Culture of Corruption

ARTIST STATEMENT

ca. 2007

The Culture of Corruption cannot be stopped. It grows daily. We don’t know how long this growth will continue. Or, once it stops, if we’ll ever know to what extent it grew.

Each member of this elite(ist) society solidifies their position with words or deeds. Sometimes both. They choose their legacy with clear vision. The members of the C.O.C. select the medium of their addition to history alone and with no regret. They do not or would not ask your opinion.

Or mine.

In the future, we will look to them to tell us when to turn an eye to injustice at home or abroad. When to sacrifice life for manufactured information that will serve vendettas, egos and the thickest of wallets. They will inform us when we should be more afraid for our lives. They will not, however, tell us how much they know about us. Or what really happened. They will look us in the eye when they issue denials. Their political capital has been liquidated, but they are still spending.

I bring you the Culture of Corruption.

The first installation of Culture of Corruption occurred in Chicago.

The show moved on to full showings in Boone, NC and Durham, NC. Two of the paintings were juried into the 2007 Halpert Biennial at Appalachian State University, with “COC.The Protector” taking a second place Juror’s Prize.