Beginning in the 1960s, artists engaged in printmaking shifted away from autographic mark making and craftwork, toward critiquing methods of representation, communication, commerce, and society itself. They embraced a diverse range of unorthodox processes, many of which came about by placing concept before technique, breaking down boundaries between mediums. Six decades later in a media-saturated and digitally-interconnected present, many artists are returning to traditional print processes and hand-crafted matrices to create biting and beautiful commentary. Presenting a wide range of contemporary artists and their ideas, this talk surveys the recent trajectory and prolific use of printed art.