*Michal Macku (*1963), Czech photographer creates his works using his own photographic technique named Gellage and his discovery of this unique process has cemented his name in the history of contemporary photography. The technique ‘Gellage’ consists of the transfer of exposed and fixed photographic emulsion onto paper. This transparent and plastic material makes it possible to reshape and reform the original images, changing their relationships and endowing them with new meanings during the transfer.
Michal Macku began to make photographs in 1978. He graduated from the Technological Faculty of the Polytechnic Institute in Brno and the Institute of Art Photography, Prague; and after working for a number of years in research he taught at the Pedagogical Faculty of Palacky University in Olomouc.
Michal has been working as a full-time artist since 1992. He continues to explore and research the endless possibilities in photography. As he says in his own words:
This will be the first time that Michal Macku will be showing in Malaysia and Asia.
Michal Macku’s first exhibition in Malaysia entitiled, "Michal Macku - Glass (and) Gellages" takes place at Wei-Ling Gallery from 6th April-30th April 2009.
*excerpt from WeiLing Gallery | retrieved 6th Apr 2009