The development of media technologies has continually driven the expansion of artistic media. Printing and printmaking, photography and photographic art, radio and sound art, television and video art, the internet and net art—all bear witness to the ongoing interplay between art and technology. As contemporary art becomes increasingly organic in its forms, methodologies, and ideologies, artists are challenged to reconsider the relationship between traditional media and electronic media. How do their creative approaches, in turn, influence the dissemination and perception of contemporary media? These questions offer valuable insight.

The English term “printmaking” already highlights the essence of the medium through the word “making,” underscoring printmaking as an art form rooted in process. A natural logic exists between the industrialized, procedural nature of its techniques and the creative thinking of the artist. Unlike directly expressive media such as oil painting or ink painting, printmaking requires the artist to translate rational, procedural, and industrial steps into sensuous expression. Yet it is precisely this cultivation of technical skill and conceptual rigor that has enabled many artists trained in printmaking to develop remarkable versatility across media.

The ten participating artists in this exhibition—both Chinese and international—share either explicit or implicit connections to printmaking. They have all studied printmaking or used it as a creative medium, while also working across a wide range of practices, including printmaking, painting, installation, photography, video, and interactive art. Through examining these individual artistic cases, the exhibition aims to explore the dynamic relationship between media technologies and artistic media, while tracing the links between the artists’ “making” processes and their extensions into expanded forms.