Pope.L obituary

American artist known for his epic street ‘crawls’ through 70s New York, who also showed at the Museum of Modern ArtOne morning in 1978, passersby along the less salubrious end of West 42nd Street in New York were met with a curious sight. A young man dressed smartly in a pinstripe suit fell to his hands and knees and began to crawl along the dirty pavement, not letting up until he reached Times Square.It was the first of more than 30 “crawls” by the artist Pope.L, who ha