JASON LANING

The kind of chaos resulting from a temporary lack of controlling authority among a group of aspiring dominators fighting to emerge victorious according to their culture of competitive exploitation.
Ink and acrylic on paper, 15 x 22.5 inches, 2016

For your dependable obedience and loyal performance of duty, without which our belligerent authority could not exist.

Ink and acrylic on paper, 17.75 x 22 inches, 2016

And the lasting melancholy for the viewer when those well-developed critiques, intended to promote a change by revealing the truth about power, don't then lead to anything else. (Hardt)

Ink and acrylic on paper, 20 x 14.75 inches, 2016

We call them collateral because they are secondary. We would like to apologize for our regrettable but entirely predictable role in causing your death. We may have to kill them before we can save them.

Acrylic, ink and inkjet print on paper, 2010

If Obama doesn't end the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, close Guantanamo, and stop bombing Pakistan, we swear to fucking god we'll vote for him with slightly less enthusiasm in 2012.
Digital image, 2009

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Digital image, 2009
Sometimes I worry about the consequences of establishing a political system that rewards the most politically aggressive members of society with the greatest amount of political power.
Acrylic, ink and inkjet print on paper, 2008
It is not like putting burning coals on people's bodies. The person is in no real danger. The impact is psychological.
Acrylic, ink and inkjet print on paper, 2008
National Day of Prayer
Watercolor, ink and inkjet on paper, 2007
Our luxuries are not yet secure.
Acrylic, ink and inkjet print on paper, 2007 

We don't accept applications. Only kill kill kill the poor.
Inkjet print on billboard, 2007
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Inkjet print, 4 x 6 inches, 2007
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