Skidmark, 2024 - Luke Haeger

Luke Haeger

Skidmark, 2024

Inkjet and blade on paper

11 x 8.5 inches

In Skidmark, Luke Haeger transforms destruction into a mark-making tool. A printed image—partially legible, possibly once figurative—is violently interrupted by the drag and tear of a blade. The surface is wounded, but not ruined; instead, it becomes activated, each incision a gesture of defiance or release.

This work exists in tension: between control and chaos, permanence and erasure. The title is both literal and crude—a trace left behind, a stain of motion, a refusal to be polished. Haeger’s intervention invites reflection on what it means to mar, to vandalize, and to leave something irrevocable behind.