 |
| Art, illusion and materialism |
|
Though they began life in Calcutta, painters Abir Karmakar, Debraj Goswami and Uday Mondal trained at Baroda’s MS University. CIMA Gallery hosts Reality Bytes, the ongoing exhibition featuring the recent works of these three young artists. Karmakar’s main concern is depicting flesh in all its materiality and corporeality. His series, In the old-fashioned way, confronts his academic training at Indian Art College with the Baroda University credo. Trained as a printmaker, Goswami’s images are decisive. He appropriates slivers from celebrated masterpieces, giving them a twist all his own. As a painter, Mondal could not have been more expressive. At first glance, his paintings look like photographs. Then, the illusion is shattered as the viewer realises that the large swathes of white, orange and yellow on his canvases could not have been there in real life. The play between illusion and reality in his works is indeed enchanting and intriguing.
Event: Recent works of three young artists When: Till April 12; 2 pm - 7 pm Where: CIMA Gallery, 46 Ashutosh Chowdhury Avenue
|
|
art
April 11 - 17 at Academy of Fine Arts, Central Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Achho Tumi Hriday Jure, a solo exhibition of paintings by Ganesh Dey.
April 11 - 17 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Zerosphere presents In Zero Hour, a group show of paintings by Tridib Chandra, Hari Mohan Bagli, Sukhendu Sekhar Saha, Kamal K, Mukherjee, Deba Prasad Guha, Swapan K. Mallick and Kallol K. Roy.
April 11 - 17 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Expression of Love, an exhibtion of paintings by Minati Nath.
April 11 - 17 at Academy of Fine Arts, South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: The annual exhibition of the works of Choukas Kalakendra’s students.
Till April 11 at Gaganendra Shilpa Pradarshashala; 2 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by Indrani Sengupta and Dipankar Mani.
Till April 12 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings, sculptures, tapestry and photographs by Ashis Kabasi, Anirooddha Mukhopadhyay, Babita Singh, Debasish Kabasi, Debasish Ghosh, Krishnendu Simlai, Pradip Saha, Subhankar Ray and Vijay Jaiswal.
Till April 14 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Nature, recent paintings by Bageshree Dutta.
Till April 14 at Akar Prakar, P238 Hindustan Park; 3 pm - 8 pm: Recent works of Ganesh Haloi.
Till April 15 at Taj Bengal; 3 pm - 6 pm: Workshop and a solo exhibition of paintings by Dipak Roy.
Till April 15 at Gandhara Art Gallery, 1B Gurusaday Road, Flat 5A (Palm Springs); 1 pm - 7 pm: Paintings by Manjari Chakravarti.
Till April 15 at Gallery Nakshatra, 2/1 Outram Street; 12 noon - 7.30 pm: Ripe Green — an exhibition of the works of Biman Das, Gautam Khamaru, Jayanta Kumar Paul, Jayanta Roy, Pappu Bardhan, Paramita Chakraborty and Rajesh Deb. Curated by Pranabranjan Ray.
Till April 16 (except Sunday) at Gallery Katayun, 4A Auckland Square, Flat 21; 3.30 pm - 7.30 pm: The Beauty of Watercolour — recent works by Tapas Kanti Mitra.
Till April 17 at Aakriti Art Gallery, 1st floor, Orbit Enclave, 12/3A Hungerford Street; 3 pm - 7 pm: Agony and Ecstasy, figurative paintings by Aditya Basak, Ashoke Mullick, Asit Mondal, Chhatrapati Dutta, Kanchan Dasgupta, Manoj Dutta, Manoj Mitra, Paresh Maity, Partha Pratim Deb, Prasenjit Sengupta, Sekhar Roy, Sheikh Sahajahan and Tapas Konar.
Till April 18 at Spandan Art Gallery, 87 Park Street, 1st floor; 10 am - 7 pm: An exhibition, titled Art, featuring works of Keshav Roy.
Till April 21 (except Sunday) at Gallery Kanishka’s, 2/1 Hindusthan Road; 11 am - 8 pm: Contextual Vocabulary — paintings by Arghyapriya Mazumdar, Anant Nikam,Babu Xavier, Dhiraj Choudhury, Habibur Rahman, Ramprasad De, Sankar Mondal, Somenath Maity, Somnath Adhikary and Sk. Shahjahan.
Till April 21 at Genesis Art Gallery, 8B Middleton Street; 2 pm - 7 pm: Summer Splendour — art works by Babul Basak, Bhagat Singh, Dharmendera Rathore, Gautam Mukherjee, Harish Kumar, Jiban Biswas, Jyotirmoy Ash, Krishnendu Porel, J. Nandakumar, Nikhil Biswas and others.
drama
April 11 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Blank Verse presents Furrut: A Theatre for Children. Dir: Raja Bhattacharya.
