Politics has never been more rife with symbolism. There are chairs, binders, laughs, barbells, backward-facing caps ... All the better for artists, cartoonists and other creative types, like those who contributed to each of the three political exhibits that opened last week at the Business of Art Center (513 Manitou Ave., Manitou Springs, thebac.org). Encompassing painting, drawing, photography, they'll be up through Dec. 1. But if all that blue and red makes you green, hit the BAC Friday from 5 to 11 p.m. for the opening of the Future Fossil art group, the relaunched Mothma collective, which promises all manner of art new, underground and emerging. — Edie Adelstein