The 53rd Street Biological Society

2012-01-25T06:59:00.000-08:00

2012-01-24T06:13:00.001-08:00

2012-01-16T22:23:00.000-08:00

2012-01-07T15:32:00.000-08:00

2011-12-31T19:10:00.000-08:00

2011-12-27T22:18:00.000-08:00

2011-12-16T19:48:00.001-08:00

Some of the holiday cards at the Warby Parker Holiday Spectacle Bazaar and printed by The Arm!

2011-12-12T07:43:00.000-08:00

I am excited to announce a new edition with 6 Decades Books. This is from their website:

In the neighborhood near the 6 Decades shop dealers in counterfeit handbags do a brisk business. It’s illegal, of course, and the actual bags are kept in a secret room somewhere out of sight, so if you want to see the merchandise you’ll first be shown a small laminated booklet filled with tiny images of the various models available. 6 Decades was (with some difficulty) able to obtain one of these booklets and Jason Polan has now used it as the basis of his latest artists’ book. In format it is a precise facsimile of the original, but in Polan's version every bag has been drawn by hand. 6 Decades is pleased to announce Every Counterfeit Handbag on Canal Street, a new publication by Jason Polan, is available beginning today. Each copy is signed and numbered and the book is FREE, but you must come by in person to pick it up at the 6 Decades / Boo-Hooray Holiday shop where it will be available exclusively, now through December 23. Sorry, only one copy per person.

I hope you have a chance to get over there to the shop! They have so many terrific things.

2011-12-11T23:58:00.000-08:00

There are some great things at the main branch of the Library (always). These three are on view right now!

2011-12-08T14:29:00.000-08:00

You can go to the Museum of Modern Art and walk up to the second floor and find the big Keith Haring painting and look at it really closely and think about how you are as close to it as he was and then walk over to the silver floored room and pick up a piece of Félix González-Torres candy from the ground and walk into the dark room to your left and open the candy quietly and sneak it in your mouth in the little hallway without the guard noticing and watch the movie Deadpan by Steve McQueen for as long as you would like.

2011-12-02T14:24:00.001-08:00

The Warby Parker Holiday Spectacle Bazaar is open!!

When was the last time you were able to read a book by Ricky Jay while getting a custom made letter-pressed snowshoe walking yeti holiday card while trying on a new pair of glasses while standing in a yurt!?!

Everybody get down to 45 Grand Street (if you are not too far away!) and check out some of the terrific things they have going on there. A bunch of great people involved from:

Believer
McSweeney's
The Arm
Other Music
La Colombe
Papabubble
Best Made Company
Confetti System
Empire Mayonnaise
Colorado Yurt Company
The Delancey Street Foundation
Fort Standard
Yestadt Millinery
Partners and Spade

and Warby Parker!

2011-12-01T22:24:00.000-08:00

2011-11-30T18:04:00.000-08:00

This piece wasn't running yet. There is a video of it here.

Daniel Li is a good artist. You can see more of his work here.

This is called Columbus Tower, or, the Sentinel Building. It is the home of American Zoetrope.

The flight attendant's names were Marigold and Sayonara.

2011-11-16T07:57:00.001-08:00

2011-11-13T17:03:00.000-08:00

2011-11-10T09:24:00.000-08:00

2011-11-10T09:18:00.001-08:00

2011-11-09T11:17:00.001-08:00

I have some drawings in the new issue of Print Magazine!! Steven Heller wrote the article along with Jessica Helfand, Cheryl Towler Weese, Nicholas Blechman, Jonathan Hoefler, Gael Towey, Ken Carbone, and Stefan Sagmeister. Thank you Ben! and Thank you Michael!

2011-11-08T22:18:00.000-08:00

2011-11-08T22:12:00.001-08:00

2011-10-31T22:56:00.000-07:00

2011-10-31T22:46:00.000-07:00

2011-10-30T15:12:00.000-07:00

There is a group art show that I just saw at 94 Prince Street in a space called J.J. Holdings (It is on the corner with Mercer (on the second floor just above Fanelli's)). There are drawings, paintings, photographs and sculptures. It is open Saturdays and Sundays and by appointment.

2011-10-26T21:17:00.000-07:00

2011-10-26T21:07:00.000-07:00

2011-10-20T17:22:00.000-07:00

2011-10-09T09:04:00.000-07:00

2011-10-06T09:07:00.000-07:00

Everybody head on down to 6 Decades Books when you have a chance if for no other reason than Jeremy is nice and he has a load of awesome books and it is an interesting space and the elevator is nice and it is close to the Canal Street Post Office and close to a Burger King and you can buy really affordable sunglasses on the street right outside and Jeremy has really good taste and it is fun to even just look around but it will be hard not to buy something because there are so many good things available and Jeremy will show you good stuff that you might not have thought of but realize after seeing how much you have always wanted. That is a lot of reasons!

