Like many others, Mark feels a kinship with Patti Smith, certain that a coffee date would feel like sitting down with an old friend. upon returning from a tour. They would share artifacts and stories from their travels, each treasure turning their home into a museum of a life on the road
These pieces were designed with the intent of retracing the memories of tour life and scouring the markets for that special find: a talisman of luck, a coin bearing romantic notions, a curious object that speaks to its new owner in mystery
Always attracted to juxtapositions, in this work, mark mixes brass and silver to create organic shapes and hard lines, relaying the dualities he and Patti are pulled toward. Such is the human condition, raging punk with folk, dark with light, sex with God. He presents this work in hopes that it represents the punk rock laureate in the manner that is befitting New York royalty
