"William Pope.L folds his finished works and the detritus of their production and conception into a simmered whole with a haphazard yet strictly curated collection of sculpture, drawings, and scraps spanning 20 years. “The Process Show” is neither a recreation of Pope.L’s studio, nor an explanation of his practice; rather, its aim is to be a portrait of the artist’s headspace. While the work is saturated with his usual themes of class, race, consumption, and identity politics, it seems the overall issues Pope.L refers to are intention and responsibility as an artist. The intimate 37-A Gallery is transformed into a sort of womb, a projection of the artist’s incubating connections and unresolved questions."

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