HARD/SOFT

Overview

Printmaking is a medium grounded in dualities. Determined by positive and negative, editioned and unique, clean and dirty, absence and presence–it functions within a constant negotiation of opposites. Print practice demands both rigidity and pliability–think of a metal matrix pressing into damp paper. It is bound by a decision-making structure that divides and defines; what is included is dependent on what is excluded.

Curated by More Than Reproduction, HARD/SOFT delves into the dichotomies of print practice, honing in on the interplay between hardness, softness, and the tensions in between. Artists Fergus Berney-Gibson, Annabelle McEwen, Linda Sok, and Maddison Wandel use expanded printmaking across a breadth of conceptual and material investigations. Their works directly or indirectly engage with this polarity, where opposing forces converge and repel through acts of transformation.

About the curators
More Than Reproduction (MTR) is a Sydney-based artist-run initiative, co-founded by Jennifer Brady, Millie Mitchell and Sarah Rose. They are dedicated to strengthening printmaking practices across Australia by building a sense of creative community. Their platform aims to bolster artists in the early stages of their careers by increasing their visibility and facilitating unique opportunities through an artistic program grounded in network building, peer-support, professional development and the diversification of audiences with print-practice.