Blind allegiance

"The 2019 caricature presents a biting artistic work. The wooden rod holding the leader's picture transforms into a physical extension that forms his ***, while the citizen—who is being beaten with a tool held by the leader—persists in raising the victory sign. The artwork uses bold symbolism to expose a culture of subservience and the pathological relationship between the ruler and the ruled, in an image that embodies internalized defeat under the weight of repression mixed with acquiescence."