Artist S D Phadnis (शि. द. फडणीस) turns 85 today.
I have very little to add to what his close friend Vasant Sarwate (वसंत सरवटे) says on Phadnis's art in a masterly essay included in Sarwate's book Sahapravasi (सहप्रवासी). ( A couple of years ago I was fortunate to spend 2-3 hours with both of them at Phadnis's house.)
On this blog, in the static information on the right side, there is a quote of W H Auden:
“…though one cannot always
Remember exactly why one has been happy,
There is no forgetting that one was”
(Good-Bye to the Mezzogiorno )
Well, I sometimes exactly remember why I have been happy.
It's because I just saw Shi Da's sunlight -or moonlight as in the picture below- filled cartoon where even today a lady looks like my mother of 1970's, where there is no evil, where life is uncomplicated, where people pay attention to their surroundings instead of burying their face in mobile phone...
courtesy: Official website of S D Phadnis
I have very little to add to what his close friend Vasant Sarwate (वसंत सरवटे) says on Phadnis's art in a masterly essay included in Sarwate's book Sahapravasi (सहप्रवासी). ( A couple of years ago I was fortunate to spend 2-3 hours with both of them at Phadnis's house.)
On this blog, in the static information on the right side, there is a quote of W H Auden:
“…though one cannot always
Remember exactly why one has been happy,
There is no forgetting that one was”
(Good-Bye to the Mezzogiorno )
Well, I sometimes exactly remember why I have been happy.
It's because I just saw Shi Da's sunlight -or moonlight as in the picture below- filled cartoon where even today a lady looks like my mother of 1970's, where there is no evil, where life is uncomplicated, where people pay attention to their surroundings instead of burying their face in mobile phone...
courtesy: Official website of S D Phadnis
आपला हा ब्लॉग आणि विशेष म्हणजे शि. द. यांच्या त्या गाजलेल्या चित्रावरील आपले भाष्य आवडले. मला त्यांचे एक हास्यचित्र अजून स्मरणात आहे. त्यात रेल्वे गाडीतील बर्थवर मोहिनी मासिक वाचत स्वेटर घातलेला एक तरुण पहुडला आहे. आणि खाली बसलेली तरुणी त्याच्या स्वेटरच्या लोकरीच्या धाग्यापासून एक मफलर विणत आहे, त्याचा त्याला पत्ता नाही.
ReplyDeleteमंगेश
Thanks Mangesh.
ReplyDeleteI know the cartoon you are talking about.
There are a good number of cartoons on the same theme from many artists around the world.
The one I remember is at the end of the wool-ball of a young offfice worker busy in knitting is a Post-it that reads: "You are fired."
When did Mr. Phadnis turned 85? I already feel very old since his cartoons remind me of my childhood Diwali celebrations. Many of Marathi Diwali Publications would have been colourless without his work. The picture on your blog was very familiar- thanks for sharing it.
ReplyDeleteThanks anon.
ReplyDeleteJuly 29.