JS-2023-81 works on paper and dense crosshatched mark

and dense crosshatched mark

and sky reduced to gesture

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

A meditation on Constantin Brancusi — the sculptor's name and its initial letter repeated across the surface in obsessive variations

JS-2023-81 works on paper and dense crosshatched markSuperman as recurring subject, his cowlick, cape, and chest emblem rendered in Sarkin's compulsive line. Drawn on a recycled cardboard album sleeve: the sleeve itself becomes the substrate, with edges and texture left visible as part of the work. Sarkin engaged 20th century comics figures as ready made iconography across decades of his drawing practice. Signed. Authenticated by The Jon Sarkin Estate. Ships from Gloucester, MA.