
The Great White Way: 22 miles, 9 years, 1 street
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- Year
- 2001
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Artist
- Pope.L
Artist

Painting
Pope.L was an American performance and conceptual artist whose practice emerged from African American artistic traditions and the legacies of post-war institutional critique. Working across performance, video, installation, and drawing, he created socially engaged works that addressed race, embodiment, and systemic inequality through both absurdist humor and unflinching directness. His performances often positioned his own body as a site of interrogation, engaging with public space and architectural systems.
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Finnish Painting
2015 · Oil, acrylic, flash paint, marker, pen, collage, thumbtacks and tape on torn paper
#95F, AB 7.27.04, 7.28.04, 8.3.04m 3.27.06, 4.14.06, 5.1.06, 5.16.06, 5.18.06, 5.20.06, 9.22.06, 9.24.06, 9.26.06 Napkin Mountain
2004 · Mixed media on paper
#49F 6.30.04, 7.28.04, 2.16.05, 3.16.06, 3.17.06, 3.20.06, 4.14.06 The Phallic Bundle of Avalon
2004 · Black fiber-tipped pen and purple ball-point pen, with white correction fluid, on ivory wove paper (paper towel)
The Black Factory Archive
2003 · Archive of items related to the Black Factory, including Donated Objects, Twice Sold Goods, ephemera, digital image files, a website, and a film
#709F 3.13.03, 1.28.05, 2.16.05, 3.27.06, 4.14.06, 6.23.06, 9.6.06, 5.9.06, 6.29.06, 9.26.06, 9.25.06, 12.3.06 “Why Are You Sad?”
2003 · Mixed media on paper
Eracism (version 8b)
2000 · Video (color, sound; 10:24 min); five inkjet prints; three green glass bottles in plastic and metal suitcase; two works on sewn cloth with Velcro; green terrycloth headband; red terrycloth Croakie; painted wooden table and legs; painted wooden bench; cotton, polyester, and tulle dress; and Lycra, cotton, and plastic jockstrap with plastic case
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