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Young Contemporaries 2007 is an attempt to showcase not-so-famous artists who have all received institutional training in Bengal. The show attempts to map the shifting dynamics of art practices and to revisit the divergent tendencies post-1990s that dominate the works showcased here. Reji Arackal and Soumya Samanta reveal a certain cynical objective outlook, while Priyanka Lahiri and Sharmi Chowdhury hint at the idea of a borrowed life.The issues of existentialism and the anguish essential to urban life are addressed by Sumja Chakrabarty and Sekhar Karmakar. This is shared by others like Tapati Chowdury. Sanjay Patro, Sumitava Maity and Gautam Khamaru focus on aspects of the man-nature equation. While Ramu Das and Mahmud Husain experiment with eroticism, Sajal Kaity does the same with materiality. Sabir Ali’s art is the product of a multi-cultural experience. Still others, like Paramita Chakrabarty (one of her works appears here), seek reassurance in art. The works are done in varied media.
Event: An art exhibition When: Till today, 3 pm - 7 pm Where: Aakriti Art Gallery, 12/3A, Hungerford Street
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art
September 18 - 23 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 4 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by Rabin Kumar Mandal, Dipannita Das Mandal and Suvro Chakraborty.
Till September 18 at Aakriti Art Gallery, 1st floor, Orbit Enclave, 12/3A Hungerford Street; 3 pm - 7 pm: Aakriti Art Gallery presents Young Contemporaries 2007, an exhibition of paintings and sculptures curated by Jogen Chowdhury. Participating artists are Amiya Nimai Dhara, Goutam Khamaru, Mahamud Husain, Nantu Behari Das, Paramita Chakraborty, Priyanka Lahiri, Ramu Das, Reji Arackal, Sabir Ali, Sajal Kaity, Sanjay Patra, Sekhar Baran Karmakar, Sharmi Chowdhury, Soumya Samanta, Sudeshna Mitra, Suman Kabiraj, Sumitava Maity, Sweta Chandra, Tapan Bhattacharyya and Tapati Chowdhury.
Till September 20 at Samokal Art Gallery, 23 Gariahat Road, 1st floor, Gol Park; 4 pm - 8 pm: Ganesh & Ganesh Janani, a group show featuring works by contemporary painters and sculptures.
Till September 20 at Gallery Kolkata, Duckback House, 41 Shakespeare Sarani, 2nd floor; 3 pm - 7 pm: Open Window, an exhibition of paintings and sculptures by Samir Aich, Probir Gupta, Amitava Dhar, Sunil Dey, Gopinath Roy, Pradip Rakshit, Tapas Konar, K. Muralidharan, Janak Jhankar Nurzary, Prabhat Basu, Hiran Mitra, Dipali Bhattacharya and Sudeshna Halder.
Till September 21 at Artists Circle, 46 Circus Avenue; 2 pm - 7 pm: Fictional Universe, an exhibition of etchings by Delhi-based artists. Participating artists: Dattatraya Apte, Vinod Kumar, Anandmoy Banerjee, Avijit Roy, K.R. Subbanna, Manikanta Choudhury, Sushanta Guha, Asim Pal, Uttam Basak, Biswajit Mandal, Rajan Fulari, Sapna Sharma, Anita Das Chakraborty, Annu Gupta, Bina Mishra, Kavita Nayar, Tapan Bhowmik, Jayant Gajera, Ramkrishna Vedala and Mimi Radhakrishnan.
Till September 22 at Chemould Art Gallery, Park Street; 12 noon - 7 pm: Vikalp Art Shop presents Prints Posters and Beyond. Exhibits include lithographs, serigraphs, digital prints, limited edition signed prints by M.F. Husain, Paritosh en, Manjit Bawa, A. Ramachandran, Suhas Roy, Shuvaprasanna and Shipra Bhattacharya. Also, prints and posters of eminent European and Indian masters.
Till September 22 at The Palladian Lounge, BCCI Bldg, 3rd floor, 6 N.S. Road; 10 am - 8 pm: Spandan Art Gallery and The Palladian Lounge present an exhibition of paintings by Keshav Roy.
Till September 22 at Mon Art Gallery, 6 Hungerford Street, Regency Building, 3rd floor; 11.30 am - 7 pm: Mon Art Gallery, in association with Kynkyny Art Gallery (Bangalore) presents recent works by G. Subramanian and Basuki Dasgupta.
