Mark Saxe
Dixon, NM
One-Eyed Jack
Belgian black marble, steel staples
8.5” x 5” x 4”
2023
$1500
About
Mark Saxe was born in Chelsea, MA, served his country in Vietnam, and while traveling in Europe, discovered his love of stone. After graduating from art school on the GI Bill, he became an apprentice stonemason before moving to NM to begin his long career as a sculptor. He is the recipient of a Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts in 2023.
Artist Statement
I work in the realm where the known and unknown meet, where chance and determination work hand in hand. Stone, a material both simple and complex, wildly uncontrollable and disciplined, provides that opportunity. My work grows from a notion, a mysterious feeling, not unlike the first sentence of a story, always with hopeful anticipation. It tells the story of my grappling with the forces of creation and destruction in nature, unleashing the cataclysmic and the calm.
Art from Mark Saxe in other TAAC exhibitions
This is Mark Saxe's first TAAC exhibition