{"id":23651,"date":"2024-09-04T17:38:35","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T09:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=23651"},"modified":"2024-09-12T11:48:14","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T03:48:14","slug":"michal-macku-illusio-11-28-september-2024-press-release","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/michal-macku-illusio-11-28-september-2024-press-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Michal Mack\u016f &#8211; (IL)LUSIO | 11 &#8211; 28 September 2024 &#8211; Press Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='artists-title'  class='avia-section av-904vz7-08258b0e9f1d6c954882c4749c572a5c main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  avia-bg-style-scroll  container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-23651'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div class='flex_column av-26toppf-8e6c4a8fe431fba732d1ffc270c1c28e av_one_full  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div '   ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1t0fh9f-d8f9f0a7761c77474f73e75ddf67d385\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-1t0fh9f-d8f9f0a7761c77474f73e75ddf67d385{\nheight:20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-1t0fh9f-d8f9f0a7761c77474f73e75ddf67d385 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-2  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><h3 class=\"p1\" style=\"font-family: 'eb garamond'; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 2px; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/michal-macku-illusio-11-28-september-2024-works\/\">WORKS<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/michal-macku-illusio-11-28-september-2024-press-release\/\">PRESS RELEASE<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/portfolio-item\/michal-macku-illusio-11-28-september-2024-insitu\/\">INSITU<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Michal-Macku-CV.pdf\">CV<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Michal-Macku_e-catalogue.pdf\">E-Booklet<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><div class='flex_column av-zg9alf-b3ff5204adba43ed0b7524e093d8e09b av_one_full  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-last  first flex_column_div column-top-margin'   ><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '  style='font-size:14px; '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'open sans thin'; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 25px; letter-spacing: 1px;\">(IL)LUSIO <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Wei-Ling Contemporary is pleased to host \u2018(IL)LUSIO\u2019, an exhibition of new glass objects by renowned Czech artist and photographer Michal Mack\u016f. He is known for his unique photographic technique of \u201cGellage\u201d (a combination of the terms gelatin and collage), a term he coined himself.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The title \u2018(IL)LUSIO\u2019 is a play on the Latin words &#8220;Illusio&#8221;, meaning &#8220;illusion&#8221;, and &#8220;lusio&#8221;, meaning &#8220;game&#8221; or &#8220;play&#8221;. This pun reflects the artist&#8217;s European roots in ancient traditional iconography and also nods to the Eastern concept of &#8220;Maya&#8221;, which views life as an illusion or game.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Since 2000, he has been expanding his scope to include historical photographic processes, gravure printing, platinography, and especially carbon printing. Since 2005, he has been stepping out of the surface of paper into the third dimension with his photographic glass objects, initially of intimate dimensions but gradually growing larger to today\u2019s life-size abstract glass steles.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The exhibition will showcase the artist&#8217;s works, ranging from expressive black-and-white pieces to the spiritually calm and colourful works of recent years with elements of sacred geometry. It is an intriguing and fascinating look at the evolution of a body of work that replicates in its expression the personal and spiritual growth of its artist.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2018(IL)LUSIO\u2019 opens on September 11, 2024, and runs until September 28, 2024, at Wei-Ling Contemporary, 2nd Floor Annexe, 8 Jalan Scott, Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur. The exhibition is available by appointment only. For appointments and additional information, please call +603 2260 1106 or email siewboon@weiling-gallery.com.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ABOUT THE ARTIST<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MICHAL MACK\u016e<\/p>\n<p>Michal Mack\u016f, Czech artist (1963), graduated from the Technological Faculty of the Polytechnic Institute in Brno in 1985. After the political changes and democratisation of Czechoslovakia at the end of the 1990s, he graduated from the Institute of Fine Art Photography in Prague in 1989 and has been a freelance artist since 1991.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At the beginning of his artistic career, he became known for his &#8220;Gellages&#8221;\u2014large-format black and white photographic compositions. To create them, Mack\u016f developed his own method of composing images by manipulating exposed photographic emulsion (hence the name Gellage, a compound of the words collage and gelatin). He often creates these expressive compositions of mostly male nudes using his own body and a self-portrait. Gradually, at the beginning of the new millennium, he expanded his technique to include the use of historical large-format techniques, platinotype, intaglio, and especially carbon printing. Soon he also stepped out of the two-dimensional paper format into the third dimension with his glass objects. These works in glass are initially thematically based on his photographic work. Gradually, new motifs and a new colour palette emerge. From an initially expressive position, the artist moves into a more geometric and aesthetic position, reflecting his personal and spiritual growth and transformation. Art glass also has a glorious history in the Czech lands, and the artist continues this tradition.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout his creative career, Michal Mack\u016f has been interested in philosophical and spiritual aspects of being, actively practising yoga and meditation. Since 2012, he has repeatedly travelled to the South American Amazon, where he has encountered the shamanic practices of the local indigenous culture. These experiences have gradually been reflected in the artist&#8217;s work, bringing in elements of natural aesthetics and sacred geometry.<\/p>\n<p>Mack\u016f&#8217;s works are represented in private and public collections such as Museum Ludwig, Cologne; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Maison Europ\u00e9enne de la Photographie, Paris; Harvard Visual Center, Cambridge; Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego; and others. Mack\u016f has also exhibited in many European and international galleries and, in recent years, has regularly appeared at contemporary art fairs such as AIPAD Show New York, MIART Milano, ARTEFIERA Bologna, Art Verona, Art Stage Singapore, and Photo London.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-voigo3-4087e040234e1549da5fadbfda1c149e\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-voigo3-4087e040234e1549da5fadbfda1c149e{\nheight:40px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-voigo3-4087e040234e1549da5fadbfda1c149e hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last  '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WORKS&nbsp;|&nbsp;PRESS RELEASE | INSITU | CV | E-Booklet (IL)LUSIO Wei-Ling Contemporary is pleased to host \u2018(IL)LUSIO\u2019, an exhibition of new glass objects by renowned Czech artist and photographer Michal Mack\u016f. 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