迈克·马库（Michal Macku）捷克艺术家 1963年出生
什么是伟大的艺术？在一无所知的情况下与它们相遇，我能识别吗？直到前几年偶然看见迈克·马库（Michal Macku）的作品，我才对自己有了信心。
我是在毫无准备的情况下与他猝然相遇的。五六年前，我在网上闲逛，来到他的个人网站，立刻被这些具有强烈视觉冲击力的图片惊呆了，毫不犹豫地断定这是一位大师。关于他的情况，我只知道他来自捷克的布拉格，非常年轻，1963年出生。我用中文检索他的信息，没有找到一条。事实上，直到现在，国内对他的了解仍然少得可怜。但是马库开始在国际摄影界出名了，过不了多久，中国人也会熟悉他的。
视觉冲击只是一幅好图像的外在品质，犹如引人入胜只是好小说的一个次要特征，最重要的是作品抵达了什么样的精神境界。马库的摄影以人体为主，但与性毫无关系，画面中的男裸体近乎标本，细节和个性被精心忽略了，面目不是被阴影遮蔽，就是被扭曲，撕碎，难以辨认。所以他的主角是抽象的人类。像哲学家一样，他剥去生活的一层层伪饰，径直来到人的本质存在之前，探讨灵与肉的冲突。
灵魂是不可见的，艺术家们总是用肉体来呈现灵魂的形状。悲哀，痛苦，绝望，服从，仇恨，冷漠，爱情，权力，每一种强烈的人类情感都能找到相应的身体姿势。与传统艺术家不同，马库更进一步，通过摄影的后期制作，用超现实的方法来完成身体想像，因而他的人体总是在灵魂的拷打下遍体鳞伤，残缺不全，达到了视觉表现的极致。更准确的说法是，马库如同诗人，不是概念，而是具有无限可能性的人体，成为他的艺术语言。
马库表现了怎样一种存在状态呢？他们用双手扯碎自己的头颅，他们用十指抓破自己的面目，他们在撕开自己的胸膛，他们挖开自己的下腹，总之他们的肉体无法盛下心灵所感受到的；他们的双手像钢刀，深深插入其他人的肉体；他们肉搏，大脑消失了，身体还在角力；他们像树林一样整齐地欢呼；他们异口同声地呐喊；他们的胳膊和大腿生长在一起，却要奔跑；他们想要接近，却失去了手臂；他们站在那里，头颅无端端炸碎……
伟大的艺术必定探讨最重要的问题。诗歌、哲学、艺术，它们最后都要在人类存在的荒原会合。我是什么？撕开身体，也许没有深邃的欲望之渊，只有虚无和空白。那么，那些让我们经常蜷缩起身体的焦虑是什么？那些让我们刻骨铭心、撕心裂肺、痛不欲生的体验又有什么意义？
东欧的艺术，骨子里还相当传统，严肃、深沉、博大，让我感觉亲切。捷克是小国，首都布拉格也不大，2006年人口只有118万，比厦门还小，却是孕育了斯美塔那、德沃夏克、里尔克、卡夫卡、米兰·昆德拉等众多大师的城市。有时候我不免想，伟大性是不是也能在一个城市里遗传？
年鉴
Michal Macku Biography
1963 Born on April 17 in Bruntal, Czechoslovakia
1985 Graduated from the Technological Faculty of the Polytechnic Institute in Brno
1989 Graduated from the Institute of Art Photography at Prague
1989 Created his own photographic technique, called "Gellage"
Selected Exhibitions
2006 Noble Processes, in a Digital Age, John Stevenson Gallery, New York
2006 Autopoesis, Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia
2006 Galerie Art Affair, Regensburg, Germany (solo)
2006 Photo Event, Turnhout, Belgium (solo)
2005 Galerie Brno, Brno, Czech Republic (solo)
2005 Gallery "pf", Poznaò, Poland (solo)
2005 Galerie Palais Breuner, Vien, Austria (solo)
2005 Mìstské divadlo Zlín, Czech Republic (solo)
2005 Státní zámek Tøeboò, Czech Republic (solo)
2005 Czech Centre, Munich, Germany (solo)
2005 NEW ART Redefining „The Photograph“ – collage, overpainting, 3-dimensions, and more, John Stevenson Gallery, New York
2005 Czech Photography of the 20th Century, The City Gallery of Prague, Prague
2004 In focus Galerie am Dom, Cologne, Germany (solo)
2004 J&T Bank, Prague, Czech Republic (solo)
2004 Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea, UK (solo)
2004 Aberystwyth Art College, Aberystwyth, UK (solo)
2004 John Stevenson Gallery, New York (solo)
2003 Celebration of Light: Photographs from the Collection of Cherye and Jim Pierce, Honolulu Academy of Arts in Honolulu
2002 Galeria Omar Alonzo, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (solo)
2001 FotoGaleria Teatro San Martin, Buenos Aires (solo)
2001 Estudio Lisenberg, Buenos Aires (solo)
2001 Re-presenting Representation V - Arnot Art Museum, Rockwell Museum of Western Art, New York
2000 John Stevenson Gallery, New York (solo)
2000 Optical Delusions: Jokes, Puns, and Sleights-of-Hand in Photography, The Art Institute of Chicago
2000 Tre samtida fotografer fran Tjeckien, Replica Theater and Art Center, Stockholm
