My Kingdom for a Title, 1979-2021

Pope.L

• Other Authors Courtney Willis Blair (Editor), Kandis Williams (Afterword)
• Title

  My Kingdom for a Title, 1979-2021

• Date 2021
• ISBN 9781953441058
• Publisher Los Angeles: New Documents; New York: Mitchell-Iness & Nash
• Description 274 p; 30 x 21.75 cm; b/w & color ill.
• Language English
• Collections Permanent Collection
• Summary

  My Kingdom for a Title is a collection of writing by Chicago–based artist Pope.L documenting his use of language as a mode of visual, narrative, and performative story telling. The act of writing has been integral to how Pope.L works and is arguably the most consistent element in his practice. These works take various forms: scripts, short stories, scribbled notes, large-scale installation, and painting—many never before released. Assembled here for the first time, My Kingdom for a Title allows the breadth of the artist’s engagement with language to be fully assessed. Within the book, Pope.L’s work is supplemented with extensive endnotes sourced by artist Kandis Williams. (New Documents)

• Tags African American art, Art, Monograph