William Pope.L

 
William Pope.L (1955-2023) was an American visual and performance-theater artist and educator who has made culture out of contraries and confronts issues of race, sex, power, consumerism, and social class. Among his best-known works are the "crawls," a series of performances staged since 1978, in which he inches his way through busy city streets on his belly, back, hands, and knees in an attempt to draw attention to the plight of those members of society who are least empowered. He has been making multi-disciplinary works since the 1970s, and has exhibited internationally.
 
William Pope.L - Campaign
2019
English edition
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
This book is a three-part report on the long-term collaboration between artist Pope.L and curator Dieter Roelstraete which revolves around issues of connectedness, home, and migration, while addressing art's relationship to knowledge.
William Pope.L - One Thing After Another
2019
bilingual edition (English / French)
MO.CO. Panacée
Documenting Pope.L's exhibition at La Panacée, this catalogue's content comprises texts from the curators, Nicolas Bourriaud and Noam Segal, and photographs of the show. Pope.L worked in close collaboration with graphic designer Johanna Himmelsbach on this editorial project.
William Pope.L - Black People Are Cropped - Skin Set Drawings 1997-2011
2012
English edition
JRP|Editions - Hapax
Artist's book.


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