2011-10-04T09:10:00.000-07:00

2011-10-04T07:11:00.000-07:00

I made this for a club at the high school that Bill teaches at. There is some speculation that there will be t-shirts.

2011-10-03T17:21:00.000-07:00

(three links: Evan Hecox, Ed Panar book, David Shrigley interview)

2011-10-02T23:15:00.000-07:00

2011-10-02T23:14:00.000-07:00

2011-09-26T14:40:00.001-07:00

More information soon (and here)

2011-09-26T14:24:00.000-07:00

Give Sit and Read a look when you have a chance. It is run by Kyle Garner. He has really good taste and I always enjoy looking at the things he has found.

2011-09-24T14:11:00.000-07:00

2011-09-23T20:09:00.000-07:00

2011-09-21T22:00:00.000-07:00

2011-09-20T08:50:00.000-07:00

2011-09-20T08:49:00.000-07:00

2011-09-20T07:36:00.001-07:00

2011-09-13T19:04:00.001-07:00

2011-09-10T21:45:00.002-07:00

2011-09-10T21:45:00.001-07:00

2011-09-10T21:38:00.000-07:00

2011-09-06T18:05:00.000-07:00

2011-09-06T09:06:00.000-07:00

I made this book.

2011-09-03T21:25:00.000-07:00

I was in a Steven Alan store the other day and found this flyer. The man working there said I could take it and I did! I liked how simple the poses of their models were. I thought I would trace them with a black marker. My friend Steven Katz used to do this when we were drawing together at Taco Bell. He called it Katzoscoping © I hadn’t done this in a while and realized again how fun it is. You should try if you’d like! It is pretty easy: just get something you want to trace (and are allowed to trace!) and get a marker you like, and get at it!

2011-09-02T08:13:00.001-07:00

2011-09-01T08:07:00.000-07:00

Do some shopping this weekend or at least eat some watermelon!

The watermelon on the left is from West Elm and the watermelon on the right is from Jack Spade.

2011-08-25T15:23:00.000-07:00

2011-08-17T10:57:00.000-07:00

I wrote a letter to Kinko's (FedEx Kinko's (FedEx Office?)?) that is in the new issue of McSweeney's.

2011-08-15T18:35:00.000-07:00

I got this rubber toy at a flea market the other day. He was pretty heavy and I really liked how clunky he looked. I got him home and put him on a stack of books. I then moved him to another stack of books. I keep thinking I will catch him out of the corner of my eye slowly lurking over to me. He is only about 5 inches tall so the damage probably wouldn’t be toooo bad.

(Thanks for gif help Michael Worful)

2011-08-11T19:25:00.000-07:00

2011-08-09T12:37:00.000-07:00

2011-08-07T19:32:00.000-07:00

The exhibition Living and Working is up for one more week. The last day is this Friday, August 12, 2011. I hope you can come see the exhibition.

(Installation photographs by Michael Worful)

2011-08-03T16:41:00.000-07:00

2011-07-27T21:34:00.000-07:00

I wanted to invite you to come draw and play ping-pong and eat pizza at the gallery tonight (Thursday, July 28, 2011) from 5 to 8pm with me. The space will be open late, along with a bunch (over 125!) of other galleries, because of the Chelsea Art Walk.

I hope everyone is having a nice summer.

Nicholas Robinson Gallery
535 West 20th Street
New York NY 10011

2011-07-26T19:28:00.000-07:00

2011-07-19T22:49:00.000-07:00

(all of these people were at The Trampoline Hall Lecture Series at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco on July 19, 2011)

2011-07-18T22:45:00.000-07:00

2011-07-12T08:30:00.000-07:00

Some people I like that have been up to some things:

Mary & Matt continue to not mess around.

Mordechai is definitely up to something.

Some new products from Matt Singer.

This book from Ofer Wolberger looks great.

Jeremy has a new spot on Canal.

Naomi is traveling across Canada.

Eric Elms has a new website.

Excited for all of these things. More soon.

2011-07-12T08:15:00.001-07:00

I have some drawings (like that Adder!) in the new issue of Ghost Town. Walter Green is also invloved! and it looks like a batch of other good people too.

I also had a drawing of a school bus in the New York Times the other day.

2011-07-08T07:07:00.000-07:00

Today (7-8-2011) is the last day I am in the gallery working. The show is up until the end of July but I will only be in and out for the next several weeks. If you would like to come by and see the exhibition or play ping pong or eat an ice pop or all of those I am ready for you!

2011-07-03T09:49:00.000-07:00

2011-07-01T10:12:00.000-07:00

Noah Kalina came by the exhibition and took some pictures of me (I look like a dufus, but Noah is a really good photographer) and then he demolished me in ping pong.

