Michael Mili

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In preparation

Caricatures

“In class V at Don Bosco, he and I got into a fight and I ended up declaring I could make funnier faces of people than he could. I drew a caricature. Interestingly, though we were battling, he himself encouraged me. Thus began a spate of caricatures of teachers and classmates.”

Michael Mili, in Target · India Today group

Caricature is where the whole practice started, and this room is being hung. Rather than show work that isn’t his, it stays empty until the plates are catalogued. The cartoons carry the same hand in the meantime.

Untitled cartoon by Michael Mili

“Who brought this funny portrait?” — “Sir, it’s a mirror.”