Mobocracy presents a row of ghostly, semi-abstract figures, created by diluting ink and wax crayon with solvent on the screen. The figures are line-drawn and appear like a series of hieroglyphs crowding the page with a series of shapes and forms. The title gives the print a sinister edge by suggesting a state ruled by the mob, or perhaps the anarchic energy of Carnival. This print was produced while the artist was working on the project 'Jouvert' - a group of 50 prints on the theme of carnival by various artists commissioned by the Paddington Print Shop - but not included in the portfolio.

The artist Timo Lehtonen was born in Finland of Finnish/Nigerian parentage and has lived in both those countries as well as in Britain. Issues of cultural identity are a recurrent theme in his work. In a 2001 article in Printmaking Today Lehtonen quotes critic Robert Hughes' proposal that 'Abstraction is a sign for the emotional state of deracination, of not belonging'. He goes on to describe his own work as an 'attempt to illuminate the relationship between creativity and a sense of belonging'.