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Showcasing the work of an outsider artist

Two distinct bodies of work by Jon Sarkin are featured in an exhibit up at VSA Massachusetts Open Door Gallery

By Cate McQuaid

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  February 01, 2012

Critic Cate McQuaid reviews art exhibits in the area, including on “Sarkin: Line by Line’’ at VSA Massachusetts Open Door Gallery. Maybe you’ve heard of Jon Sarkin. A former chiropractor, he had a brain hemorrhage back in the late 1980s, followed by a stroke that nearly killed him, and he came through the ordeal an artist with an antic need to create. He has received a lot of media attention, not so much for his art as for his story.

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