SloMo by Adrian Elton.
Independent creative Adrian Elton found a form of fame when he turned an Ikea billboard into a cutting observation of the political class.
He followed that comment in 2019, on Clive Palmer’s failure to gain a single seat despite spending $60 million, with new fodder from the current federal election.
"This is where being able to repurpose my advertising and design skills is so powerful," he told AdNews.
"I can say things. Provocative things. Impolite things. Things that are based in the urgent matters of the day that reflect what so many of us are collectively feeling, but can't necessarily put into words or images.
"And when you really hit the nail on the snout, these things can spread like wild fire and enter the broader conversation - like that slightly surreal time when (Labor's) Anthony Albanese name dropped my fake Clive Palmer/IKEA billboard in his maiden speech to Parliament as leader of the opposition.
"So all that in mind, it's quite easy to see why the most dictatorial and fragile of political leaders have long despised cartoonists, satirists and comedians who hold up mirrors that faithfully reflect back many a grotesque and unvarnished truth."
A selection of Elton's latest work:
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