Aug 03 2024 to Aug 31 2024 10 a.m.

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Where

Indian Cartoon Gallery

Midford House, Midford Garden Road, No. 1 Midford garden, Craig Park Layout, Sivanchetti Gardens, Bengaluru 560001

Event Description

As a part of the Birth Centenary celebrations of the legendary cartoonist Mr. Abu Abraham, IIC is organising ‘ABU’S WORLD’ an exhibition of his cartoons and drawings on 3rd August 2024 at the Indian Cartoon Gallery.

Born in Tiruvalla, Kerala, on June 11, 1924, Abu Abraham, popularly known as Abu, started drawing cartoons at the age of three. After his stint at the University College, Trivandrum, taking up French, Mathematics and English, he moved to Bombay to work as a journalist. Abu began his professional career in 1946 with The Bombay Chronicle as a reporter, and its sister publication, The Bombay Sentinel. He drew cartoons for them and also for Blitz and Bharat as a freelancer. In 1951, he was invited by Shankar and moved to New Delhi to work for Shankar’s Weekly. In 1953, he met Frederick Joss of the London Star, who encouraged him to move to London where he started freelancing his cartoons to Punch magazine and the Daily Sketch.

In September 1966, Abu joined The Guardian followed by a weekly cartoon in the Tribune. He worked with The Guardian for three years. He edited Verdicts on Vietnam, a collection of anti-war cartoons on Vietnam. He returned to India in 1969 to work as an editorial cartoonist for the Indian Express. From 1972 to 1978 he was nominated to the Rajya Sabha. He has published a book, Games of Emergency. His other books are Abu on Bangladesh (1972), Private View (1974), and Arrivals and Departures (1983). His animated film called No Arks won a British Film Institute Special Award in 1970.

Abu left The Indian Express in 1981 and began to syndicate his work to half a dozen newspapers. He also started his strip cartoon, Salt and Pepper, which ran for nearly 20 years in various publications. Abu edited the Penguin Book of Indian Cartoons (1988). In 1988, he moved to Trivandrum and worked from there.

He expired on 1st December 2002.

Exhibition: ABU’S WORLD
Guests of Honour: Mr. Chiranjeev Singh, Former Ambassador at UNESCO
Opening : 3rd August 2024, Saturday, 11.00 AM
Venue: Indian Cartoon Gallery
No.1, Midford House, Midford Garden
Off M.G.Road, Bengaluru – 560001
Timing of the Gallery: Daily 10 AM to 6 PM (Sundays closed)