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On Oligarchy

Mark Dion

On Oligarchy

While visiting the Sam Fox School in October 2025, Mark collaborated with Island Press to create two letterpress editions:

On Oligarchy, letterpress, 10 x 6 inches, white ink on Sirio Black Paper, edition of 40

On Oligarchy, letterpress, 10 x 6 inches, red ink on Neenah Blotter Paper, edition of 30

About the artist

Mark Dion’s work examines the ways in which dominant ideologies and public institutions shape our understanding of history, knowledge, and the natural world.

Tom Reed at the press

Eugene Yu, MFA, curating prints

Mark signing prints

Editions from this project

Ip mark dion on oligarchy white on black
Ip mark dion on oligarchy red on white