HARD/SOFT

Curated by More Than Reproduction

Megalo Print Studio
23/8/2025 - 4/10/2025

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.

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Install view, HARD/SOFT, works pictured by Annabelle McEwen

Annabelle McEwen, Embrace, silicone, protein powder, resin, 3D printed Polylactic Acid clamps, 300 x 300 x 20 mm

Annabelle McEwen, Maculate [hard], 2025, image transfer on polylactic acid, 230 x 230 x 5 mm

Annabelle McEwen, Leg Press, Enfold, 2025, quartz, limestone, calcium sulfate, portland cement, polylactic acid on plasterboard and unbound masonry plinth, 300 x 350 x 160 mm

Annabelle McEwen, Embrace, silicone, protein powder, resin, 3D printed Polylactic Acid clamps, 300 x 300 x 20 mm

Annabelle McEwen, Leg Press, Enfold, 2025, quartz, limestone, calcium sulfate, portland cement, polylactic acid on plasterboard and unbound masonry plinth, 300 x 350 x 160 mm

(foreground) Annabelle McEwen, Leg Press, Enfold, 2025, quartz, limestone, calcium sulfate, portland cement, polylactic acid on plasterboard and unbound masonry plinth, 300 x 350 x 160 mm
(background) Annabelle McEwen, Maculate [hard], 2025, image transfer on polylactic acid, 230 x 230 x 5 mm

Annabelle McEwen, Embrace, silicone, protein powder, resin, 3D printed Polylactic Acid clamps, 300 x 300 x 20 mm

Annabelle McEwen, Leg Press, Enfold, 2025, quartz, limestone, calcium sulfate, portland cement, polylactic acid on plasterboard and unbound masonry plinth, 300 x 350 x 160 mm

Annabelle McEwen, Maculate [hard], 2025, image transfer on polylactic acid, 230 x 230 x 5 mm

Annabelle McEwen, Leg Press, Enfold, 2025, quartz, limestone, calcium sulfate, portland cement, polylactic acid on plasterboard and unbound masonry plinth, 300 x 350 x 160 mm

Install view, HARD/SOFT, works pictured by Annabelle McEwen and Linda Sok, photography by Jennifer Brady

Install view, HARD/SOFT, works pictured by Annabelle McEwen and Linda Sok, photography by Jennifer Brady

Install view, HARD/SOFT, works pictured by Fergus Berney-Gibson, Maddison Wandel and Annabelle McEwen, photography by Jennifer Brady

Install view, HARD/SOFT, works pictured by Annabelle McEwen and Linda Sok, photography by Jennifer Brady