MICHAL MACKU
Dalla fine del 1989 l’artista di origine ceca Michal Macku crea le proprie opere basandosi sulla tecnica di propria invenzione chiamata “Gellage” e ampiamente descritta nel volume pubblicato dalla casa editrice Taschen “20th Century Photography”. Tale procedimento consiste nel rimuovere l’emulsione gelatinosa dalla pellicola fotografica durante la fase di stampa. Nel 2007, dopo oltre 10 anni di sperimentazioni costanti, Macku approda alla scultura fotografica analogica in tre dimensioni, sfruttando la trasparenza del vetro e creando i cosiddetti “Glass Gellage“.
L’artista lavora con un blocco speciale di vetro temperato prodotto in Germania e suddiviso in molteplici lastre di vetro, su ciascuna delle quali imprime le due tecniche fotografiche del gellage e del carbon print.
Recentemente l’artista ha iniziato a sperimentare anche con i colori e le grandi dimensioni, realizzando per la prima volta Glass gellage a colori, sia in misura standard che monumentale.
GLASS GELLAGES
Glass gellage LXXII
2022
gellage and carbon print on glass
cm 20 x 40 x 15 ca. / inches 7,8 x 15,7 x 5,9 ca.
Glass gellage LXXXI
2022
gellage and carbon print on glass
cm 20,5 x 29 x 15 ca. / inches 8 x 11,4 x 5,9 ca.
Glass gellage LII
gellage and carbon print on glass
cm 33 x 23 x 14 ca. / inches 13 x 9 x 5,5 ca.
Glass gellage LXVIII
gellage and carbon print on glass
cm 38 x 38 x 8 ca. / inches 15 x 15 x 3,2 ca.
Glass gellage LIII
gellage and carbon print on glass
cm 38 x 23 x 14 ca. / inches 13 x 9 x 5,5 ca.
Glass gellage XXXII
gellage and carbon print on glass
cm 27,8 x 31,6 x 14,5 ca. / inches 10,9 x 12,4 x 5,7 ca.
Glass gellage LXXXII (Tenebra subulata blue shell)
gellage and carbon print on glass
cm 14 x 62 x 13 ca. / inches 5,5 x 24,4 x 5,1 ca.
Glass gellage LXXXIX (Nautilus blue)
gellage and carbon print on glass
cm 24 x 33 x 14 ca. / inches 9,4 x 13 x 5,5 ca.
Glass gellage XC (Golden man figure in red )
gellage and carbon print on glass
cm 30 x 39 x 7 ca. / inches 11,8 x 15,3 x 2,7 ca.
Glass gellage XCI (Silver woman figure in blue)
gellage and carbon print on glass
cm 30 x 40 x 7 ca. / inches 11,8 x 15,7 x 2,7 ca.
Glass gellage XCIII (Argonauta hians – 6 ble shells)
gellage and carbon print on glass
cm 99 x 113 x 15 ca. / inches 39 x 44,5 x 5,9 ca.
Glass gellage LXIV
2018
gellage and carbon print on glass
cm 200 x 40 x 40 ca. / inches 70 x 15,7 x 15,7 ca.
Glass gellage LVII
2017
gellage and carbon print on glass
cm 19 x 126 x 15 ca. / inches 7.4 x 49 x 6 ca.
Glass gellage XLVI (Diptych)
2017
gellage and carbon print on glass
cm 30 x 31 x 9 ca. cad. / inches 11.8 x 12.2 x 3.5 ca. cad.
Glass gellage XLIV (Triptich)
2014
gellage and carbon print on glass
cm 60 x 60 x 6.5 ca. / inches 23.6 x 23.6 x 2.6 ca.
Glass gellage IV
2006
gellage and carbon print on glass
cm 39 x 31 x 4 ca. / inches 15.4 x 12.2 x 1.6 ca.
Glass gellage XXX
2009
gellage and carbon print on glass
cm 38 x 43 x 10 ca. / inches 14.9 x 16.9 x 3.9 ca.
Glass gellage III
2013
gellage and carbon print on glass
cm 50 x 60 x 4.5 ca. / inches 19.6 x 23.6 x 17.7 ca.
Glass gellage XI
2007
gellage and carbon print on glass
cm 49 x 24 x 10 ca. / inches 19.2 x 9.5 x 3.9 ca.
Glass gellage XXXIII
2010
gellage and carbon print on glass
cm 19 x 48 x 12 ca. / inches 7.3 x 18.9 x 4.7 ca.
Glass gellage LXXI
2020
gellage and carbon print on glass
cm 28 x 33 x 16 ca. / inches 11 x 12,9 x 6,2 ca.
Glass gellage XXXI
2016
gellage and carbon print on glass
cm 30 x 120 x 10 ca. / inches 11.8 x 47.2 x 3.9 ca.
Glass gellage XLIX
2015
gellage and carbon print on glass
cm 49 x 100 x 10 ca. / inches 19.3 x 39.3 x 3.9 ca.
Glass gellage VII
2006
gellage and carbon print on glass
cm 40 x 50 x 5 ca. / inches 15.7 x 19.7 x 2 ca.
GELLAGE
Gellage 6
1989
gellage
cm 73 x 61 ca. / inches 28.7 x 24 ca.
Gellage 11
1989
gellage
cm 73 x 61 ca. / inches 28.7 x 24 ca.
Gellage 5
1989
gellage
cm 61 x 73 ca. / inches 24 x 28.7 ca.
Gellage 7
1989
gellage
cm 61 x 73 ca. / inches 24 x 28.7 ca.
Gellage 44
1993
gellage
cm 73 x 61 ca. / inches 28.7 x 24 ca.
Gellage 93
1996
gellage
cm 73 x 61 ca. / inches 28.7 x 24 ca.
