For his second work using trophies, Carl Pope researched violent interactions between police and res
For his second work using trophies, Carl Pope researched violent interactions between police and residents of New York City that took place between 1949 and 1994. Pope purchased trophies made specifically for law enforcement and inscribed each with the names of both the person killed or brutalized by police and the office officer who committed the the act, naming the the piece Some of the Greatest Hits of the New York City Police Department: A Celebration of Meritorious Achievement in the Community. “I think what makes the trophy collection so compelling is that it brings those rewards to public notice, in the minds of people who normally would not make that connection between the rewards that officers receive and why they receive those rewards."—Carl Pope. See the work on view now in An Incomplete History of Protest, and hear more from the artist on whitney.org. -- source link
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