April 11 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Ensemble presents Sirir Nichey. Dir: Sohag Sen.
April 12 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Nandikar presents Jaha Chai.... Dir: Rudraprasad Sengupta and Goutam Halder.
April 12 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Shohan presents Helmet. Dir: Anish Ghosh.
April 12 at Behala Sarat Sadan & April 14 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Sundaram presents Ranger Haat. Dir: Manoj Mitra.
April 12 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Nat-ranga presents Megapod. Dir: Sohan Bandyopadhyay.
April 12 at Padatik’s Buildwell Theatre, 6/7 AJC Bose Road; 6.30 pm: Manush Manushi (in Bengali), a Kalyani Kalamandalam production. Direction: Santanu Das.
April 13 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Durgadas Smriti Sangha presents Tagore’s Chirakumar Sabha. Dir: Tirthankar Chattopadhyay.
April 14 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Rangapat presents Tusher Aagun.
April 14 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Aneek presents Punorujjiban. Dir: Amalesh Chakraborty.
April 14 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Howrah Dakshinayan presents Hawa Badal. Dir: Kunal Mukhopadhyay.
PERFORMING ARTS
Till April 11 at Bharatiyam Cultural Multiplex, IB 201 Salt Lake; 5 pm: Bihar Mahotsav, organised by Government of Bihar, department of art, culture and youth affairs, in collaboration with EZCC. Featuring Bhojpuri, Maithali and Magahi folk songs, folk dances and folk tales, folk theatre, classical music and dances, arts and crafts, including Madhubani paintings, Bhagalpuri items, wooden toys, Bihari cuisine and displays relating to tourism in Bihar.
April 12 at Calcutta School of Music, 6B Sunny Park; 7 pm: Guitar recital by visiting Italian classical guitarist Alessio Nebiolo.
April 13 at Kala Kunj; 6.15 pm: Amritasya Kanyah, a programme of Tagore songs and reading. Participants: Dr Tania Das, Tanusree Bandyopadhyay and Suchhanda Ghosh in songs, and Madhumita Basu, Madhuchhanda Tarafdar and Sulagna Basu in reading and recitation.
DRAMA FESTIVAL
Till April 13: Sanglap Natyotsav 2007. April 12 at Madhusudan Mancha, 6.30 pm: Dildar (dir: Meghnad Bhattacharya) by Sayak. April 13 at Madhusudan Mancha, 6.30 pm: Swapna Suchna’s Hemlat (dir: Bratya Basu).
talk
April 11 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6.15 pm: Swami Prabhananda will speak in Bengali on Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita.
April 11 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 6 pm: Swami Tattwajnanananda will speak on Kenopanishad.
April 11 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Buddhatmananda will speak in Bengali on Bani O Bichar.
ALBUM LAUNCH
April 11 at Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi, Jibanananda Sabhaghar; 5.30 pm: Launch of Madhur Tomar, the first solo CD of Tagore songs rendered by Chandrani Ghosh Dastidar.
EXHIBITION
April 11 & 12 at Grain of Salt (Banquet), 22 Camac Street: Sujata Sarwagi’s exhibition of handcrafted jewellery, purses, glassware, lifestyle accessories, paper craft, hand-woven sarees, contemporary ensembles and children’s wear.
Till April 12 at 57/9 Ballygunge Circular Road; 10.30 am - 7 pm: Soumya’s Creation presents an exhibition of fresh prints on chiffons, georgettes, crepes and kotas along with a wide range of light silver and costume jewellery.
Till April 13 at Sravasti, 14/97 Golf Club Road; 1 pm - 9 pm: KeyaChaitali’s exclusive T shirts, photuas, short kurtas, kurtas, salwar-kurtas, wrap-around sets, saradins, nakshikantha, batik, applique, fabric-painted, block-printed cotton sarees and silk sarees, blouse pieces and costume jewellery.
Till April 14 at Sreemayee, 58 Dr Sarat Banerjee Road; 4 pm - 9 pm: Sreemayee’s summer display of sarees and ladies garments.
Till April 15 at Ananya boutique, 46/18 Babu Bagan Lane, Dhakuria; 11 am - 9 pm: A spring summer collection of hand embroidered, batik, block-printed sarees and suitpieces.All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to: Time out, The Telegraph, 6, Prafulla Sarkar Street, Calcutta-700 001; Fax: 2234-8244
All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less
than a week ahead to:
Time out, The Telegraph, 6, Prafulla Sarkar Street, Calcutta-700 001;
Fax: 2234-8244
|
