Meridian Gallery
535 Powell St
415.398.7229
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Fernando Botero, Abu Ghraib 72, Collection of American University Museum, Washington DC, © Fernando Botero
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Opens Thursday Sep 4, 2008 (6–9pm)
Sep 4, 2008 – Nov 4, 2008
Tuesdays–Saturdays (11am–5pm)
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Directions: located on Powell Street, between Sutter and Bush, one block north of Union Square. By BART get off at Powell st Exit and walk 5 blocks up.
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Since 2006, when the Art of Democracy coalition was formed by a San Franciscan and a New Yorker, some 40 associated exhibitions have cropped up across the country. Pundits may decry American apathy, but these exhibits show that political art has thrived as a bastion of critical thinking during the Bush years. This installment features works spanning a gamut of mediums and messages: Fernando Botero's oil paintings of Abu Ghraib's horrors already stirred controversy at UC Berkeley, and local artist Enrique Chagoya's seven-foot-long print, The Ghost of Liberty, is a powerful indictment of the current administration's foreign policy. The show is also a form of activism — it runs right up to Election Day.
