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March 8, 2007
William Pope.L
Influence
William Pope.L is a public artist who challenges audiences to address America's relationship to difference, questioning the constructed nature of social hierarchies based on race. Pope. L has exhibited and performed across the world including his touring retrospective entitled eRacism and companion book, William Pope.L: The Friendliest Black Artist in America. His most recent project The Black Factory, is at once a digital project, a traveling caravan, a social service, and a community based public art intervention. Pope L states that his presentation "will address how things influence one another."
Co-sponsored by the Center for Afroamerican and African Studies, American Culture, History of Art, and the Future of Minority Studies at Michigan Workshop: How Do Identities Matter?
Selected Bibliography
- The Black Factory
- Foundation for Contemporary Arts: William Pope L.
- William Pope.L: 'some things you can do with blackness..' February 25th - April 24th 2005.
- Firstenberg, Lauri. "PROFILE: Tapping the Energy of Predicament." Contemporary issue no.69.
- Hoffman, Jascha. "2 NYC Exhibitions by William Pope.L." Artists Network of Refuse & Resist! (February 3, 2004).
- Lachance, Jonathan. "Inside The Black Factory: William Pope.L on Art and Race." KGBBarLit (Fall 2006).
- Morrison, Mandy. "william Pope L." NYArts Magazine (November / December 2006).
- Pollack, Barbara. "The art of public disturbance: William Pope.L consistently provokes visceral responses from viewers, especially with his street performances. A traveling survey of his work titled "eRacism" arrives this month in Portland, Ore - Critical Essay." Art in America (May, 2003).
- Thompson, Chris. "America's Friendliest Black Artist: William Pope.L interviewed by Chris Thompson." PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art 24.3 (2002) 68-72.
- Tousignant, Isa. "Crawl for your life." Hour (November 4, 2004).
- Workman, Michael. "The Great White Way: 22 miles, 5 years, 1 street, 2002." Ten By Ten Magazine.
- http://www.lib.umich.edu/ejournals/. Just type in the name of the journal, then select the correct volume/issue.
- William Pope.L - Visual and Performance-Theater Artist. Produced by University of Colorado. April 9, 2004.
- Pope.L, William, Mark Bessire and Maine College of Art. William Pope.L : the friendliest Black artist in America. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2002. Location: Art Architecture & Engineering Library and The Fine Arts Library. Call Number: NX 512 .P668 W551 2002
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