Honest Illustrations Show What’s Wrong With Today’s Society

Amongst his many statements, there is one particular criticism that is recurrent in Kuczynski’s drawing, and that is the power of Facebook in our modern world. The artist continues to poke at the popular social media platform since the beginning of his work and it only seems to get harsher.

This one hits pretty hard. While having access to phones and cameras has certainly come with many benefits, it has also come with what seems to be our downfall.

This is one of those illustrations that could have several interpretations depending on who’s looking at it.

Ah, screens. One of the most controversial topics out there, and by the angle of this picture, we’re guessing that Kuczynski is not too impressed with where we’re headed. The sad illustration depicts a family supposedly saying a prayer while reading it from their individual screens.

There is an old Japanese saying that notes: “The nail that sticks up gets hammered down.” The saying couldn’t apply more to this illustration. The artist could be referring to the fact that we need to keep up with technology, and if we don’t, we’ll be mowed down.

In this illustration, Kuczynski seems to be clearly sharing his stance on Brexit, with the drawing of a man in power reading to the little kids who all conform to his sayings, with the exception of one.

This one is a really powerful one and a tough reminder of the inequalities that make our world. While some people have everything, or at least, they never have to worry about their next meal, others are not so lucky.

At this point, it’s not hard to understand that Kuczynski sees books as the jewels of knowledge, but this particular illustration was seen as a bit harsh for many.

Kuczynski doesn’t seem to waste an opportunity to criticize technology and our dependence on it. Perhaps his criticism is not so much the fact that we use it, but the fact that it has completely sucked us into the shallow pool of banality that characterizes the internet.

Kuczynski has a way of making really sad things into something so satirical that for a second, we feel the urge to laugh while boiling anger inside. In this illustration, the artist attests to the continuous political garbage that we face every day from politicians from all over the world.

Here goes another illustration that may be interpreted in a thousand different ways. We may perceive it as a saturation point that one gets to once the screens get way too excessive.

In this one, it looks like the cellphone or the screens have substituted the donkey’s eyes, and are everything that the donkey can use to perceive the world. We are guessing that the artist is referring to us, humans, as the donkey, completely blinded by technology from all sides.

Mmmmh, Pokemon Go fans will probably cringe a little bit when they see this one, but hey, there is always an opportunity for a peaceful and constructive discussion.

With technology and how rapidly news stories are able to travel these days, almost no secret is ever completely safe. At any given moment, that secret can be leaked to the world, and Twitter is certainly one of people’s favorite platforms to do so.

We are going to attempt to interpret this one, though we’re guessing that people will have many different views of it. One thing’s for sure though, it is not an easy image to look at for so many reasons.

Here goes another one of Kuczynski’s powerful criticisms towards how much each of us puts into technology, resulting in most of us being alone.

Nowadays, reading a book or doing something other than being on our screens seems to be a sort of rebellion more than anything else.

Is this one, Kuczynski used the power of his art to abruptly reminds us of something really harsh. In his drawing, it seems like the cat is about to poop out one of the mice’s friends or family members, while they anxiously wait to give the animal the respect and rest they deserve.

This one is a meaningful and brutal reminder that the work culture we have created in the world is completely destructive to any hint of creativity out there.

There is no doubt that some of Kuczynski’s illustrations are a punch to the stomach, and this one is easily one of them. The fact that this soldier seems to take pride in his violent role in war through his selfie is hard to look at.

The picture strikes us as an exaggerated reference to the fact that people have completely lost it with the selfie situation. Someone decided to take a selfie with a shark, just before being eaten by it.

What a sad reminder that humanity has completely lost it when it comes to the priorities people have when looking at something beautiful. Instead of actually watching the sunset, every single person on this beach is taking a picture of it, completely missing the point.

Life is hard, and the world has collectively experienced some of the biggest challenges and crises we’ve ever seen in the past year. So to stay smiling is not only a form of survival but also a reminder that something good still exists.

This is a hard one because it strikes as a bit of an exaggeration for something that could be debatable for parents.

Haderer did an incredible job here drawing on the laptop cafe culture that has become so common in many places around the world. Local cafes often have rows of people writing emails, participating in video calls, and working their way into a fast-paced life.

Well, this illustration might make many people out there very angry, but the truth is that it starts (or continues) a very important conversation around religion, priests, and the continuous accusations we’ve all probably heard of.

Here goes another criticism to the (lack of) government leaders we have in our societies, and unfortunately, as overemphasized as it may be, this situation may be too common worldwide.

Haderer points towards a very particular theme in his work which is centered around people missing out on real-life when they’re stuck to their screens.

This picture brings up so much, and such disappointing feelings towards the fair trade of goods in the agriculture world and how cheap supermarket prices continue to swallow local vendors.

This one seems to be a pretty self-explanatory one. Haderer seems to be making a not-so-subtle criticism towards businessmen who never stop being hungry for more and more money.

In this picture, Haderer surely makes us think about the previous or current White House situation, which depending on one’s political beliefs, can be pretty controversial.

Well, this one is pretty hard to look at, especially if you’ve gone down the lane of educating yourself with the way the food, particularly, the meat and poultry industries work.

These people seem to be mourning the passing of the last fish found on earth. This is a reminder that global warming and the constant destruction of our environment will slap us in the face.

Yet again, Haderer may have chosen an exaggeration to illustrate the modern dating habits of the 21st century, the artist may not be too far from the truth.

And once again we’re back to a sad illustration of what some couples out there may do to celebrate the holidays. Many people love the holiday season, and well, who doesn’t like getting a nice present from a loved one?

We ask ourselves, how insane is it that this is our life? So many of us spend hours commuting in traffic while our life is wasted away, and like this guy, we continue to dream about things we can’t have.

Have you ever heard the famous saying: ‘The pen is mightier than the sword’? Well, it seems like Haderer is referring to something very similar with this one.

Think about it, would you ever tolerate someone jumping over the fence of your house and taking pictures of you? Well, if not, then this drawing is a good reminder that drones may as well do exactly that.

As with many of his drawings, Haderer brings us another brutal illustration that is prone to different interpretations. On the one hand, we could just be looking at a couple enjoying their luxury life on a boat, while those who are not so fortunate approach them for what seems to be a harsh time.

Here goes another illustration that may bring up everything that is wrong with the work culture that we have created around us. There are no breaks, people work overtime and do what they’re told – we live to work, we don’t work to live.