Laughing Gallery Exhibition and Demonstrations

Laughing Gallery has seen more than 60 years and more than 50 shows; in many cities the world over. The artist’s multicoloured cartoons are featured in these exhibitions. Over the years, Laughing Gallery has become a legend with laughter and has had an overwhelming response from visitors.

Laughing Gallery has been presented across the globe; prominent cities include Pune, Mumbai, New Delhi, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Ajmer and small cities like Kolhapur, Solapur, Jalgaon, Chalisgaon and many others in India and cities abroad like New York, Phoenix, Jacksonville, Cincinnati, San Francisco and London.

Through his exhibitions, SDP has given joy and happiness to many generations and brought smiles to the faces of lakhs of people, beyond any limitations of cast, creed, age, language or socio economic status.

Chitrahas Show

Chitrahas is an interactive demonstration by the artist through which spectators understand how a cartoon is born. In this 90-minute presentation, he draws cartoons in a larger scale, followed by a full-coloured slide show of his cartoons.

Children enjoying the exhibition
Children enjoying the exhibition
Explaining the development of Pu. La. Deshpande's Caricature from a realistic sketch - made in 1962-63. At workshop for amateur cartoonists. 10 May, 2015.
Laughing Gallery - The exhibition of SDP's cartoons have been extremely popular in India and abroad, with viewers of all ages, having no barrier of language.
Laughing Gallery in Kolhapur
With President Dr. Zakir Husain, Laughing Gallery show, New Delhi, 1966
Mohan Agashe, SDP, Charuhas Pandit, Madhavi Vaidya, Balgandharv, 2014
Student participating in the Chitrahaas show. Orchid school, Baner, Pune. February 6, 2015.
Yashwantrao Chavan Kala Dalan, Outside queue for Laughing Gallery Exhibition 2004