In response to the exhibition at Atelier Graff called Espace imprimé, espace ouvert that was presented last summer for the gallery’s 50th anniversary, this talk will look at the implications and impact of interdisciplinary approaches to current printmaking practices. Discussing the works presented at Atelier Graff along with other historical and contemporary print works, Dupuis-Bourret will examine the formal principals and aesthetic issues involved when considering space in printmaking, particularly, the strategies and techniques that artists have developed. Finally, this exchange will open a dialogue on spatial properties in printmaking and their effects on our perception of space.

Andrée-Anne Dupuis Bourret is an artist, curator and a guest lecturer at Université du Québec à Montréal. Her artistic practice is concerned with perception and how space is occupied. Her recent installations have explored processes of hybridization and repetition, modularity and proliferation as well as co-creation projects. She has presented her work in many solo and group exhibitions in Canada, the United States, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Israel and Australia. She received the Governor General of Canada’s gold medal for her Master’s exhibition in 2011 and is currently a PhD candidate in visual arts at Université du Québec à Montréal.