Slog
News & ArtsWednesday, November 11, 2009
Visual Art Finalists for the $100,000 Ordway Prize
Posted by Jen Graves on Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 9:57 AM
I'm rooting for William Pope.L in the artist category, and Hamza Walker in the curator category. (Link to press release here.) Giving it some thought this morning I came across a recent Rodney McMillian essay in Afterall reconsidering Pope.L, this image of Pope.L doing one of his crawls in Japan in 2001
—the crawls always raise the question: what does it mean that a black man is crawling down the streets of this city? (sometimes he's wearing a Superman costume or a business suit)—
and this unsettling video, which relates to why Pope.L has been McMillian's "bogeyman."
2
OK so what I want to know is WTF is up with his last name? "Pope.L"? His Wikipedia page did not shed any light on it.
OK so what I want to know is WTF is up with his last name? "Pope.L"? His Wikipedia page did not shed any light on it.
Advertisement
Most Commented on Slog
-
Hating People Doesn't Make Them Thinner by Jen Graves
-
Los Angeles Gay Bar Bans Bachelorette Parties Until Marriage Equality Is Attained by David Schmader
-
Fill in the Blank by Grant Brissey
-
This Reminds Me of the Great Calculator Scare of the Late '70s/Early '80s by David Schmader
-
Idiot Tries to Defend Bigoted Anti-Gay-Marriage Preacher on Anderson Cooper by Paul Constant
-
Six Moms with Too Much Time on Their Hands and a Shitty Website Decide to Fight Gay Superheroes by Paul Constant
-
Why Mayor McGinn's Wife Canceled Her Family's Seattle Times Subscription by Eli Sanders
-
What the Hell Is Wrong With Seattle's Pride Parade? by Dominic Holden
-
The Saturday Morning News by Unpaid Intern
-
NYC Man Ticketed for Not Riding in the Bike Lane by Jonathan Golob
RSS
Facebook
Twitter
Comments (3) RSS