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John O’Connor

“I Lied,” 2018, Graphite and colored pencil on paper, 36 x 30 inches

“Like absurd computer coding based on the history of false actions, each president, as an individual, lies to the next, and the behavior continues. This escalates throughout history until we reach the present day—the biggest liar of them all. The cumulative liar. I wanted the drawing to end as a personal action, which maybe makes every person complicit as they look at the drawing.” (O’Connor)