Monday, January 27, 2020

Jason Polan | The American - Drawings of Robert Frank






Jason Polan
The American - Drawings of Robert Frank 
New York City, USA: Self-published, 2019
[unpaginated], softcover
Edition of 250

Best known for his drawing series Every Person In New York, Polan here presents illustrations from the forty-seven times he was able to draw photographer Robert Frank, whose 1959 book The Americans is considered one of the most important photo-based artists books of all time (see post, here).

Polan died earlier today at the age of 37, from cancer. Read the New York Times obituary here:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/27/arts/jason-polan-dead.html

and Artforum's here:

https://www.artforum.com/news/jason-daniel-polan-1982-2020-81998

and on Vulture:

https://www.vulture.com/2020/01/remembering-jason-polan.html




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