A small ugly Satan

Those who have followed the work of Green Left Weekly cartoonist Chris Kelly will have observed Prime Minister John Howard evolve from a small ugly man into a small ugly Satan (sorry Satan).

Kelly has taken Howard's transition one stage further with his sculpture of the "Prim Monster", which tentatively is titled "Please Don't Spit on the Artwork — Well Okay, But No More Than One Gob per Person".

The sculpture, made of paper mache and reeking old potato hessian sacks, stands at the realistic height of 50cm and is destined for display at this year's Bringing Down the House exhibition in Canberra.

The exhibition is Australia's annual showcase of editorial cartoonists. It will be held in Australian National Museum during October and will coincide with the Australian Black and White Artists Club annual awards for cartooning excellence.

From GLW issue 464