Art isn't created just to please our eyes; it also transfers ideas and provokes thought on social problems. Austrian cartoonist Gerhard Haderer has been producing satirical illustrations and cartoons for adults for decades now, highlighting the awful problems with society.
Gerhard Haderer had even faced the court for one of his brutally honest books, The Life of Jesus. It triggered violent reactions, because of the society problems discussed in it, in Europe, especially from the Catholic Church. The story culminated in 2005 when Haderer was convicted in Greece for insulting the religious community and was given a six-month suspended sentence in absentia. A few months later, however, this verdict was corrected on appeal, and Gerhard Haderer was acquitted.
The artist developed his realistic style when working as a graphic designer and illustrator for advertising agencies early in his career. It wasn't until a cancer operation in 1985 when Gerhard abandoned his commercial dreams and became a freelance caricaturist and satirical illustrator, mainly focusing on social issues. Scroll down to check out his unsettling and at times scary cartoons and vote for your favorites.
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this happens so much at live concerts, just put the damn phone down and enjoy the experience!
This I do not understand. I like reading books in paper but there is nothing wrong with electronic editions. If anything, they are more eco friendly. It is still the same activity just different medium.
Timeline: Catholic Church's sex abuse scandals https://www.cnn.com/2017/06/29/world/timeline-catholic-church-sexual-abuse-scandals/index.html
I'm not seeing this as a "fast food/obesity" thing, more like a CEO or corporate leader just greedily eating funds. Fat in wealth kind of thing
It's a cumulative stank for sure, and yeah it's still there.
Load More Replies...Dear Americans, this is how the rest of the world sees the U.S.A. thanks to its current governmental administration. Nobody else can believe that you chose to elect such an unqualified, incapable leader who keeps appointing other equally unqualified, incapable people to help him make his decisions.
Hilarious how someone who won't use their own name, knows how the entire world thinks of the United States. Stupid is as stupid does. F. Gump
Load More Replies...I think the flies are loving the filth, but basically I agree with you.
Load More Replies...If you still think that would be worse, you're out of your mind, blind, or brain washed.
Load More Replies...Folks, it's Pandora's box. We opened it when we installed as president a mentally ill white supremacist misogynist fascist narcissist illiterate moron whose grip on reality is nonexistent.
Flies are attracted to trash and that is what is currently occupying the W.H. The stench can be smelled world-wide.
He doesn’t live in the White House... he lives in NYC!
Load More Replies...EXACTLY WHAT IS WRONG WITH TODAY! NO RESPECT FOR OUR PRESIDENT! Liberal a******s ruin so much today for their crybaby attitudes and you have the nerve to go on with these cartoons. Get over it.
This is usually said by someone who had NO RESPECT FOR THE PRESIDENT that came before!
Load More Replies...diapers and politicians share the same need to be changed, they’re full of .....
Dear Americans - this is how the entire world views the U.S.A. nowadays, thanks to its current governmental administration. Used to be the global community looked to the U.S.A. as an example of good government & higher moral standards; now the U.S.A. is a desoised laughingstock that's nudging the entire world towards a more depressing, degenerate mindset in general.
I’m glad. We will no longer be pushed around. Take care of our own first, so then we can take care of others.
Load More Replies...After the Odumbass family was booted and the White House fumigated, was it once again habitable.
What kind of piece of s**t would want to lower our taxes, secure our borders, protect the citizens, create jobs, raise the GDP, take down the DC corruption, destroy ISIS, put America first, fix the healthcare abomination, and strengthen the military? I just don’t get it........
And you believe that Trump is really doing these things? Lol!
Load More Replies...It could also be Lord of the Flies -- or Father of Lies -- Satan. That's what Beelzebub translates to in Christian doctrine.
Hahahaha keep watching CNN! You people are the exact reason President Trump was elected in 2016 and will win again in 2020 lol. If the nobama mentality is what people wanted he wouldn't have lost the house ..the senate..and the white house. The rest of the country is tired of this progressive snowflake mentality. And it was proven in the polls. Democrats elected a freakin communist in NY.. a COMMUNIST... that's what you want for the country? I give 2 shots of what the rest of the world thinks of our country. 90% of the ones talking smack would rather live in the USA anyway. Please keep up with the screening at the sky..and supporting antifa rioting and harassing news reporters homes where their wives and children are... #MAGA
So glad Obama is gone. However, it will take a while to get rid of the prior admins c**p.
I am really sorry Dear American people. But this is inderdaad What EUROPE THINKS about the White house right now. We only hear s**t about Trump, and it is all bad...
