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Pope.L s first solo show in London in more than a decade on view at Modern Art
Pope.L, Notations, Holes and Humour, Modern Art Bury Street, exhibition view, 15 July - 28 August 2021. Courtesy: the artist, Modern Art, London and Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, USA. Photo: Tom Carter.
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.-Modern Art is presenting a solo exhibition of work by Pope.L entitled Notations, Holes and Humour. This is Pope.Ls first exhibition with Modern Art, and his first solo show in London in more than a decade.
Pope.Ls exhibition with Modern Art centres on his ongoing project, Skin Set, a constantly growing and shifting group of text-inflected works across many media that consider the construction of language, identity and stereotype as notation, hole and frequently absurdity and humour. The show, installed on both floors of the gallery, contains video, silkscreen, assemblage, floor pieces and paintings made between 2015 and 2021. On view are several medicine cabinets originally shown at t
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