Mitchell-Innes & Nash
1018 Madison Ave
212.744.7400
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William Pope.L, Worms Near Mountain Green Spots, Courtesy Mitchell-Innes & Nash
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Sep 18, 2008 – Oct 24, 2008
Mondays–Fridays (10am–6pm)
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In 2002, at NYC's Battery Park, William Pope.L donned his Superman costume and set out on a 22-mile belly crawl through the city, titled The Great White Way. The Jersey-born artist is best known for such performances (he's wriggled through over 20 treks for his eRacism series), as well as a celebratory and sometimes goofy approach to black identity. But in recent years, Pope.L has begun showing his drawings, which provide deeper insight into his frenetic line of thinking. Dashed out on cocktail napkins and hotel stationary during his frequent travels, his Failure Drawings are full of mountains, coffee stains, and rockets in mid-flight — admittedly not the work of a virtuosic draftsman, but teeming with compulsive creativity and a well-honed sense of play.
