OVERPR!NT

AG!TATE ACT!VATE

27 April – 16 September 2018 : Museum Centre de la Gravure et de l'image imprimée, La Louvière (Belgium

Man in black jacket and glasses looking at illuminated display with purple background in a museum

Editions as seditions, prints as means of counter-information, from pamphlets to samizdats, from posters to clandestine press : the history of print being one of diffusion of ideas and images, it is therefore logical that print should become the vehicle for rebellious and/or parallel ones. This is the source reflexion for OVERPR!NT.

OVERPR!NT manifesta as an international museum exhibition, involving artists from institutions in Brussels, London, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Leipzig and The Hague.

The work exhibited explores the lines connecting print techniques with contemporary modes and technologies of communication, traversing the overlaps between subversion, propaganda, information and disinformation. In an age where political narratives and counter narratives blur into one another through social media and consumerist appropriation, how can artists frame their own messages as forms of direct address to the audience?

Participating Institutions:

  • Ecole National des Arts Visuels de la Cambre, Bruxelles

  • Université Libre de Bruxelles

  • Koninklijke Academie Antwerpen

  • Central Saint Martins London

  • HGB Leipzig

  • PrintRoom Rotterdam

  • Koninklijke Academie Den Haag

Group of posters with the word "OVERPR!NT" in bold, stencil-style font on a table, with a list of names in small print on the right side, and signatures at the bottom.
A man in a blue shirt standing in profile, looking upward with a serious expression, indoors at an art gallery, with a woman in glasses and an orange top in the background and blue artwork on the wall.
A black and white portrait of a woman with braids, wearing glasses and a white T-shirt, displayed on a large screen in an indoor setting.
Modern art gallery with white walls and floor, featuring sculptures, paintings, and a mural with shadow effects.
A woman is speaking into a microphone during a presentation or event, with four people standing behind her against a white wall with a large artistic line drawing.
A young woman with brown hair in a ponytail, wearing a plaid jacket, looks at framed line drawings of women and hands hanging on a white gallery wall.
People browsing artwork in an art gallery with a camouflage jacket on display on the wall.
Close-up of a whiteboard sign with the handwritten message, 'Everything happens to me,' in black marker, framed with a black border, leaning on a wall.

AL123: OVERSP!LL – Perspex, Alcohol, Linen Thread. 18.5 x 12.5 x 4 cm.

AL123: OVERSP!LL – Perspex, Alcohol, Linen Thread. 18.5 x 12.5 x 4 cm.

AL123: OVERSP!LL – Perspex, Alcohol, Linen Thread. 18.5 x 12.5 x 4 cm.