Spanish artist Gunsmithcat creates illustrations that blend real world events with pop culture references in an edgy style, depicting problems like sexism and violence in a visually striking manner that challenges censorship. His work combines current affairs with film, TV, games and technology, and aims to sensitively raise awareness of controversial issues through bold imagery that omits subtleties.
Controversial Illustrations that Reflect Modern Society by Gunsmithcat
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2. Spanish artist Gunsmithcat ( Luis Quiles) look innocent enough,
until you look a little closer. His work is a unique combination of
real-life events and current affairs blended with numerous pop culture
references from the world of film, gaming, TV and technology.
His illustrations are somewhere between edgy and inappropriate,
denuding problems like sexism, homophobia, violence, misogyny and
the abuse of social networks and technology. He uses the most
visually striking way he can without warranting censorship (though
he’s run into it before).
These artworks really prove that sometimes, when you want to describe
sensitive issues to your audience, you have to omit the subtleties.