The International Cartoon Exhibition on Road Safety themed 'Towards Safer Roads' kicked off yesterday at the Kelantan Art Gallery in Kota Bharu, Malaysia.
The
state art gallery is showcasing more than 60 artworks from the 1st of
August for a duration of two months till the 30th of September 2022. The
artworks of the world's most renown cartoonists are displayed on 2ft x
3ft canvas print.
The exhibition is held following a international cartoon contest on 'Towards Safer Roads' organized by the Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (MIROS) and Balai Kartun Rossem (BKR) in 2021. The contest attracted more than 300 cartoonists from 51 countries in all five continents.
"These are high level and intellectual kind of artworks in the form cartoon drawings. And I'm really pleased that these world class cartoons are being displayed here in the Kelantan Art Gallery," said the BKR manager and owner Rosedi Semail, who is better known as Rossem.
"It's interesting to see how cartoonists from different parts of the world creatively expressed their views on road safety in order to make roads safer for everyone," he said.
"Each and everyone of them, through his or her artwork contributes to road safety," added Rossem.