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Adam MysockA Counter Example2018
2018
About the Item
A portrait of Abraham Lincoln
We’ve assigned a great deal of responsibility to our shared cultural figures when it comes to teaching lessons about truth, fiction, and morality. We used to tell stories about George Washington chopping down a cherry tree and then professing that he could not tell a lie. We’ve renamed Abraham Lincoln “Honest Abe” and recounted numerous tales of his integrity.
But we are rarely offered real-world or contemporary examples of such ethics. The concept of honesty is inadvertently assigned to history. But the perception of an honest lineage gives all of us the impression of a moral superiority, of a certain invented soapbox from which we can preach our opinions as truth. We use our shared, piecemeal history of honest men to blind ourselves to our digressions from truth.
- Creator:Adam Mysock (1983, American)
- Creation Year:2018
- Dimensions:Height: 2.375 in (6.04 cm)Diameter: 2.375 in (6.04 cm)
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- Gallery Location:New Orleans, LA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU10523513242
Adam Mysock
Adam Mysock holds a BFA degree in Painting and Art History from Tulane University and an MFA from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. In collaboration with his studio practice, he has taught at the university level for more than 10 years, most recently as a Senior Professor of Practice at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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