Art is cheating, to the extent that art is artifice. "Art is a lie that brings us nearer to the truth," said Pablo Picasso, who stole that witty thought from Oscar Wilde, who said: "Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth." In this issue we will show you many masks, in our attempt to discover what lies behind deception. We will show you scam artists and visual artists, impostors and quacks, hustlers and poseurs, two-timers and double-dealers, plagiarists and counterfeiters, cuckoo birds and chameleons.
Exhibit 8 (essay)
July 10, 2011
Ian Monk DWELLS on the nature of infidelity
Exhibit 7 (verse)
June 14, 2011
Ari Lieberman tells the story of death-cheating Dick, and he TELLS IT IN LIMERICK
Exhibit 6 (literary history)
May 30, 2011
Andy Lemons EXPOSES the craft of Arnaut Daniel, a twelfth-century Pierre Menard
Exhibit 5 (fiction)
May 18, 2011
Joshua Corey SHARES a passage from from Miramare, his novel-in-progress
Exhibit 4 (video)
May 5, 2011
Steve Zimmer TELLS A STORY about friendship and betrayal at the science fair
Exhibit 3 (fiction)
March 10, 2011
Vera Bradley REVEALS how she plotted to kill her husband's mistress
Exhibit 2 (song)
March 1, 2011
Sherri Eldin SINGS to a double-dealing two-timing half-man she once loved
Exhibit 1 (visual art)
February 14, 2011
Ilán Lieberman IS the Human Photocopier |
