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Attempting to reconcile the divide between the ideal and the real, art plays an important role in determining and influencing the dominant thoughts and attitudes of its own era. Predicament of Man, the ongoing exhibition of paintings by 22 contemporary artists, highlights current trends in creative expression as an index of the modern human condition in both local and global contexts. Further, it tries to portray the realities of life as they have evolved in our country over the last 50 years. Thus, it features works that examine life from a traditional, conservative standpoint, as well as with a clearly independent, even rebellious approach. While some paintings are socially conscious creations, others explore temporal realities from tragic, satiric or humorous perspectives. Participating artists include Sunil Das, Jogen Chowdhury, Dwijen Gupta, Chitrovanu Mazumdar, Habibur Rahman (a painting by him appears above), Parag Roy and Eleena Banik. The show is dedicated to the memory of Somnath Hore.
Event: Paintings by contemporary artists
When: Till December 3, 4 pm - 8 pm
Where: Samokal Art Gallery, 23 Gariahat Road, Gol Park
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art
November 30 at Oxford Bookstore; 7 pm: She, an exhibition of paintings by Anita Gurbaxani, to mark South Asian Women’s Day for Peace, Justice, Human Rights and Democracy.
Till November 30 at Angan Art Gallery, 11 Fern Place; 3 pm - 8 pm: Terracotta sculptures by Ram Kumar Manna.
Till November 30 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm - 8 pm: Form & Sound — Beena Pradhan’s works in acrylic and pen-and-ink drawings.
Till November 30 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by members of Bengal Artist Society, Calcutta.
Till December 2 at CIMA Gallery; 2 pm - 7 pm; Monday (3 pm - 7 pm): Concepts & Ideas 2006 — works by Subodh Gupta, Jitish Kallat, Mona Rai, Mohan Shingane and Yusuf.
Till December 2 at G.C. Laha Centenary Fine Arts Gallery; 1 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition by master painters of Bengal.
Till December 3 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 4 pm - 8 pm: Nature, Oh My Nature, paintings and drawings by Suktisubhra Pradhan.
Till December 3 at Artists Circle, 46 Circus Avenue; 2 pm - 7 pm: Germination, paintings and sculptures by upcoming artists.
drama
November 30 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Charbak presents Chalo Patal Tuli. Direction: Arindam Ganguly.
December 1 at Madhusudan Mancha & December 3 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Sayak’s latest production, Dildaar. Direction: Meghnad Bhattacharya.
December 2 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Sayak presents Saanjhbela. Direction: Meghnad Bhattacharya.
December 2 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Sayak presents Daibaddha. Direction: Meghnad Bhattacharya.
December 2 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Ekti Dal presents Narak Gulzar. Direction: Chinmoy Chattopadhyay.
December 2 at Jogesh Mime Academy; 6.30 pm: Jangam presents Tagore’s Muktadhara. Direction: Supriti Mukhopadhyay.
December 3 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Nisiddha Thikana, a Bohurupee production, directed by Kumar Roy.
December 3 at Bijon Theatre; 6.30 pm: Shohan presents Helmet. Direction: Anish Ghosh.
performing arts
November 30 at 3/1/1A Nakuleshwar Bhattacharjee Lane; 6.15 pm: Talavadya Trio presented by S Sekhar (mridangam), Bickram Ghosh (tabla) and V Suresh (ghatam), as part of Guruvayoor Ekadasi celebrations hosted by Sree Guruvayurappan Samajam.
November 30 at Bharatiyam Cultural Multiplex, IB-201 Salt Lake; 6 pm: EZCC presents Rasalila — a Manipuri dance ballet by Dr Sruti Bandyopadhyay and Sruti Performing Troupe. Conducted by Guru K. Jatindra Singh.
talk
November 30 at The Asiatic Society; 4 pm: Prof Pallab Sengupta will deliver a lecture on The Life and Works of Toru Dutt on the occasion of her 150th birth anniversary.
November 30 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6.15 pm: Swami Somatmananda will speak in Bengali on Sri Sri Mayer Katha.
November 30 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Samshuddhananda will speak in Bengali Srimad-Bhagavad.
foundation Day
November 30 at Bose Institute, 93/1 APC Road; 3 pm: As part of the 90th foundation day celebrations of Bose Institute, V.S. Ramamurthy will deliver the 68th Acharya Jagadis Chandra Bose Memorial Lecture on Management of Intellectual Property Assets in Large, Multi-disciplinary Research and Development Institutions.
CAMPAIGN
Till December 10: Swayam, DRIK India and IAWRT host The International Campaign to Stop Violence Against Women and Girls through mass awareness programmes. Today at Gorky Sadan: Painting workshop with eminent painters on Gender, Sexuality and Violence against Women (11 am - 4 pm) and Women Struggle, Women Resist, a photography exhibition (3 pm - 8 pm).
film show
Till November 30 at Max Mueller Bhavan; 6.30 pm: Constantly In Motion, 33 film and video works on current trends in experimental film and video in Germany (1994 - 2004).
FESTIVAL
Till December 15: Virasat 2006, SPICMACAY’s on-going festival features (today) animal masked dance (folk) at Laxmipat Singhania Academy (1 pm - 2.30 pm) and at St Thomas’ Girls’ School (10 am - 11.30 am).
Till December 1 at Sankara Hall, 93 Southern Avenue; 6.30 pm: Guruvayur Ekadasi Celebrations 2006, organised by Sree Guruvayurappan Bhajan Samity. Today: Discourse on Adiyar Sirappu by Nehru Narayanan.
EXHIBITION
Till November 30 at 57/9 Ballygunge Circular Road; 10.30 am - 8.30 pm: Winter Fest, silks for the winter by Soumya’s Creation.
Till December 5 at 105 Southern Avenue; 11 am - 6 pm: Suits, kurtis and saris in cotton and georgettes by Richa Kanoria.
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