Perfect depiction of the 8 years of the Obama White House. Nothing but a pile of c**p stinking the joint up. Will take years to get the stench out of there.
I see this as reflecting the White House as being full of s**t and trash in general, I see nothing pertaining to who is in there.
Does it really matter which seat of power it portrays? They all produce enough c**p and rotten material to cover the Earth with flies.
I don’t understand what this is. Can someone please explain it to me. All I see are bugs in a mass of I don’t know what coming from the WH. Thank you.
After the Odumbass family was booted and the White House fumigated, only then was it once again habitable.
Again it’s your ugly fugly lying fumbass president who is attracting the flies
Load More Replies...You are confused. The massive pile of c**p in the White House is Trump,
Load More Replies...all the pro-obama people are commenting about the current president. colossal irony.
Ignorant shat, atleast Obama didn’t make s**t claims “LETS BUILD A WALL!” “MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!”
Load More Replies...If you think the the "stank" in the White House is isolated to 2018, your ignorance should be depicted in here as well.
Wow, people had downvoted you suggesting that the "stank" didn't spontaneously erupt out of utopia the day Trump got elected. I'd love to hear reasons why everything used to be perfect until that one fateful day.
Load More Replies...I immediately thought that the commando in the middle thinks in black and white, and reality is all sorts of colors.
George Orwell- Animal Farm: ''Twelve voices were shouting in anger, and they were all alike. No question, now, what had happened to the faces of the pigs. The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which."
Not sure how many people knew this, but there is a forth monkey in this series. See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil and do no evil.
I'm honestly tired of people, artists or not, claiming there's something "wrong" with today's society and the way we interact with technology. I'm sorry but if you want your kids to be "addicted" to technology, DON'T buy them a phone when they're six years old, suck it up and try PARENTING instead of shunning your kids away with digital toys and electronics.
Every time I see these kinds of things this is all I can think of raunisex_t...fef027.jpg
I always think of Caveman Science Fiction: http://dresdencodak.com/2009/09/22/caveman-science-fiction/
Load More Replies...Lol,complaining about society and technology in a digital way.I am sure that all those artist never use computers,smartphones and social media.They should stop being hypocritical and blame the "society"
I didn't think about it as someone complaining, I thought it was just a reminder for myself to double check where I stand in these pictures. I thought they were interesting to scroll through.
Load More Replies...I love the mind of people who can tackle entire issues in a single image.
ya'll don't get the term, "satire" do you? Here you go. SATIRE: the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues. Illustrators can joke about the things they see using the their own medium. This illustrator does a funny job of poking at topical issues. Get a grip. If you enjoy your phone, keep enjoying it. Relax.
Honestly? STOP WITH THE SELFIE STICK! It’s so overdone, every satrical illustration has the selfie stick. And yes, I do watch tv, but I GO OUTSIDE AND PLAY TOO!
If you think it is all about watching tv then you totally missed the point.
Load More Replies...Such superb artwork - such grievously sad subjects. Thank you, Gerhard Haderer, for holding up the mirror.
Caricature is always about something worth criticising or at least about making a mockery of. Haderer is a great artist, I love all his work.
These are great satires & political art ideas! Despite what many on here are bitching about, these are fun.
I browsed through all of this looking for the voluptuous girl riding a giant crocodile, did I find the wrong article?
People SUCK! Knowing what's wrong, see it graphically illustrated is one thing. Realization and doing something about it is another. Denial is the factor in between.
It amazes me how some people find fault with everything. Do they think their negativity makes them superior by pretending to overlook someone else’s obvious talent? The “flat earth” mentality is an example of logic being tossed out and replacing it with ego driven nonsense.
Another series of illustrations about "what's wrong with today's society" that says all the same things as the previous artist. No new insights. Boring.
There is a balance. I see the zombie students walking around staring at their phones. I see the fear of original thinking. I see (as most can) the way people burble on about Harry Potter and its ilk like they have zero imagination. I guess it's easy to steal what is of little value.
In my time we had real community where people actually engaged culture, played and talked together. Oddly, now that I'm older I'm glad everyone is disconnected / dumbed-down because for those of us non-techno deebs, it's nice to have every space to myself....even when it's filled with "people"...
In my time we had real community where people actually engaged culture, played and talked together. Oddly, now that I'm older I'm glad everyone is disconnected / dumbed-down because for those of us non-techno deebs, it's nice to have every space to myself....even when it's filled with "people".
These are about loneliness and emptiness, not about technology per se. Our whole society has been set up to eliminate all kinds of real human interactions. Don't blame technology, blame societal morays of rugged individualism, personal shame, and mindless worship of money.
