Tag: controversial
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Powerful Illustrations By Japanese Artist That Will Make You Think
Japanese illustrator Avogado6 chooses to keep his identity a mystery and not much is known about the person behind the illustrations. “I am an ordinary person who likes chemistry,” he writes on his Twitter profile, but as you will see his emotional works are far from ordinary. Avogado6 manages to create sentimental, vivid images by…
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Controversial Illustrator Sir Joan Cornellà Gets His Instagram Account Back Again
If you like your comedy dark, then Sir Joan Cornellà is an artist you should be following. The Spanish cartoonist and illustrator, famous for his unsettling, black humor comic strips and artworks, has been banned from posting his work on social media more times than we’ve had hot dinners. And if you look at some…
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Everything Wrong With Today’s Society Encapsulated in Illustrations by Al Margen
In his latest series of illustrations, Argentinian artist Al Margen portrays the world as he sees it – a dark and depressing. The thought provoking images play on a variety of topics, although the author himself is very critical about his works “They are children of boredom, nonconformity or anger. <…> They are the representation of…
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Artists Share Controversial Cartoons Depicting the Shocking Reality Of Modern Day Society
PeTry and CriSan are two Romanian cartoonists who have shared their views on our modern world over the last 30 years of their career. Their cartoons are largely satirical, and touch on a myriad of topics including war, politics, immorality and the like. What do you think of their work? #1 The Soldier’s Future: #2:…
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Artist Creates Controversial Illustrations That Mirror the Ugly Side of Society
While these images are safe for work, they’ll still make you feel dirty – and that’s because they reflect some of the dirtiest things about our society. Spanish artist Luis Quiles’ images are so powerful because they evoke deep visceral responses – be they arousal, terror or disgust. Quiles gets down and dirty with topics…