Jon Sarkin
Gloucester, MA
drawing/installation
Desert Man, from the installation Infinity’s Trial, 2005, permanent marker, pen and ink on paper, 12” x 9”, Lent by the Artist, Courtesy Jane Deering Gallery, Gloucester, MA
Sarkin is a prolific, even compulsive, artist who creates elaborate drawings and paintings cluttered with words and images. Using a form of concrete poetry, Sarkin sets up quirky and brilliant juxtapositions among references from art history, literature, jazz, comics, and philosophy.
"'my age aint nothin, my name means less.' dylan. my art aint nothin; meanin means less. if art's nothin, tis vacuum. physix: vacuum NOT 'nothin'; tis teemin w potential. manifest unmanifestd. wh say 'my art ain't nothin,' i lie. 'art's lie wh tells truth!' picasso. th 'my meanin means less' pt? hafta venture ta 'lessthanzero' territory here....kooool! dwell in realm-o-all-possibility. timebound!!! can't manifest infinite!! outa limitlessfield, must grab 1. art's 'streamconsciousnessy,'…quotes, articles, names, art history, movies, music, tv, museums, plays, boox, concerts, words, lyrix, photos, newspapers, sports, games. have 'antennae' out. put data in computerbrain. gets mashed. th/ download inta hardcopyvisualart. don't store like most. tis arranged irrationalrandomly; my art >> chaotic neuroarchitecture. screwopen head, look @ brain: look like art. 'his art doesn't mean anything; it's simply a diary of his experience.' quote fr wife, kim. take experience, blend it, pour on canvas....you get idea. do as i want???? w ron g!!!! obsesscompulsive! truefreewill's joke! art's AGREEMENT betw compulsions & i. tis equilibrium betw freewill an preordainedestiny" —Jon Sarkin
Please join the artist for a Gallery Talk on Saturday, July 8, 2006, at 3 pm.
