Eugenia P. Butler
Eugenia P. Butler | |
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Born |
Washington, D.C. | January 30, 1947
Died |
29 March 2008 61) Santa Rosa, California | (aged
Nationality | American |
Movement | conceptual art, contemporary art |
Website | http://www.eugeniapbutler.com |
Eugenia Perpetua Butler (1947–2008) was an American conceptual artist.[1] In 1993 she hosted a series of televised conversations called "The Kitchen Table" at the Art/LA93 art fair. She is best known for the "Book of Lies" project, started in 1991 and celebrated with a traveling exhibition that was installed at the 18th Street Arts Center Gallery in Santa Monica in 2007.[2][3]
Eugenia Perpetua Butler was born in Washington, D.C., the daughter of art collector Eugenia Butler and attorney James G. Butler.[1] She studied art at University of California, Berkeley, and after graduation traveled with her infant daughter to South America, where she spent seven years traveling and studying shamanism.[1]
Butler was a long time resident of Los Angeles. She died on March 29, 2008, from a brain hemorrhage in Santa Rosa, California.[1]
Her daughter, Corazon del Sol, is also an artist, and has incorporated her mother's and grandmother's works in exhibitions.[4][5]
Notes
- 1 2 3 4 Nelson, Valerie J. (April 8, 2008). "Her Conceptual Art Explored Perceptions". Los Angeles TImes. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
- ↑ "Book of Lies Background Information". Curatorial Assistance. Archived from the original on 2015-03-03. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
- ↑ "Book of Lies". Curatorial Assistance Traveling Exhibitions. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
- ↑ Sherman, Carter (August 6, 2015). "Experience Three Generations of Art at The Box Gallery Before It's Gone". Los Angeles Magazine.
- ↑ "Kavior Moon on "Let Power Take a Female Form"". Artforum. October 2015.
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