PopeL is the creato

#PopeL is the creator of several now-legendary performance-art works that explore the conditions of abjection, black masculinity, and racism with bracing irony. Since the 1970s he has created more than 30 performance pieces in which he crawls along urban streets, wearing costumes that range from business suits to #Superman outfits. Tomorrow, September 21, 2019, he will orchestrate ‘Conquest’, the largest and most ambitious group performance to date. In this one-time collective performance organized by #PublicArtFund, 140 volunteers will band together to crawl on the sidewalks of Downtown Manhattan. Pope.L sat down with Coco Fusco to talk about ‘Conquest’, the complementary exhibitions being held at the #WhitneyMuseum and #newMoMA this fall, and his perspective on recent activism in the artworld.