- David Haughton
- Puppet Master XI (Alex Jones), 2020
- acrylic on hardboard
- 36 x 48 x 2 in (91.44 x 121.92 x 5.08 cm)
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With another critical US election looming, Haughton returns to Seattle, offering a representative selection of the series. He introduces three distinct groups of ‘actors’ on the stage: angry white men, puppets – pathetic men driven to lone-wolf violence, and the Puppet Masters - cynical men who manipulate hatred for personal power and profit. Haughton would argue that the men in this last category are the truly evil - the men who most need to be called to task: people like conservative media celebrities, Canadian far-right internet bloggers, radio & cable talk-show hosts, white supremacist leaders, and former American Presidents. He warns anew: “They are making fools of us all”.