JS-2023-1356 Tree Sarkin frequently worked through art-historical

Sarkin frequently worked through art-historical figures by repeating their names until the act of inscription becomes the subject

I can’t stop

A quote ("only the fact that it was recorded has saved it from total obscurity") emerges from a repeating ground of "SUCCESS AS AN ORIGINAL PERFORMANCE

Permanent marker on heavyweight archival paper

and dense crosshatched mark

JS-2023-1356 Tree Sarkin frequently worked through art-historicalA dense hand lettered passage built around Macbeth's "out, out, brief candle" soliloquy, riffing on Shakespeare and improvising an anatomy ("his pons, his medulla oblongata") into a tragicomic narrative voice. Drawn on a recycled cardboard album sleeve. Signed. Authenticated by The Jon Sarkin Estate. Ships from Gloucester, MA.