"MISPRINT seeks to celebrate and find beauty in the failure of printmaking processes. "
Featuring Artists; Zoe Bilston, Phoebe Beard, Bea Buckland-Willis, Sarah Catania, Celine Cheung, Grace Dennis-Sayer, Eliza Gwynne, Joanna Kambourian, Rebecca Kilpatrick, Phoebe Lockwood, Helen Morgan, Emily O'Neill, Judith Harvey (JAH), Beth Smith, Jake Starr, Sylvie Veness, Sari Walker-Woods, Kate Webster, Claire Welch, Jo Williams, Amy Wong
Curated by MoreThan Reproduction
ExhibitionStatement
Printmaking as a traditional medium is governed by perfection and the pursuit of identical, and conventional reproductions. The margin for perfection is minuscule, with prints often failing to make the ‘final cut’ due to wonky registration, inky finger marks, blown out images and crookedly cut paper. So what is the fate of these ‘ineligible’ prints?
MISPRINT seeks to celebrate and find beauty in the failure of printmaking processes. This show provides an environment for artists to actively claim this space of failure as a possibility for innovation through the unknown and unexpected. Artworks that would usually be destined for the bin, or hoarded in the hopes of being useful in the future, will be given the spotlight as a way of demonstrating that even those that are imperfect - the opposite of what printmaking has traditionally aspired for - still have value.
More Than Reproduction is a Sydney-based artist-run initiative (ARI) for emerging creatives with a passion for all things printmaking. Established in March 2019, MTR produces monthly online artist profiles, interviewing emerging printmakers across Australia, as well as regularly curating group exhibitions. More Than Reproduction seeks to provide a platform for women in printmaking to have their voice heard and thrive.
Featuring Artists; Zoe Bilston, Phoebe Beard, Bea Buckland-Willis, Sarah Catania, Celine Cheung, Grace Dennis-Sayer, Eliza Gwynne, Joanna Kambourian, Rebecca Kilpatrick, Phoebe Lockwood, Helen Morgan, Emily O'Neill, Judith Harvey (JAH), Beth Smith, Jake Starr, Sylvie Veness, Sari Walker-Woods, Kate Webster, Claire Welch, Jo Williams, Amy Wong
Curated by MoreThan Reproduction
ExhibitionStatement
Printmaking as a traditional medium is governed by perfection and the pursuit of identical, and conventional reproductions. The margin for perfection is minuscule, with prints often failing to make the ‘final cut’ due to wonky registration, inky finger marks, blown out images and crookedly cut paper. So what is the fate of these ‘ineligible’ prints?
MISPRINT seeks to celebrate and find beauty in the failure of printmaking processes. This show provides an environment for artists to actively claim this space of failure as a possibility for innovation through the unknown and unexpected. Artworks that would usually be destined for the bin, or hoarded in the hopes of being useful in the future, will be given the spotlight as a way of demonstrating that even those that are imperfect - the opposite of what printmaking has traditionally aspired for - still have value.
More Than Reproduction is a Sydney-based artist-run initiative (ARI) for emerging creatives with a passion for all things printmaking. Established in March 2019, MTR produces monthly online artist profiles, interviewing emerging printmakers across Australia, as well as regularly curating group exhibitions. More Than Reproduction seeks to provide a platform for women in printmaking to have their voice heard and thrive.