Not nice to see comments written without thinking, in the comments section of an article with pictures that are supposed to make you think...
This guy is so pretentious with his holier than thou attitude. Judging by the ratings on these images, it looks like the lot of Boredpanda's commenter demographic is an older generation of pseudo pretentious persons who are mad at younger people for existing. How dare the new generations continue to progress and leave you behind. I feel sorry for you guys who upvoted the selfie images because you will never be truly as pretentious as this artist. Ever. Even though you think you are lmao
Don't buy your children smartphones and don't let them watch TV. They are being manipulated! And you too, by the way.
People, there are options between saying nothing and going nuclear
Load More Replies...So you share his opinions that some things are wrong, yet you area allowed to write it very boringly but he can't draw them in humorous ways? Why?
Load More Replies...I'm honestly tired of people, artists or not, claiming there's something "wrong" with today's society and the way we interact with technology. I'm sorry but if you want your kids to be "addicted" to technology, DON'T buy them a phone when they're six years old, suck it up and try PARENTING instead of shunning your kids away with digital toys and electronics.
Every time I see these kinds of things this is all I can think of raunisex_t...fef027.jpg
I always think of Caveman Science Fiction: http://dresdencodak.com/2009/09/22/caveman-science-fiction/
Load More Replies...Lol,complaining about society and technology in a digital way.I am sure that all those artist never use computers,smartphones and social media.They should stop being hypocritical and blame the "society"
I didn't think about it as someone complaining, I thought it was just a reminder for myself to double check where I stand in these pictures. I thought they were interesting to scroll through.
Load More Replies...I love the mind of people who can tackle entire issues in a single image.
ya'll don't get the term, "satire" do you? Here you go. SATIRE: the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues. Illustrators can joke about the things they see using the their own medium. This illustrator does a funny job of poking at topical issues. Get a grip. If you enjoy your phone, keep enjoying it. Relax.
Honestly? STOP WITH THE SELFIE STICK! It’s so overdone, every satrical illustration has the selfie stick. And yes, I do watch tv, but I GO OUTSIDE AND PLAY TOO!
If you think it is all about watching tv then you totally missed the point.
Load More Replies...Such superb artwork - such grievously sad subjects. Thank you, Gerhard Haderer, for holding up the mirror.
Caricature is always about something worth criticising or at least about making a mockery of. Haderer is a great artist, I love all his work.
These are great satires & political art ideas! Despite what many on here are bitching about, these are fun.
I browsed through all of this looking for the voluptuous girl riding a giant crocodile, did I find the wrong article?
People SUCK! Knowing what's wrong, see it graphically illustrated is one thing. Realization and doing something about it is another. Denial is the factor in between.
It amazes me how some people find fault with everything. Do they think their negativity makes them superior by pretending to overlook someone else’s obvious talent? The “flat earth” mentality is an example of logic being tossed out and replacing it with ego driven nonsense.
Another series of illustrations about "what's wrong with today's society" that says all the same things as the previous artist. No new insights. Boring.
There is a balance. I see the zombie students walking around staring at their phones. I see the fear of original thinking. I see (as most can) the way people burble on about Harry Potter and its ilk like they have zero imagination. I guess it's easy to steal what is of little value.
In my time we had real community where people actually engaged culture, played and talked together. Oddly, now that I'm older I'm glad everyone is disconnected / dumbed-down because for those of us non-techno deebs, it's nice to have every space to myself....even when it's filled with "people"...
In my time we had real community where people actually engaged culture, played and talked together. Oddly, now that I'm older I'm glad everyone is disconnected / dumbed-down because for those of us non-techno deebs, it's nice to have every space to myself....even when it's filled with "people".
These are about loneliness and emptiness, not about technology per se. Our whole society has been set up to eliminate all kinds of real human interactions. Don't blame technology, blame societal morays of rugged individualism, personal shame, and mindless worship of money.
Not nice to see comments written without thinking, in the comments section of an article with pictures that are supposed to make you think...
This guy is so pretentious with his holier than thou attitude. Judging by the ratings on these images, it looks like the lot of Boredpanda's commenter demographic is an older generation of pseudo pretentious persons who are mad at younger people for existing. How dare the new generations continue to progress and leave you behind. I feel sorry for you guys who upvoted the selfie images because you will never be truly as pretentious as this artist. Ever. Even though you think you are lmao
Don't buy your children smartphones and don't let them watch TV. They are being manipulated! And you too, by the way.
People, there are options between saying nothing and going nuclear
Load More Replies...So you share his opinions that some things are wrong, yet you area allowed to write it very boringly but he can't draw them in humorous ways? Why?
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