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.