Baptiste Caccia's named the exhibition MPRSSNSM, a conceptual and phonetic neologism conceived as a direct nod to the Impressionist movement. This title immediately anchors the body of work within a dialogue with the history of painting, while simultaneously signaling a reflection on imperfect reproduction.
This presentation brings together around twenty paintings created between 2023 and 2025. All the works integrate painting and silkscreen printing, the latter technique being deliberately employed in an unconventional manner. The artist seeks to grant the images plastic qualities and textures that are often difficult to achieve with standard printing methods.
In this practice, the pictorial intervention of the brush completely surpasses the limitations and constraints set by the reproduction process. The mechanical print is thus transformed to become painting itself, opening the way for new forms of visual representation.
Across this ensemble, the subjects navigate between the intimate sphere and collective concerns: the artist explores themes of catastrophe and revolt, juxtaposes melancholy with humor, and blends personal mythologies with contemporary collective imagery.
"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.
