William G. Prettie
Transparency is The Method
Mixed media on wood
49.5" x 57.5"
“Transparency is the Method” heavily abstracts the sidelong glare of the eyes of Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks. It is inspired by the organization’s foundational motto: “Democracy is the goal, transparency is the method”.
Secrets are used to maintain systemic and institutional injustice, and we understand that oppression and exploitation are more easily continued in secrecy. Not all who discover the ways of power will be complicit with it. Some will attempt to look more deeply. Some will weep. Some will do all of the above and more. Some know that power itself is not evil, but that the application of power that can produce evil results is more easily accomplished if done in a dark that is deep enough to allow all of us to not see. As a precondition, transparency allows us to penetrate the black swill of the misapplication of power. Some are capable of looking toward possibility, of not looking away. These are the messengers. They are generally vilified.
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