{"id":4999,"date":"2011-04-06T11:01:42","date_gmt":"2011-04-06T16:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/?p=4999"},"modified":"2011-04-07T04:27:05","modified_gmt":"2011-04-07T09:27:05","slug":"limited-edition-mark-enger-t-shirt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/if-i-had-200\/2011\/04\/06\/limited-edition-mark-enger-t-shirt\/","title":{"rendered":"~LIMITED EDITION MARK ENGER T-SHIRT"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nMARK ENGER – EXPLODING SKY WORLDWIDE – LIMITED EDITION T-SHIRT – NOW AVAILABLE on artlovers !!<\/p>\n

that’s it. that’s the final straw.
\nwe’re gonna put a store up on the site<\/strong> – until we get the tech issues resolved – it’s gonna be on the low-down.
\nthe store will archive on our: ‘IF I HAD $200’ – column !!<\/p>\n

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\nALFREDO MARTINEZ – HUNGER STRIKE – PRISON DRAWING ca. 2002.<\/p>\n

Our very first offering: <\/p>\n

the last 2 – MARK ENGER\/EXPLODING SKY WORLDIDE – ALFREDO MARTINEZ HUNGER STRIKE T-SHIRTS.<\/strong><\/p>\n

artlovers\/NANCY SMITH commissioned MARK ENGER to custom silk-screen this limited edition T-Shirt in 2003.
\nonly 12 were individually hand-printed – and each is hand-numbered on the back.
\nplus one A.P. – which JOSH HARRIS owns. <\/p>\n

The image is a drawing ALFREDO MARTINEZ sent me – via mail – while he was incarcerated in prison – for his notorious BASQUIAT FORGERY CAPER . . . .
\none of his earliest ‘prison drawings’ – it is a self-portrait of himself – tied down and being being force-fed – while he was on hunger strike . . . needless to say – his first month in prison didn’t go too well – for either him or the warden !!
\ntalk about a head-on battle of the wills. <\/p>\n

Alfredo claims he stopped eating mostly because they wouldn’t let him do his art.
\nI think it would be safe to add: and because he has ‘authority issues’ . . . which were heightened by the maximum security he was held under – due to his uncanny ability to make weapons – out of anything . . .
\nplus for same reason – he was deemed too much of a threat to be released into the general prison population . . . so he had some pretty hardcore company. mostly mafia types. crooks. swindlers.
\nlet’s not even get into the new friends he made during his 2-yr. stay . . . suffice to say, when he came out – that was his worst period.
\nyeah, its true – what they say: you come out much<\/em> worse than when you went in – and leave it at that.<\/p>\n

anyway – it took a while for the prison authorities to figure him out. (no say.) <\/p>\n

his hunger strike lasted for something like 33 days and ended when they let him make art, but ONLY drawings !! on hand-made paper – he created from flour and water out of scrap jail paper. a skill which he claims a fellow inmate, a Russian forger taught him. he drew the images with food dyes – which he patiently concocted from common kitchen food produce, like Jell-o, and instant food packets, as in ketchup, tea, and coffee – mixed with water. “millions” of instant coffee packets to make an eye-dropper of color !!<\/p>\n

and<\/em> they put him to work – in the prison kitchen !!
\nif that won’t end a hunger strike – what will ?<\/p>\n

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\nthe limited edition (12 + 1 A.P.) hand-screened T-shirt has a silk-screened product label – on the back lower right hand corner:<\/p>\n

NANCY SMITH IMPRINT: 01
\nALFREDO MARTINEZ DRAWING FROM FEDERAL PRISON
\nTHE M.D.C., BROOKLYN, N.Y.
\nSILKSCREENED AT EXPLODING SKY WORLDWIDE
\nJULY 01, 03 N.Y.C., U.S.A.<\/p>\n

LIMITED EDITION OF 12. THIS IS NO. ____<\/p>\n

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I ONLY<\/em> HAVE 3 – LEFT !!<\/p>\n

THE FIRST – NO. 10 WAS SCOOPED UP – BY THE GUY WEARING THE T-SHIRT – RIGHT AWAY – at $40 !!<\/p>\n

THE LAST TWO – ARE SIGNED – ON THE BACK. BELOW THE IMPRINT LOGO – BY ALFREDO MARTINEZ, himself.
\nALFREDO SIGNED THEM – THIS PAST WINTER 2011 – IN HONOR OF – OUR FRIEND & ARTIST, THE RECENTLY & TOO SOON DEPARTED, MARK ENGER.<\/p>\n

They are all printed in black ink on: ANVIL pre-shrunk 100% cotton white T’s. all are size L – MEN’S.<\/p>\n

THEY ARE AVAILABLE AS FOLLOWS:<\/p>\n

NO. 8 – IS AVAILABLE TO THE FIRST PERSON – WHO COMES UP WITH: $80 !!<\/p>\n

NO. 11 – IS AVAILABLE TO THE NEXT PERSON WHO COMES UP WITH: $120 !!
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\nTO ORDER – PLEASE CONTACT ARTLOVERS AT:
\nif.i.had.200@gmail.com
\nshipping & handling outside of NYC – additional $20.
\npaypal, check or money order accepted – as well as plain ole cash.<\/p>\n

let’s see whose really<\/em> reading this site !! <\/strong><\/p>\n

we will archive your name as part of the post – or – you can request to be anonymous. <\/p>\n

DEDICATED TO MARK ENGER 1963-2011
\nPHOTOS: NANCY SMITH<\/p>\n

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