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Concern at the corruption and decadence in society and faith that creativity has the power to supersede all wrongs and redeem it, were the two principal reasons for which a group of young artists founded Calcutta Painters more than four decades ago. Over time, the group drew other contemporary artists as members and became a communion for them to share their creative experiences. Charting new and, at times, rebellious routes of visual expression, they were scrupulous in their avoidance of the formalistic approach. The ongoing 42nd annual exhibition of their paintings, sculptures and drawings represents the renewal of the group?s faith in a world that appreciates the role of art in the building and reformation of society. Dedicated to the memory of Nikhil Biswas, who epitomised the ideals the group stands for, the show features the works of Anita Ray Choudhury, Bijon Chowdhury, Dwijen Gupta (one of his works appears above), Jogen Chowdhury, Prakash Karmakar, Rabin Mondal and Wasim R Kapoor, among others.
Event: The 42nd annual exhibition of Calcutta Painters
When: Till March 26, 4 pm - 8 pm
Where: Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 108 Southern Avenue
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Art
Till March 21 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Papia Ghosal.
Till March 23 at Shyamal Sen Gallery, 79 Raja Basanta Roy Road, 1st floor; 3 pm - 8 pm: Transparent watercolours by Shyamal Sen.
Till March 24 at Gorky Sadan; 4 pm - 7 pm: A rural presentation of paintings by Barindam Bose in tribute to Mrinal Sen?s celebrated film, Bhuvan Shome.
Till March 25 at The Palladian Lounge, Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industry; 10 am - 8 pm: The Spirit of Togetherness, paintings by members of The GROUP.
Till March 25 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of aesthetics of the popular print, lithographs and oleographs, from the collection of Sanjeet Chowdhury.
Till March 26 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery, 55 Gariahat Road: Rotavision, paintings and sculptures of more than 30 eminent contemporary artists of Bengal. Hosted by Rotary Club of Calcutta Metropolitan and Rotary Club of Calcutta Victoria.
Till March 31 at Galerie 88, 28B Shakespeare Sarani: Tales, Myth & Time, the recent works of K. Muralidharan.
Till April 2 at Samokal Art Gallery, Gol Park; 4 pm - 8 pm: Faces presents an exhibition of paintings by Debabrata Chakrabarti, Subrata Chowdhury, Anup Ray, Dipti Chakrabarti, Debasish Deb, Jayant Ghosh, Parvati Mukherjee and Nirmalendu Mandal.
drama
March 21 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Tritiyo Sutro Performance Company presents Kangal Malshat. Dir: Suman Mukhopadhyay.
March 22 at Sisir Mancha; 6.30 pm: Rangakarmee presents Antaryatra. Design and direction: Usha Ganguli.
March 22 at Padatik Little Theatre-I; 6.30 pm: Stage Addict presents the English play, Swap. Dir: Adwaita Das.
March 23 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Nandikar presents Vladlen Dozortsev?s Shesh Sakshatkar. Dir: Rudraprasad Sengupta.
March 23 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Rangakarmee presents Rudali. Design and direction: Usha Ganguli.
March 24 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Nandikar presents Michael Madhusudan Dutt?s Meghnadbadh Kabya. Dir: Goutam Halder.
March 24 at Tapan Theatre; 6.30 pm: Natyadangal presents MMSD - the signature of a poet.
March 25 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Nandikar presents Arthur Miller?s Gotraheen. Dir: Rudraprasad Sengupta.
PERFORMING ARTS
March 21 at Rabindra Sadan; 6 pm: The second evening of the four-day celebrations to mark the silver jubilee of Paschimbanga Rajya Sangeet Academy features Bengali songs by Chandrabali, Swagat and Riddhi; Taal tantra by Tanmoy Bose; programme by students of dance conducted by Thankamani Kutty; and dance presentations by Kalamandalam, Mamata Shankar Ballet Troupe, Tanusree Shankar Dance Company, Nrityangan, Ragini, Dancers? Guild, Anandachandrika, Saraswat, Manipuri Nartanalaya, Kutumbalam, Padatik, Nabankur, Indian Cultural Ensemble, Sarabhuj, Shruti Performing Troupe, Nritya Upasana, Calcutta Dance Theatre and Calcutta Choir.
March 23 at Bharatiyam, IB-201 Salt Lake; 6 pm: Brij folk songs and dances of Uttar Pradesh by Dr Archana Bhargava and her group.
March 25 at Padatik Little Theatre-II; 6.30 pm: Padatik Dance Centre presents an Odissi recital by Arpita Banerjee (Venkatesh).
EXHIBITION
March 21 - April 14 at Darbari, P-249 Purna Das Road; 11 am - 8 pm: Chaitra Charm, an exhibition of saris, salwar-suits, fabrics, kurtis, skirts, dupattas, jewellery and bags. Also, an auction where select items will be sold to the highest bidders.
Till March 25 at Finesse, 11/1B New Road, Alipore; 10.30 am - 7.30 pm: An exhibition of hand-woven and block-printed saris and suit-pieces in summer colours.
FILM FESTIVAL
Till March 24 at Nandan: The European Union is holding its 11th EU Film Festival. Today: Cheese & Jam; 3.30 pm and My Russia; 6.30 pm.
seminar
March 21 at University of Calcutta, Asutosh Building; 11 am - 4.30 pm: To mark the post-centenary golden jubilee celebration of University of Calcutta, its department of French hosts an international seminar on Translation: Post Colonial Scenario.
Till March 22 at The Asiatic Society, Vidyasagar Hall; 10.30 am: A three-day national seminar on North East Languages & Literature.
talk
March 21 at Calcutta Club; 5 pm: U.S. Consul Henry Jardine will speak on Management Motivation.
March 21 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6.15 pm: Swami Prabhananda will speak in Bengali on Amukhya Gita.
March 21 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 6.45 pm: Srimat Swami Jitatmanandaji Maharaj will speak on the relevance of the message of Sri Ramakrishna in the modern age of science.
festival
March 21 -27 at Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre, Salt Lake: Indian Mime Theatre celebrates the completion of its 30 years with a national level festival featuring day-long workshops and seminars on mask, workshops on mime and mime performances by young mime artistes of India.
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