Dansen als een edelman leert je de onderliggende boodschappen van beeldtaal herkennen. Wat kun je leren van de zeven vrije kunsten, de zeven wereldwonderen van de antieke wereld en de zeven chakra’s? Antwoorden zitten verstopt in onder andere zonnebloempitten, Zwarte Piet, Halloween en de ark van Noach. Door duizend-en-één culturele onderwerpen in verband te brengen met bekende hedendaagse logo’s, maakt Ronald Bos betekenissen zichtbaar die anders ‘hidden in plain sight’ blijven.

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CARTOONING UKRAINE is a sad sequel to CARTOONING SYRIA which featured Syrian Cartoons.

Syrian cartoonist Mwafaq Katt characterizes the qualities of a cartoonist: 'by drawing a few simple lines, you can summarise a certain case, mock a situation or expose lies.'

The cartoons of these Ukrainian artists are not just simple lines, they are the professional artistic expression of their anger and grief about the catastrophe of this cruel and unnecessary war. And they see their cartoons as a way of ...

Syrian political cartoons were for a long time a contradiction in terms, because freedom of expression in Syria has been controlled by the Ba'ath Party since the coup d'état in 1963. Nowadays it's a tragic reality that, after more than fifty years and after the uprising of 2011, for Syrian cartoonists freedom of expression is possible only in exile. Almost all cartoonists have had to flee Syria, like so many of their compatriots.

Political and editorial cartoons offer a running critique or l...