Drawing Trump: Iran cartoon competition ridicules US president
This years competition had a special logo of Nazi emblem replacing Swastika with the letter T
(Web Desk) - Hundreds of cartoonists participated in the International Trumpism Cartoon and Caricature Contest held in Tehran, Iran. Using satire as the focal point of the competition many artists from around the world presented their work in this year’s theme - Donald Trump.
According to TehranTimes, The Organization for Sacred Defense Artistic and Cinema Affairs held the contest in collaboration with the Art Bureau.
This year’s competition had a special logo of Nazi emblem. Instead of Swastika, the letter ‘T’ represented the initials for Trump. It was meant to encourage a comparison between the US president and Nazism.
Poster of Trumpism Competition held at Tehran,Iran
In the past the organisers of the exhibition held similar contests focusing on themes like the Islamic State group and the Holocaust.
The organisers emphasized the reasons that motivated them to keep such themes for their past competitions: to focus more on the Western double standards rather than casting doubts on the Nazi genocide.
Visitor looking at the displayed pictures of the artists. Photo credits: AFP
The group’s Holocaust-themed cartoon contest last year drew condemnation from Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. But organisers said it was designed to highlight Western double standards on free speech rather than cast doubt on the Nazi genocide.
This year’s competition held at the Art Bureau announced Hadi Asadi from Iran first in the caricature category and Joaquin Aldeguer from Spain was selected as runner-up, while Brazilian caricaturist Eduardo Baptistão was presented with the third prize. Michael Kountouris from Greece was awarded first in cartoon category. Saeid Sadeqi from Iran and Mauricio Parra from Colombia won the second and third prizes, respectively.
Contest Winner Hadi Asadi’s work shows the US president s flaming hair with smoke creating world map. Photo credit: AFP
“This movement was organised in line with the soft war and we made contact with most of the master cartoonists in the world,” the director of the contest, Masud Shojaei-Tabatabai, said in his brief speech.
"The -ism in Trumpism is a reference to racism and Nazism,” Shojai Tabatabaei told the Associated Press. "Many believe his remarks are similar to Hitler. He has had a bad attitude toward media [and] refugees."
A woman looking at one of the pictures of the competition. Photo credit: AFP
Artists from US and UK also participated in the competition. Clayton Jone’s artwork included a caricature of Trump and Hitler posed side by side on the cover of two copies of Time magazine. Both are portrayed as Time’s Person of the Year with Trump telling Hitler: “It is a great honor” and Hitler replying with a “Ja” – Yes.
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Clayton Jone artwork. Photo credit: AFP
