{"id":4853,"date":"2011-03-30T09:48:36","date_gmt":"2011-03-30T14:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/?p=4853"},"modified":"2011-06-05T09:29:10","modified_gmt":"2011-06-05T14:29:10","slug":"mark-enger-memorial-pix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2011\/03\/30\/mark-enger-memorial-pix\/","title":{"rendered":"~MARK ENGER MEMORIAL PIX"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nfrom the left: MATTHEW ENGER, MARK’S TWIN BRO. good pal RICK RODINE at center, and MARK’S OLDER BROTHER – DAN ENGER.
\nRICK delivered the very moving eulogy.
\nMARK ENGER – 1963-2011 – MEMORIAL CELEBRATION – SAT MARCH 26, 2011
\nST. MARK’S CHURCH, NEW YORK CITY<\/p>\n

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\nMARK’S ASHES – REST IN A CUSTOM-SCREENED NEON ORANGE PLEXI-URN . . .
\nMADE BY MATT. <\/p>\n

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\nif you ever visited Mark – the multi-color Mexican blanket – brought a nod of recognition.
\nhis screened face – seemed to flicker with life. and sadness. to leave behind his friends so sad, and too soon.<\/p>\n

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\nyou can see the ashes – better from this angle.
\nyep, that’s all we – all – come down to – earth to earth. dust to dust.
\nbut not quite all – finally resting in a translucent neon orange plexi . . . urn. and silk screened, at that . . . <\/p>\n

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\nMARK ENGER signature – along the one side . . <\/p>\n

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\nMARK N. ENGER 1963- 2011. <\/p>\n

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\nMATT ENGER, Mark’s twin bro – was holding up – though often you could sense, understandably – how overpowered by grief and loss he was at times – in brief flickers. Matt said he and Mark was born “in the old hospital in Fort Sill, Oklahoma – where Geronimo – died”. for real. <\/p>\n

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\nMATT ENGER – looks just like Mark from this angle.
\nin his eulogy, Rick Rodine related how even their mom had to tie a red string around one of them – in their early years – so she could tell them apart.
\nin later life they kept some distance stylistically – but many present remarked how Matt has let his Mark side shine.<\/p>\n

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\nthere was a small selection of photos – that spoke to Mark’s quick-to-grin love – for life . . .<\/p>\n

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\nyo. Mark Enger in beloved bike gear . . . <\/p>\n

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\nthe grin . . . <\/p>\n

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\nfrom left: MATT with MARK in happier days . . . f*#k you world – we win.<\/p>\n

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\nyep. MATT. MARK ?
\nMATT !! . . . you did your bro proud with the memorial.
\nit was so friggin right on. military precision, music, words, sparse imagery, neon orange hand-screened urn – and all . . .
\neveryone present – was mighty moved.
\nhey, if you lost your twin bro – you’d morph too. <\/p>\n

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\ntheir older bro – DAN ENGER – also an artist – was in town for the memorial . . . too.<\/p>\n

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\nDAN ENGER got to meet & greet Mark’s NYC friends . . . <\/p>\n

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\nDAN ENGER’S – memorial poster for Mark. <\/p>\n

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\nhe was actually talking with KIKI SMITH – when we caught the photo. <\/p>\n

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\nRICK RODINE spoke the eulogy and he did a damn great job. he kinda got teary & shaken at times – and looked like he could not go on – he was so moved with grief and emotion . . . but the audience backed-up him up, whenever he faltered: “you can do it, bro !! – go for it.”<\/p>\n

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\nMark’s dear friend, N. HENRY JONES who made that great videotape of Mark at work in his silkscreen shop.<\/p>\n

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\nforeground: JOSH HARRIS.
\nin the row behind him, from left: KIKI SMITH, THEO CERIGO, and KATE CERIGO.
\nMark taught Theo how to shoot a rifle – when he was something like 10 yrs old. Kate would be the first to tell you – her visit to Mark’s studio last April 2010 – was a highlite of her life – and what an amazing artist she thought Mark to be. <\/p>\n

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\nJOHNATHAN MORPURGO – JOMO !!- a big WE LIVE IN PUBLIC fan – got to meet – JOSH HARRIS.
\nJOSH and Mark had a long and colorful history together – they collaborated on many projects, and Mark lived up on the farm.
\none day – it will all come together, for sure.
\nit was Josh, who first pointed out, how Matt had morphed into Mark. <\/p>\n

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\n‘the coop’ aka CHRIS COOPER with Stephanie – came in from Chicago, I think. <\/p>\n

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\nbig ENGER fan – JON COUSSENS flew in from out of town, too.
\nJon meet the Enger Bros – the first week of college – art school – back in the day when they were all of 18 !!
\nJon’s words say it all:
\n“I’ve never seen such a bond and . . . how the collaboration created such great art.”<\/p>\n

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\nart mover and groover – HASH HALPER, everybody calls him ‘Hesh’ – new to the crew . . .<\/p>\n

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\nwe’ll let the future speak to the past: to life !!
\nHesh and Josh – the Quiet legacy lives on.<\/p>\n

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\nMARK ENGER – SELF PORTRAIT. UNIQUE SILKSCREEN on CANVAS.
\nFAREWELL, RIP sweet cowboy – we all loved ya.
\nnot to fear. we will keep your memory, and your art – alive forever. <\/p>\n

PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

from the left: MATTHEW ENGER, MARK’S TWIN BRO. good pal RICK RODINE at center, and MARK’S OLDER BROTHER – DAN ENGER. RICK delivered the very moving eulogy. MARK ENGER – 1963-2011 – MEMORIAL CELEBRATION – SAT MARCH 26, 2011 ST. MARK’S CHURCH, NEW YORK CITY MARK’S ASHES – REST IN A CUSTOM-SCREENED NEON ORANGE PLEXI-URN […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4853"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4853"}],"version-history":[{"count":33,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5887,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4853\/revisions\/5887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}