UMBC's Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery will be hosting a discussion by Corazon Del Sol, daughter of the creator of the conceptual art project, Book of Lies.
Free food and drinks will be available at the reception.
http://artscalendar.umbc.edu/2011/10/12/book-of-lies
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Los Angeles-based artist and curator Corazon del Sol will discuss the exhibition, which was conceived of—but ultimately left unfinished—by her mother, conceptual artist Eugenia P. Butler. Del Sol will examine the "lie" as a human strategy for coping with life.
Butler’s Book of Lies project began in 1991 and examined how other artists use “the lie to explore our relationship with the truth.” Known for her collaborations with other artists, Butler held three artist dinners where she asked her guests to consider the questions, “What is the lie with which I am most complicit?” and “What is the truth that most feeds my life?”
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Conceived as a global conversation about truth and lies held through the mediums of artwork and poetry, Book of Lies is a book that is not quite a book, but a work of art made of other works of art, using the "lie" to explore our relationships with truth. Book of Lies examines the "lie" using examples drawn from personal experiences including childhood, love, and war.
