Tuesday, March 8, 2022

Ukrainian Cartoonists Document War

 



If you live in a media landscape that is totally tuned out of current events in the world, you might not know that Russia's invasion of Ukraine is the biggest and most threatening that Europe has seen since Adolph Hitler in World War 2.

Artists and writers have responded. What do you think about art and politics? Do artists have a responsibility to respond to injustice? Why or why not? Here is a link to a cartoon published yesterday. Maybe art is a more truthful vehicle to express the horror of war when compared to standard journalism? See also this.

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