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TitleInstallation view, MoCA

Creator nameUnknown

Creator nationality/cultureUnknown

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date2015

Object typePhotograph

MaterialsUnknown

DimensionsUnknown

LocationUnknown

Accession numberUnknown

SubjectsHuman skin color in artRacism in artMultiple artPuns and punning in artArtists, Black

StatusSelections from the permanent collection, Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA), Los Angeles, featuring William Pope.L's Skin Set Drawings

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Chapter 2: Differing, Drawn

Darby English

To Describe a Life: Notes from the Intersection of Art and Race Terror

Of the ongoing Skin Set Drawing project that he began in 1997, Pope.L says, “There is no such thing as one drawing.” All direct quotations of Pope.L are from conversations with him and the...

Author

Darby English

PublisherYale University Press

PublisherHutchins Center for African & African American Research

Related print edition pages: pp.42-85

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00170.005

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-18031&redirecttoanchor=31305

Chapter subject tags:Pope.L, William, 1955-Black race--ColorHuman skin color in artRacism in artDrawing, American--20th centurySatire in art

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Skin Set Drawings a.k.a. White Drawings

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 01

Creator namePope.L, William

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1999–2001

Object typeDrawing

Dimensions11 × 8.5 in. (29.9 × 21.6 cm)

Skin Set Drawings a.k.a. White Drawings

White People are Pun

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 01

Creator namePope.L, William

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date2001–2003

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsBallpoint, marker, correction fluid, cut in paper

Dimensions10.81 × 8.5 in. (27.46 × 21.59 cm), paper

LocationThe Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

White People are Pun

White People are Pun, detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 01

Creator namePope.L, William

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date2001–2003

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsBallpoint, marker, correction fluid, cut in paper

LocationThe Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

White People are Pun, detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 01

Creator namePope.L, William

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date2001–2003

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsBallpoint, marker, correction fluid, cut in paper

White People are Pun, detail

Green People Are Leave-It-To-Beaver with His Cleaver and His Shadow

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 01

Creator namePope.L, William

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date2004

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsBallpoint, marker, oil paint marker on paper

Dimensions10.87 × 8.44 in. (27.62 × 21.43 cm), paper

LocationThe Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

https://www.moca.org/collection/work/green-people-are-leave-it-to-beaver-with-his-cleaver-and-his-shadow

Accession number2011.75

Green People Are Leave-It-To-Beaver with...

Green People Are Leave-It-To-Beaver with His Cleaver and His Shadow

Brown People Are Aaa Lounge Act at the Bakery

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 01

Creator namePope.L, William

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date2010

Object typePainting

MaterialsMixed media on paper

Dimensions12 × 9 in. (30.5 × 22.9 cm)

Brown People Are Aaa Lounge Act at the...

Brown People Are Aaa Lounge Act at the Bakery

Green People Are on Rice

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 01

Creator namePope.L, William

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date2003

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsBallpoint, marker, correction fluid, coffee on paper

Dimensions10.87 × 8.44 in. (27.62 × 21.43 cm), paper

LocationThe Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

https://www.moca.org/collection/work/green-people-are-on-rice

Accession number2011.7.7

Green People Are on Rice

Green People Are My Brother Frank

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 01

Creator namePope.L, William

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date2004

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsBallpoint, marker, oil paint marker, colored correction fluid, artist's hair on paper

Dimensions10.81 × 8.44 in. (27.46 × 21.43), paper

LocationThe Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

https://www.moca.org/collection/work/green-people-are-my-brother-frank

Accession number2011.7.6

Green People Are My Brother Frank

Installation view of Pope.L's Colored Waiting Room

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 01

Creator nameForrest, Brian

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date2013

Object typePhotograph

Installation view of Pope.L's Colored...

Installation view of Pope.L's Colored Waiting Room

Green People Are My Brother Frank, detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 01

Creator namePope.L, William

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date2004

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsBallpoint, marker, oil paint marker, colored correction fluid, artist's hair on paper

LocationThe Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

https://www.moca.org/collection/work/green-people-are-my-brother-frank

Accession number2011.7.6

Green People Are My Brother Frank,...

Green People Are My Brother Frank, detail

Purple People Are the Color of Blood After Several Days on the Radiator

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 01

Creator namePope.L, William

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date2009

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsBic pen, marker

Dimensions11 × 8.5 in. (29.9 × 21.6 cm)

Purple People Are the Color of Blood...

Purple People Are the Color of Blood After Several Days on the Radiator

Blue People Are the Niggers of the Atmosphere, detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 01

Creator namePope.L, William

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date2008

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsGraph paper, Bic pen, marker, Wite-Out, and acrylic

Blue People Are the Niggers of the...

Blue People Are the Niggers of the Atmosphere, detail

Installation view of Black Is, Black Ain't

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 01

Creator nameVan Eynde, Tom

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date2008

Object typePhotograph

Installation view of Black Is, Black...

Installation view of Black Is, Black Ain't

White People Are the Future

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 01

Creator namePope.L, William

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date2011

Object typePainting

MaterialsMixed media on paper

Dimensions11 × 8.5 in. (29.9 × 21.6 cm)

White People Are the Future

Green People Are Pea Fuckers

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 01

Creator namePope.L, William

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date2003

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsBallpoint, marker, correction fluid, colored correction fluid, acrylic, coffee on paper

Dimensions10.87 × 8.44 in. (27.62 × 21.43 cm), paper

LocationThe Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

https://www.moca.org/collection/work/green-people-are-pea-fuckers

Accession number2011.7.8

Green People Are Pea Fuckers

Purple People Are the Color of Blood After Several Days on the Radiator, detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 01

Creator namePope.L, William

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date2009

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsBic pen, marker

Purple People Are the Color of Blood...

Purple People Are the Color of Blood After Several Days on the Radiator, detail

Green People Are My Brother Frank, detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 01

Creator namePope.L, William

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date2004

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsBallpoint, marker, oil paint marker, colored correction fluid, artist's hair on paper

LocationThe Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

https://www.moca.org/collection/work/green-people-are-my-brother-frank

Accession number2011.7.6

Green People Are My Brother Frank,...

Green People Are My Brother Frank, detail

Blue People Are the Niggers of the Atmosphere

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 01

Creator namePope.L, William

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date2008

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsGraph paper, Bic pen, marker, Wite-Out, and acrylic

Dimensions11 × 8.5 in. (29.9 × 21.6 cm)

Blue People Are the Niggers of the...

Blue People Are the Niggers of the Atmosphere

Black People Are a Cave Inside an Earthworm

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 01

Creator namePope.L, William

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date2011

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsMixed media on paper

Dimensions11 × 8.5 in. (29.9 × 21.6 cm)

Black People Are a Cave Inside an...

Black People Are a Cave Inside an Earthworm

Green People Are Powder

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 01

Creator namePope.L, William

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date2003

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsBallpoint, marker, correction fluid, coffee on paper

Dimensions11 × 8.5 in. (27.94 × 21.59 cm)

LocationThe Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

https://www.moca.org/collection/work/green-people-are-powder

Accession number2011.7.9

Green People Are Powder

Purple People Are I'll Fuck You Whole Family and Cut They Shit Off

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 01

Creator namePope.L, William

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date2011

Object typePainting

MaterialsMixed media on Masonite

Dimensions24 × 18 in. (61 × 45.7 cm)

Purple People Are I'll Fuck You Whole...

Purple People Are I'll Fuck You Whole Family and Cut They Shit Off

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