Adeputra Masri uses caricatures of power and greed to rail against human frailty, and this work is specifically pointed at corruption and inequalities experienced by social classes. By using strong shapes in monochrome colours, the artist develops a visual story showing the hardships encountered by the people. Dramatic black and white tones and jagged shapes heightens the sense of tension seen in the faces of the subjects. Self-taught Adeputra started drawing for humour magazines Gelihati (under the pseudonym Adi Putere) and Ujang (1990-1992) before doing social commentaries and editorial cartoons for Utusan Malaysa (until 1995). He had written two books, Misnan Dan Sarip and Dari Poket Seorang Kutu Lepak, in 1997. A member of the Titikmerah collective, he held a two-man show with Latif Maulan in May 2017 and was featured in a group exhibition at Artemis Art in August 2017. A Johor-born of Javanese descent, he combined elements of the wayang purwa and the Javanese version of the wayang kulit.