Sucking Marks $10, commercial service, ISCP Open Studios, New York, 17 November 2006

Marlene Haring writes:

For the occasion of the open Studios at ISCP the door of my studio was open. There I sat in the passage way to my studio behind a desk to conduct business. For the opening I sold sucking marks for $10. My work included bargaining with potential clients. I made special offers, or also asked them to tell me what they could offer as a trade. When a deal was made, I offered my chair to the the client, whose neck I then cleaned with rubbing alcohol after which I applied a sucking mark.