Vladimir “Putin is a gift to
caricaturists,”
said Barry Blitt, a New Yorker artist, when he
designed a Sochi Olympic-themed cover earlier this year, featuring
the Russian leader in frilly ice skating attire. The caricature
artists of Russia take a very different approach. On Friday a
gallery titled “No Filters” with the work of about 100
cartoonists opened
in Moscow, and just about all their images show Putin favorably: as
a strongman, a political chess master, and a fighter against
fascists and terrorists. In one conspicuously large work, Putin is
spanking President Barack Obama, who has the body of schoolboy.
“Targeted sanctions,” the caption on that caricature reads – a
jab at …read more
Source: Reason.com