2011-07-01T07:01:00.001-07:00

2011-06-29T21:43:00.000-07:00

2011-06-29T21:39:00.000-07:00

2011-06-29T10:50:00.000-07:00

2011-06-24T16:31:00.000-07:00

2011-06-22T07:50:00.000-07:00

Gregory! and Jordin!

2011-06-22T05:47:00.000-07:00

2011-06-19T20:48:00.001-07:00

New blog of things here if you'd like to see.

2011-06-18T12:01:00.001-07:00

2011-06-18T11:49:00.000-07:00

2011-06-18T09:30:00.001-07:00

The first time these two have ever played ping pong!!

2011-06-18T07:19:00.000-07:00

This eleven year old was not messing around!

Dirk vs. Ofer! Not just top notch ping pong players, they are excellent photographers too!

2011-06-18T07:18:00.000-07:00

2011-06-08T22:32:00.001-07:00

Art show opening tonight! Thursday, June 9, 2011 from 6 to 8pm! I hope you can come!

2011-06-06T20:29:00.000-07:00

I hope everyone has the chance to see this exhibition of Ray Johnson work from Robert Warner's collection! It is so good.

2011-06-06T15:10:00.001-07:00

One of my drawings right outside of the Museum of Modern Art!

(Thanks, August!)

2011-06-01T08:25:00.001-07:00

I have a drawing in the Headlands Art Auction today. There are some great artists involved.

2011-05-22T13:46:00.000-07:00

(The day after Julie and Michelle graduated from college!)

2011-05-17T14:33:00.000-07:00

I am having an art show at Nicholas Robinson Gallery that is opening June 9, 2011.

More information soon.

2011-05-06T12:44:00.000-07:00

A lady was yelling at one of the Kinko's employees when I walked in there this morning. I was trying to figure out what was going on--the women was getting very mad at the employee for being "so rude". She said it wasn't hip to be mean, "Being nice is hip in New York!"

2011-05-04T23:03:00.000-07:00

Tucker Nichols exhibition opening next Friday! and a film by Jonn Herschend!

2011-04-29T16:08:00.001-07:00

Whoa! I am sorry I am missing this.

2011-04-25T23:22:00.000-07:00

Drawer, sculptor, and thinker James Pitt!

2011-04-24T21:54:00.000-07:00

2011-04-23T15:35:00.000-07:00

2011-04-19T18:25:00.001-07:00

People
Places
& Things

An exhibition by Jason Polan.

Opening Friday, April 22, 2011 from 6 to 9pm.

The show will feature drawings, paintings, books, sculptures, and more.

The Curiosity Shoppe
855 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA 94110

2011-04-15T09:41:00.000-07:00

I am glad to have some things in the new issue of Diner Journal. Give it a look if you have a chance. I particularly liked a piece about cured meats by Christopher Lee.

2011-04-08T08:37:00.001-07:00

Contest!

Send a picture of one or some of the West Elm things I worked on that is now in your house, apartment, minivan, or condominium (or other place you live). I will pick one (or two) of my favorites and will send you an original drawing. I have been getting some terrific photos from friends with my West Elm things in action and thought as a small thank you I could send an original drawing (or two or three) to you(s).

The small print: This contest is being organized by me, and is not affiliated with West Elm.

To enter! Send an image of one (or more) of my West Elm products (that you would be ok with me possibly putting on the internet—if you prefer not, just let me know) in your home to art@jasonpolan.com along with your mailing address. Winners will be notified through the mail within 4 weeks after the completion of the contest, which is April 22, 2011.

2011-04-07T16:58:00.000-07:00

2011-03-31T13:13:00.001-07:00

I am doing a talk tomorrow (April 1, 2011) at The Aldrich Contemporary Museum of Art. Come say hello if you are close. If you can't make it to the talk, it is ok, go to the museum another day soon though! A KAWS show is up until June 5 and Hope Gangloff's paintings are also up until June 5. I am sorry to all of the visitors that go June 6!

Gabrielle Bell has these posters available on her website. The drawings appeared in the Believer (and on her website) and are now available all together in this LARGE poster.

Robin Cameron is showing work in this show that opens April 8.

Andrew Kuo has a show, opening tonight, at Taxter & Spengemann. I got a little peak yesterday (I walked in because I thought it opened last week, whoops, but am looking forward to getting back).

2011-03-25T19:40:00.000-07:00

2011-03-16T15:22:00.001-07:00

2011-03-15T17:17:00.000-07:00

2011-03-15T15:11:00.000-07:00

This Book (and Object) Store is really good.

Found some exciting photographs and books at &.

Some new things on Shawn's website!

Michael Showalter has a new book!

I am sorry I did not draw new members to Taco Bell Drawing Club: Kate Bingaman Burt, Clifton Burt, Zachary Schomburg (though I did draw Mr. Schomburg when he was in New York a bit ago. Also in attendance, Shawn Creeden, but I drew him the next day, phew).