NAGUESH RAO SARDESSAI
Mario Miranda, the name synonymous with funny drawings, doesn’t require any special introduction in this part of the world. A career spanning over six decades, he has managed to tickle the funny bones of innumerable people and brought smiles and elevated their sunken mood.
Gerard D’Cunha, reputed architect and the man who conceptualised the famous Nrityagram of noted Indian classical danseuse, late Protima Bedi, has put up a show of selected works of Mario Miranda at the “Picturesque, Art & Frame,” around the church square, opposite the Head Office of The Goa Urban Co operative Bank Ltd, Panaji.
Born in Daman to parents of Goan descent, Mario Joao Carlos do Rosario de Britto Miranda, completed his education from the St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai before having a short stint in an Advertising studio.
As a cartoonist, he got his first break with The Illustrated Weekly of India and thereafter there was no looking back for this creative genius. “Current”, “The Times of India”, “Femina”, “Economic Times” and other magazines, periodicals and newsjournals invited him in their fold.
Miss Nimbupani, Miss Fonseca, Mr Bundledas, the Boss and other such funny sounding character visited our drab life to add jest and verve.
With an eventful life behind him, Mario, now eighty plus, has retired to his anscestral house at Loutulim to lead a quite life.
Gerard, an art enthusiast and a lover of Mario’s works, began collecting Mario’s creations since long. Trying to lay his hands on anything that had a Mario stamp, over a period of years Gerard realized he had enough material to exhibit as well as bring out a collectable.
This current exhibition is one in the series he has planned ahead. Gaining excess to rare works and acquiring copyrights, Gerard has produced Mario’s works in a variety of forms. ‘Brand Mario’ is decently merchandised with buyers getting their worth.
Exclusive printed tiles, Gift items, Postcards, are on display. More serious buyers and art connoisseurs can go in for portfolios and Limited Edition large sized prints of his trips to London, Paris, Lisbon etc. Besides this, there are pictures of Goan heritage sites, of people of the world and amusing happenings.
Books on and illustrated by Mario are for sale as well.
Gerard, despite being busy with his booming architectural practice and huge projects coming up in Goa and Bangaluru, is coming up with a documentary backed with extensive research and testimonials from his friends and admirers. This is a great service Gerard is rendering to the gentleman who deserves much more than limited fame and International standing he earned.
With many solo exhibitions in over 22 countries, including USA, Japan, Brazil, Australia, Singapore, France, and Portugal and enviable body of work, it’ll be a travesty of fate if Mario doesn’t rub shoulders with Charles M. Schulz and Herblock in the “Hall of Fame”.
The show closed on 4th of January 2009.
Mario Miranda, the name synonymous with funny drawings, doesn’t require any special introduction in this part of the world. A career spanning over six decades, he has managed to tickle the funny bones of innumerable people and brought smiles and elevated their sunken mood.
Gerard D’Cunha, reputed architect and the man who conceptualised the famous Nrityagram of noted Indian classical danseuse, late Protima Bedi, has put up a show of selected works of Mario Miranda at the “Picturesque, Art & Frame,” around the church square, opposite the Head Office of The Goa Urban Co operative Bank Ltd, Panaji.
Born in Daman to parents of Goan descent, Mario Joao Carlos do Rosario de Britto Miranda, completed his education from the St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai before having a short stint in an Advertising studio.
As a cartoonist, he got his first break with The Illustrated Weekly of India and thereafter there was no looking back for this creative genius. “Current”, “The Times of India”, “Femina”, “Economic Times” and other magazines, periodicals and newsjournals invited him in their fold.
Miss Nimbupani, Miss Fonseca, Mr Bundledas, the Boss and other such funny sounding character visited our drab life to add jest and verve.
With an eventful life behind him, Mario, now eighty plus, has retired to his anscestral house at Loutulim to lead a quite life.
Gerard, an art enthusiast and a lover of Mario’s works, began collecting Mario’s creations since long. Trying to lay his hands on anything that had a Mario stamp, over a period of years Gerard realized he had enough material to exhibit as well as bring out a collectable.
This current exhibition is one in the series he has planned ahead. Gaining excess to rare works and acquiring copyrights, Gerard has produced Mario’s works in a variety of forms. ‘Brand Mario’ is decently merchandised with buyers getting their worth.
Exclusive printed tiles, Gift items, Postcards, are on display. More serious buyers and art connoisseurs can go in for portfolios and Limited Edition large sized prints of his trips to London, Paris, Lisbon etc. Besides this, there are pictures of Goan heritage sites, of people of the world and amusing happenings.
Books on and illustrated by Mario are for sale as well.
Gerard, despite being busy with his booming architectural practice and huge projects coming up in Goa and Bangaluru, is coming up with a documentary backed with extensive research and testimonials from his friends and admirers. This is a great service Gerard is rendering to the gentleman who deserves much more than limited fame and International standing he earned.
With many solo exhibitions in over 22 countries, including USA, Japan, Brazil, Australia, Singapore, France, and Portugal and enviable body of work, it’ll be a travesty of fate if Mario doesn’t rub shoulders with Charles M. Schulz and Herblock in the “Hall of Fame”.
The show closed on 4th of January 2009.
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