Till September 25 (except Sunday) at Ganges Art Gallery, 33A Jatin Das Road; 3 pm - 7 pm: Paintings and sculptures by well-known artists including Jogen Chowdhury, Paritosh Sen, Ganesh Haloi, Shuvaprasanna, Aditya Basak, Jayashree Chakraborty and Shipra Bhattacharya.
Till September 29 (except Sunday) at Tejas Art Gallery, 11 Mayfair Road; 3 pm - 7.30 pm: A collection of mixed artworks by city artists Samir Aich, Tarun Chakraborty, Snehanshu Das, Abhijit Ghosh, Anita Gurbaxani, Ritu Poddar, Dhiren Sasmal, Shambhu Saha and Debasish Sengupta.
Till September 30 at Silpi Art Gallery, 32B Judges Court Road; 1 pm - 8.30 pm: Expression of Mind, an exhibition of paintings by well-known contemporary artists of Bengal.
Till September 30 at Gallery 52D, 52D Hindustan Park; 12 noon - 8 pm: Colourless Palette — an exhibition of paintings and sculptures by Suhas Roy, Jogen Chowdhury, Niranjan Pradhan, Sukti Subra Pradhan, Tapas Sarkar, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Tapan Karmakar, Jahar Dasgupta, Kazi Anirban, Sajal Mitra, Apta Bhattacharya, Subrata Pal, Rina Mustafi, Milanendu Mandal, Shyamal Roy, Dewashish Das, Dipankar Chanda, Gautam Bahumik, Suman Roy, Swapan Maity, Susmita Maity, Mona Ghosh, Subhamita Dinda, Chandrima Roy, Pranab Roy, Debaroti Roy, Ashoke Dey, Chandrima Shyam, Satyabrata Karmakar and Banasri Khan.
drama
September 18 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Sundaram presents Galpo Hekim Saheb. Drama, direction & acting: Manoj Mitra.
September 19 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Rang Roop presents Mukhosh Nritya. Direction: Seema Mukhopadhyay.
September 20 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Anya Bhuban, Samikshan’s latest production, directed by Pankaj Munshi.
September 20 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.45 pm: Arghya presents its new production, Tagore’s Rakta Karabi. Direction: Manish Mitra.
September 22 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Shohan presents Helmet. Direction: Anish Ghosh.
PERFOrMING ARTS
September 20 at the Vivekananda Hall of The Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture; 6 pm: An evening of devotional and patriotic songs by Pintu Chowdhury.
talk
September 18 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6 pm: Swami Aksharananda will speak in Bengali on Bangladeshe Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Bhavadhara.
September 18 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Atmabodhananda will speak in Bengali on Sri Sri Mayer Katha.
EXHIBITION
Till September 18 at Madhuban, 2/1 Raja Naba Krishna Street, near Sovabazar Metro Station; 12 noon - 9 pm: A pre-Puja collection of fabric, Aari, embroidered sarees, tops, gents kurta and punjabis.
Till September 20 at Sasha Shop, 27 Mirza Ghalib Street; 10 am - 7 pm, Sunday (10 am - 1 pm): Sasha presents an array of Bangladeshi creations from the fair trade organisation, Aranya of Dhaka. The exhibition includes traditional kantha embroidered sarees in silk and cotton, shakha bangles and home decor items.
Till September 23 at Ananya, 46/18 Babu Bagan Lane, Dhakuria: An exhibition of ethnic hand embroidered, mix and match of block, batik, kantha on cotton and silk sarees.
Till October 2 (except Sundays) at Gharoa, 1/57B Dover Place, #24619051, 9830192087; 2 pm - 7 pm: Gharoya’s exhibition of ladies wear: from sarees to tops, salwar kurtas, lungi sets, etc.
PHOTOGRAPHS
Till September 19 at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road; 11 am - 8 pm: Fine Art Photography, an exhibition of photographs by Ajay Rajgarhia, Sandeep Biswas, Leena Kejriwal and Malkiat Singh.
Till September 27 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre; 2 pm - 8 pm: The Seagull Foundation for the Arts presents NY Below the Belt, an exhibition of photographs by Pradeep Dasgupta.
WORKSHOP
September 29 at Birla Institute of Futuristic Studies, 17A Darga Road; 9 am - 5 pm: Workshop on Technical Analysis to be conducted by Rajat Bose and Kalpana Kabra. Registration by September 25. Details at #22896381, 2281-6879/2985 (1 pm - 7 pm).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;
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