At the intersection of painting and the digital age, Baptiste Caccia (b.1988) fundamentally re-examines the life of an image. His artistic practice is concentrated on the values related to photography, which he processes and re-integrates creatively. Using systematic reproduction and inimitable abstract painterly additions on canvas, Caccia starts a long, repetitive process that transforms the photographic material into an alternative outcome of perception and interpretation. The artist's abstract compositions foreground the canvas surface as a record of this sustained and iterative work.
"For this exhibition, the artist challenges the nature of reproduction and the legacy of painting with the title, MPRSSNSM.
The deliberate distortion of 'Impressionism' immediately points to the show's core theme: the inherent failure and aesthetic potential found within mechanical replication. Caccia's practice begins with the photographic image, which is then subjected to the relentless, repetitive, and imperfect process of silkscreen.
Each layer of ink and pigment is an 'impression' that transforms the printed image into a unique painting. The work exists precisely in the gap between the mechanical gesture of the printer and the abstract intervention of the painter. Through this methodical process of layering and reworking the canvas, the artist celebrates the freedom and final composition achieved only through the beautiful flaw of imperfect reproduction.
