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Pope.L

The Great White Way, 22 Miles, 5 Years, 1 Street (Segment H1: December 29, 2001)

  • Year2001-2006
  • MaterialVideo, CRT monitor and epoxy resin
  • Video length6:35 mins
  • Year of acquisition2023
  • Inventory numberUAB XX
  • On viewGround floor
  • Copyright© Pope.L, Courtesy of the artist and Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York

More about the artwork

Considered one of the most famous of Pope.L’s “crawls” is “The Great White Way” (2001–2006), for which the artist donned a Superman costume, strapped a skateboard to his back instead of a cape, and crawled a total of 22 miles (nearly 35 kilometers) from the Statue of Liberty to the Bronx in several stages over many years. In the installation, the opening cinematic scenes of his journey through iconic New York locations are shown on a monitor in a synthetic black puddle. As indicated in its title, the work plays with the contradictions of Manhattan’s longest street—Broadway: as a symbol of the American dream, it is also a place of degradation, social inequality, and exploitation.

Installationsansicht eines Fernsehers, der am Boden auf einer schwarzen Pfütze steht.

Further artworks

2-teilige Zeichnung mit Graphit und Wasserfarbe auf Papier, auf der in der Mitte nur mit Schuhen bekleidete Frau mit erschrecktem Gesicht von links nach rechts rennt. Um sie herum sind weitere Figuren zu erkennen.
Kara Walker Yesterdayness in America Today, 2020 Ground floor
Cy Twombly , Untitled (Rome), 1983, UAB 460aus der Sammlung Brandhorst
Cy Twombly Untitled (Rome), 1983 Upper floor
Jean-Michel Basquiat, Dos Cabezas II, 1983, UAB 21aus der Sammlung Brandhorst
Jean-Michel Basquiat Dos Cabezas II, 1983 Ground floor
Cy Twombly, Untitles (Geata), 1992, UAB 467aus der Sammlung Brandhorst
Cy Twombly Untitled (Gaeta), 1992 Upper floor
Rückenansicht einer Person, die eine andere Person im Computerbildschirm betrachtet
Nicole Eisenman Long Distance, 2015 Basement floor