On Democracy reflects a political landscape in today’s America that is fraught with chaos, confusion and contradiction. Collected in this exhibition are photographs and video by artists who search for the illusive American Ideal in very unique ways. It demonstrates the iconography of freedom, participation in true democracy, and the distortion of the current process. What is at stake is something that goes well beyond a voter in a booth making a simple choice—it is the American legacy and the American social identity. Works in this exhibition reflect the deep inequality inherent to our political and judicial systems; the outsized role and power of capital in our lives; but also the humanity is the engine American society in its sheer beauty and complexity.