Pope.L’s Pop Tarts have serious shelf-life

Visiting art fairs can work up an appetite, but a series of drawings at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects in Frieze New York (C25) might make you rethink your choice of snack. The gallery sold three drawings on Pop Tarts by the Los Angeles-based artist Pope.L, including Quad Figure (Four Tarts) (1997-8), during the fair’s VIP preview on Wednesday. The tarts “have so many preservatives they have maintained their integrity for nearly 20 years”, says the gallery’s dir