2000 Akt v èeské fotografii (The Nude in Czech Photography), Císaøská konírna Pražského hradu (The Imperial Stables at the Prague Castle), Prague
1999 In focus Galerie am Dom, Cologne, Germany (solo)
1999 Galerie Pennings, Eindhoven, Netherlands (solo)
1999 Czech Photography of the 1990s, The Art Institute of Chicago
1999 Video Virtuale, Foto Fictionale, Museum Ludwig, Cologne
1998 Sicherheit und Suche in der tschechischen Fotografie der neunziger Jahre, Berlin
1998 The Body in Contemporary Czech Photography, London
1998 Galerie 'U Øeèických', Prague (solo)
1997 The Body in Contemporary Czech Photography, Macintosh Gallery, Glasgow
1996 Victor Barsokevitsch-Valokuvakeskus, Kuopio, Finland (solo)
1996 Gallery St.Gervais, Geneva (solo)
1996 Slezské muzeum, Opava, Czech Republic (solo)
1996 Galleri Karneval, Albrunna, Sweden (solo)
1996 Photoforum Feldeg, Zurich (solo)
1996 Photography Gallery, Perth, Australia (solo)
1996 Institut tvùrèí fotografie 25/5, Slezské zemské muzeum, Opava, Czech Republic
1996 Jistoty a hledání v èeské fotografii 90.let (Certainty and Searching in Czech Photography of the 1990s) Nejvyšší purkrabství Pražského hradu (Burgrave´s House of Prague Castle)
1995 Photogalerie Bild, Aarau, Switzerland (solo)
1994 Prague House of Photography, Prague (solo)
1994 Galerie Ambrosiana, Brno, Czech Republic (solo)
1994 After the Velvet Revolution, 15 Czech & Slovak Photographers: 4 photos each, Photography Gallery, Perth, Australia
1994 Revelations, Photographs of Male and Female Nudes, The Gallery at John Jones, London
1993 Czech Photography of the 1990s - Fotofeis, Maclaurin Art Gallery, Ayr, Scotland
1993 Galerie Aura, Olomouc, Czech Republic (solo)
1992 What´s New: Prague, The Art Institute of Chicago
1992 Galerie Bílá rùže, Prague (solo)
1992 Galerie Caesar, Olomouc, Czechoslovakia (solo)
1992 Galerie Mladých, Brno, Czechoslovakia (solo)
1992 Umìlecká prùmyslovka, Palisády, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (solo)
1991 Galerie pod podloubím, Olomouc, Czechoslovakia (solo)
1991 Fotografisk Galleri, Copenhagen (solo)
1991 Bilder Lust, Galerie Rhanitzgasse der Landeshauptstadt, Sachsen (traveled to Dresden;Museum Ludwig, Cologne)
1991 The Male - Contemporary Male Nude Photographs, Portfolio Gallery, London
1990 Tschechoslovakische Fotografie Des Gegenwart, Cologne (traveled to Erlangen, Metz, Lucenburg, Strassbourg, Odense, Freiburg, Barcelona, Texas, Lawrence)
1990 Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco (solo)
1990 Kulturní Dùm, Bruntál, Czechoslovakia (solo)
1990 Galerie Centrum, Plzeò, Czechoslovakia (solo)
Public Collections
Museum Ludwig, Cologne
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Museum for Fotokunst Odense, Denmark
The Royal Library of Denmark, Copenhagen
Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris
Harvard Visual Center, Cambridge, MA
The Art Institute of Chicago, IL
Moravská galerie v Brn, Brno, Czech Republic
Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA
