Portable Gray 14—Pope.L: The Chicago Years

The Richard and Mary L. Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry at the University of Chicago is pleased to announce the release of the fourteenth issue of Portable Gray, a publication that draws on the work of the Gray Center, a research center for experimental collaborations between artists and scholars. Pope.L: The Chicago Years is a special hard cover edition of the journal dedicated to remembering and considering the work of Pope.L, with a particular emphasis on his time in Chicago (2010-2023). Personal remembrances, art historical essays, creative writing, and reproductions of Pope.L's works spanning 40 years, some never before published in their entirety, come together to offer a comprehensive view of the life and oeuvre of this extraordinary artist. This issue also continues our reviews section, Portable Gray Review (PGR).

Editor’s Plaisance
Zachary Cahill

Book Art: “Family”
Mami Takahashi

Habemus Papam: Remembering Pope.L
Dieter Roelstraete

Communal and Hard and Caring and Weird
Tina Post

A Remembrance
Shane Huffman

Before and After
John Patterson

This Work
Mike Schuh

A Remembrance
Caitlyn Min-ji Au

Pope.L's Superposition
Nick Bastis

Climb for Better Schools
Laura Letinsky

The Teachings of Pope.L, On Monday, November 11, 2024, 4-5:30 PM
Zespo

The Ventriloquism of Being: Words and Images in Pope.L
W.J.T. Mitchell

A Few Descriptions
Dave Lloyd

Pope.L's Archive
Theaster Gates

Dried Ketchup from a Dragged Out Wall.
Matthew Goulish, Lin Hixson

No Ocean
Lydia Grey

The Escape
Ann Goldstein

Pope.L: Truth, Justice, and the American Way
Dread Scott

Portable Gray Review (PGR)

Map of the Bomb
Anna Searle Jones

Boris, "Amplifier Worship Service" Tour
Matthew Metzger

Having a Ball! With the House of the Avant-Garde
Jennifer Smart

Catland: Louis Wain and the Great Cat Mania, by Kathryn Hughes
Erik Wenzel

Zachary Sun: Desynchronized Body
Nicky Ni

C.C. Ann Chen: UNGROUND
Ellen Wiese

Nora Turato: pool 6
Gareth Thomas Kaye

Upcoming issue: Sounding the Spectral, edited by Seth Brodsky and Martha Feldman

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Executive Editor: Leah Feldman & Seth Brodsky / Editor-in-Chief: Zachary Cahill / Senior Editor: Mike Schuh / Managing Editor: Naomi Blumberg / Editor at Large: Stephanie Cristello / Contributing Editor: Sabrina Craig / Design: David Khan-Giordano / ISSN 2637-8361.

About the Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry
The Richard and Mary L. Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry is a forum at the University of Chicago for experimental collaborations between artists and scholars. Gray Center activities take place all over campus (encompassing various divisions, departments, and programs), across the community, throughout the city, and beyond. Through its various programs—including Gray Center Fellowships,  The Gray Co-Lab for Arts and Science, exploratory research initiatives, the monthly Sidebar conversation series, Gray Sound, an experimental music and sound performance series, international conferences, and institutional collaborations—the Gray Center seeks to foster a culture of innovation and experimentation at the intersection of arts practice and scholarship.

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