The importance of printmaking in art

Agung Prabowo’s The Immeasurable III (linocut reductive print on money waste recycled paper, 2016). Photos: G13 Gallery

If you were around before the days of photocopiers, you might remember the popularity of making carbon copies. Through carbon paper, an exact copy of a document could be created: G13 Gallery curator Zat Heikal Takiyuddin remembers how they were commonly used during business transactions.

“Using them sort of legitimised a purchase or business deal. It showed that we were doing something serious here,” recalls Zat with a smile, speaking during a recent interview at the gallery.