The book presents the entire graphic works of the artist Jan Svenungsson, who has been responsible Graphics and Printmaking at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna since 2011, accompanied by a text that seamlessly combines practical information, stories and speculations in an entertaining way.

His overarching objective is to critically discuss the meaning of graphic prints in contemporary art, and more specifically: to illuminate the role of single-handedly "making" them – at a time when the conditions for exercising creativity are undergoing rapid change: What are the implications of the tools the artist selects? What does authenticity mean in today’s art? How does the role of the artist change when he makes himself dependent on artificial intelligence?

The book presents the entire graphic works of the artist Jan Svenungsson, who has been responsible Graphics and Printmaking at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna since 2011, accompanied by a text that seamlessly combines practical information, stories and speculations in an entertaining way.

His overarching objective is to critically discuss the meaning of graphic prints in contemporary art, and more specifically: to illuminate the role of single-handedly "making" them – at a time when the conditions for exercising creativity are undergoing rapid change: What are the implications of the tools the artist selects? What does authenticity mean in today’s art? How does the role of the artist change when he makes himself dependent on artificial intelligence?

Das Buch präsentiert sämtliche druckgrafische Werk des Künstlers Jan Svenungssons, der seit 2011 für Druckgrafik an der Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien verantwortlich ist, begleitet von einem Text, in dem sich praktische Informationen, Erzählungen und Spekulationen ebenso reibungslos wie unterhaltsam mischen.

Sein übergeordnetes Ziel ist es, die Bedeutung von Druckgrafik in der Gegenwartskunst kritisch zu diskutieren und noch spezifischer: die Rolle des eigenhändigen "Making" (des Machens) zu beleuchten – in einer Zeit, in der sich Bedingungen für das Ausüben von Kreativität rasch verändern: Welche Auswirkungen hat die Wahl der Werkzeuge des Künstlers? Was bedeutet Authentizität in die heutigen Kunst? Wie verändert sich die Rolle des Künstlers, wenn er sich von künstlicher Intelligenz abhängig macht?