Zunar offers banned works in 1st M'sia solo exhibition

Famed cartoonist Zunar, synonymous withbanned comics, today offered an form of his decades-long functions during his first piece for one person muster in his homeland.

"Most of these works, a open has not seen them prior to because they are banned by a government.

"So this is a middle for me as well as a usually way people can perspective them," he toldMalaysiakiniwhen contacted.

Zunar (left) whose genuine name is Zulkifli Anwar Ulhaque combined that a muster would additionally project a improved overall design of himself as a cartoonist.

"Most of a time, people usually get to see what we am doing now though this muster is a collection of functions given 1999 that includes unpublished works," he said.

Prior to this, Zunar has had hold exhibitions in London as well as Bilbao, Spain.

The internal muster is themed "fighting by a cartoon" aimed during producing vicious cartoon functions amidst supervision censorship.

'Patriotism is facing injustice'

"The role of cartoonist is to have change. When a nation is facing a moral crisis, it is a shortcoming of a cartoonist to draw opposite injustice," he pronounced in his opening speech.

He combined that Caliph Saidina Ali had pronounced that a highest form of patriotism was to tell a truth in a face of unfair leaders.

"Fro! m a Isla mic perspective, we need patriotism. It is not how most flags we carry or how most slogans we have though a effort we put in in fighting justice. And for cartoonists, we draw.

Zunar combined that whilst fighting misapplication was a staggering task, a slightest people could do was to giggle during it.

"If we cannot kick them, then giggle during them. we acquire people to giggle with me," he said.

He hoped a functions would concede people to giggle as well as during a same time understand Malaysian politics from an pick perspective.

His cartoons upon arrangement embody argumentative topics like a murder of Mongolian inhabitant Altantuya Shariibuu as well as a Scorpene controversy.

The muster was non-stop by Selangor Menteri Besar Abdul Khalid Ibrahim.

It will be open daily from 8.30am to 5.30pm until Sep 9 during a Shah Alam gallery. Entrance is free.

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