Jon will be discussing his biography “Shadows Bright as Glass” at “The Bookstore” on Main St. in Gloucester on Thursday, May 12 at 7:00pm with its author, Amy Nutt.
Jon Sarkin is a prolific, even compulsive, artist who creates elaborate drawings and paintings cluttered with words and images. His work has been featured in The New Yorker, The New York Times, ABC Primetime, This American Life, GQ, ArtNews, and galleries in New York, Los Angeles, and around the world. His lives and works in Gloucester Massachusetts.
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Great photos of Sarkin as taken by Liam King over the years. Check them out at jsarkin.com/photos
If you’re interested in high-resolution photos of Jon’s art, check out at jsarkin.com/art…
Showcasing the work of an outsider artist
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January 31, 2012|By Cate McQuaid
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Jon Sarkins Clinched Teeth, currently on exhibit at VSA Massachusetts… (Lorri Berenberg )
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January 18, 2012 Posted by Alexandra Pappas under Art/Archaeology, Epigraphy/Papyrology
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In this post, I will address directly the question I first posed: What do ancient Greek…
Sarkin painted a piece live onstage at the MET while Guster plays “Jesus On the Radio” from Guster’s new album featuring cover art by Sarkin–Easy Wonderful.
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Discovery Science Channel Documentary Special about Jon Sarkin. Produced for Science Channel by Screaming Flea Productions, Inc. Aired 12/15/2010.
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One of thousands of sketchbooks compulsively drawn by Sarkin. Feature video as a part of a feature article as written by Amy Nutt for the NJ Star Ledger. Videography by Andre Malok.