Ballot of Rust | Photography on Canvas | 183 x 122 cm

Title: Ballot of Rust
Medium: Photography on Canvas
Size: 183 x 122 cm (customizable)
Artist: Ayo Adewunmi
Year: 2023

Description:
In Ballot of Rust, Ayo Adewunmi transforms discarded machinery into a haunting allegory of democracy’s decay. A broken motorcycle and abandoned metal boxes, once symbols of movement and purpose, now lie in disrepair — their silence echoing the fractured state of political trust.

The corroded surfaces and tangled wires speak of promises left to wither, of a system once built to carry hope now reduced to fragments. Each bolt and wheel becomes a metaphor for the weight of disillusionment, the stalled progress of a nation, and the fragility of institutions meant to serve its people.

Through stark monochrome tones, Ballot of Rust strips away illusion, laying bare the raw truth: that democracy, when neglected, corrodes not only in machinery but in memory, becoming both relic and warning.