to be titled, 2016/2017, 2017
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AAASSEMBLAGE 1, 2016
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Untitled, 2012
Exhibitions
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bluebird
Adel Abdessemed, Miroslaw Balka, Marianne Berenhaut, Yossi Breger, Mircea Cantor, Douglas Gordon, Oshay Green, David Maljkovic, Moshe Ninio, Florian Pumhösl and Ariel Schlesinger 23 May - 21 Jun 2025 ParisThis way or no way You know, I’ll be free Just like that bluebird Now ain’t that just like me Oh I’ll be free Just like that bluebird Oh I’ll...Read more -
Samples & Sources
David Maljković 12 Sep - 12 Oct 2024 ParisOver the past few years, the exploration of painting as a medium—specifically its capabilities and capacity as a visual language—has become more prominent in the work of David Maljković. To...Read more -
Fenêtre du studio
Aysha E Arar, Miroslaw Balka, Marianne Berenhaut, Mircea Cantor, Douglas Gordon, Latifa Echakhch, Sigalit Landau, Yudith Levin, David Maljkovic, Jonathan Monk, Florian Pumhösl, Sarah Ortmeyer, Ariel Schlesinger 15 Oct - 2 Dec 2023 Paris“Fenêtre du studio” is a group exhibition centered around the question of painting that will take place in parallel to the fair Paris+ by Art Basel. This exhibition will present...Read more -
No Milk Today
Adi Fluman, David Maljkovic, Latifa Echakhch, Menashe Kadishman, Simon Fujiwara, Yossi Breger 8 Sep - 3 Nov 2022 BrusselsRead more -
Salon de Paris
Ariel Schlesinger, Barak Ravitz, David Maljkovic, Dor Guez, Douglas Gordon, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Jonathan Monk, Lawrence Weiner, Lisetta Carmi, Matan Mittwoch, Melik Ohanian, Mircea Cantor, Miroslaw Balka, Naama Tsabar, Nedko Solakov, Pavel Wolberg 21 Apr - 4 Jun 2022 BrusselsRead more -
Espèces d’espaces
Adel Abdessemed, Ariel Schlesinger, David Maljkovic, Dor Guez, Douglas Gordon, Florian Pumhösl, Gustav Metzger, Jonathan Monk, Marianne Berenhaut, Mircea Cantor, Miroslaw Balka, Naama Tsabar, Simon Fujiwara, Yudith Levin 7 Apr - 26 May 2022 ParisRead more -
In the List of Works
David Maljkovic 24 Oct - 7 Dec 2019 BrusselsDvir Gallery is pleased to present ‘In the List of Works’, David Maljković’s third solo exhibition with the gallery, the second in our Brussels’ space. This new exhibition by Maljkovic,...Read more -
David Maljkovic
13 May - 24 Jun 2017 Tel AvivThis exhibition is a continuation of Maljkovic’s previous practice of using his earlier works as “raw material” for creating new relations by “recycling” both the content and the form. The...Read more -
Showroom 01
Mircea Cantor, Latifa Echahkch, Simon Fujiwara, Yudith Levin, David Maljkovic, Sarah Ortmeyer, Ariel Schlesinger 25 Mar - 18 Apr 2017 BrusselsRead more -
Pallaksh Pallaksh (I don’t know just where I’m going)
Adel Abdessemed, Thomas Hirschhorn, Annette Messager, Barak Ravitz, Bat Sheva Ross, David Maljkovic, Moshe Ninio, Jan Rauchwerger, Mircea Cantor, Miroslaw Balka, Ryan Gander, Yossi Breger 28 Jan - 11 Mar 2017 Tel AvivRead more -
Dans un monde Magnifique et Furieux
Mircea Cantor, Latifa Echakhch, Shilpa Gupta, Yudith Levin, David Maljkovic, Ariel Schlesinger 9 Jun - 23 Jul 2016 BrusselsRead more
Press
News
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David Maljković at Cukrarna Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
15.05.2025 - 26.10.2025 May 7, 2025At Cukrarna Gallery, David Maljković presents Razstava , a project that explores painting as a discursive field that reflects the complex relations between image, space,...Read more -
David Maljkovic: In the Pictorial Code
Quinta do Quetzal, Portugal Feb 18, 2023Dvir Gallery is delighted to share the upcoming solo exhibition of David Maljkovic, 'In the Pictorial Code' at the Quinta do Quetzal, in Portugal. At...Read more
Museum exhibitions
