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Adam MysockA Willing Ignorance2018
2018
$3,500
£2,687.85
€3,080.24
CA$4,927.14
A$5,519.48
CHF 2,876.15
MX$67,326.27
NOK 36,549.30
SEK 34,463.39
DKK 22,990.09
About the Item
From John Singer Sargent’s Gassed, 1919
When considering the factors that are required (or at least helpful) for a lie to succeed, I constantly look to the audience. I constantly try to take inventory of the nature of its members. It’s easy to generalize the gullible as willfully ignorant, as unwilling to see things as they are. And there’s probably truth in that.
But generalizing like that prevents us from asking about the circumstances that led to their willingness to be ignorant. How do you encourage someone to forego their curiosity in order to simply consume whatever’s said to them? For me, curiosity seems to be the enemy of the lie. Curiosity is the antidote.
- Creator:Adam Mysock (1983, American)
- Creation Year:2018
- Dimensions:Height: 2.675 in (6.8 cm)Diameter: 2.375 in (6.04 cm)
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- Gallery Location:New Orleans, LA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU10523514072
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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