Pope.L: Conquest

Public Art Fund, 2019

Conquest is a collective performance conceived by acclaimed artist Pope.L. It was inspired by his iconic solo crawls, where the artist dragged himself across a number of different urban landscapes. Navigating the streets and parks of Downtown Manhattan, Conquest extended this irreverent and provocative forty-year tradition of public performance with an ambitious group crawl involving over 140 volunteers. Crawling together, strangers experienced the struggle and vulnerability of giving up their physical privilege, satirizing their own social and political advantage.

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Conquest is curated by Public Art Fund Director & Chief Curator Nicholas Baume, with Public Art Fund Assistant Curator Katerina Stathopoulou.