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He is a contemporary Everyman who chronicles his surroundings with a dexterity that defies the limitations of time and space and makes his works universal. He is Kochi-based renowned artist Mohandas N.N. He attempts to explore the vast potential of the classical style of painting. Influenced by both the modern and the ancient, Mohandas believes strongly in the tremendous power of the traditional indigenous style. This is reflected in his works. He prefers the detailed representation of objects, typical of traditional Indian art. In fact, Mohandas’ workmanship is quite synonymous with the eastern classical style.
Event: An exhibition of paintings by Mohandas N.N. When: Till February 23; 2 pm - 8 pm; Where: Seagull Arts & Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road, #24556942
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Till February 20 at Ganges Art Gallery; 11 am - 7 pm: Retour en Inde (Return to India), a solo show of Paris-based artist Shahabuddin Ahmed.
Till February 21 at Academy of Fine Arts (New South, B); 3 pm - 8 pm: Fantasy World 08, an exhibition of paintings by Subhas Roy.
Till February 22 at Society of Contemporary Artists, 398 Jogendra Garden (EM Bypass Connector): Symphony — the first solo exhibition of paintings by Atanu Bhattacharya.
Till February 23 at Tejas Art Gallery, 11 Mayfair Road, #9830049825; 1 pm - 7.30 pm: Hues of Light, an exhibition of impressionist paintings by seven young Vietnamese artists.
Till February 23 at Seagull Arts & Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road; 2 pm - 8 pm: The Seagull Foundation for the Arts presents Mohandas N.N. / New York, an exhibition of paintings.
Till February 23 at Chemould Art Gallery, 12F Park Street; 2 pm - 7 pm: Dristi presents Miniatures, an exhibition of paintings and sculptures by B.R. Panesar, Partha Pratim Deb, Sunil Das, Abhijit Das, Banasri Khan, Chandranath Saha, Debabrata Sarkar, Nabendu Sengupta, Nitai Das, Pradeep Das, Sudipta Dutta and Utpal Dutta.
Till February 23 at Gallery with Difference, Avishek Point, 2nd floor, 152 S.P. Mukherjee Road; 3 pm - 8 pm: That is Today — a solo exhibition of paintings and pen & ink drawings by Shomi Banerjee.
Till February 24 at Metropolitan Art Salon, Suite 18, 7 Jawaharlal Nehru Road, #22289719; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings, ceramics and graphics by Dipanjan Bagli, Manik Ghosh, Partha Kabiraj, Saheb Dey, Swarup Nandi and Tushar Kanti Pradhan.
Till February 26 (except Sunday) at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road; 11 am - 8 pm: Nature Symphonique — an exhibition of paintings by Anju Chaudhuri.
Till February 27 (except Monday) at Anant Art Gallery, 18-A Alipore Road, #32584832; 11 am - 7 pm: Nishshabda — paintings by Siraj Saxena.
Till February 29 (except Sunday) at Mon Art Gallery, 6 Picasso Bithi (Hungerford Street), Regency 3rd floor; #22895438; 11.30 am - 7 pm: In Search of the Abyss, a solo painting exhibition by Manoj Kachangal.
Till February 29 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road, #6550 8418; 10.30 am - 7.30 pm: Realism and Surrealism — an exhibition of the works by Tapas Sardar, Sanatan Dinda, Sukanta Das, Kartick Chandra Pyne, Prokash Karmakar, Suhas Roy, Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Atin Basak, Sibsaday, Bratin Khan and others.
Till March 2 at Gallery K2, Supra Court, 35 Lansdowne Terrace; 11 am - 7 pm: A New Fulfilment, an exhibition of paintings by Dhiraj Chowdhury.
Till March 4 (except Mondays) at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 6 pm: The Art Spectrum, a group exhibition of the works by eminent artists.
PERFORMING ARTS
February 20 at Sisir Mancha; 5.30 pm: Suchetana Academy and Bharat-Bangladesh Maitri Samiti present Aa-Mori Bangla Bhasha, and evening of Tagore songs and recitation; Participants include Abhirup Guha Thakurta, Subhendu Maity, Debarati Som and Srabani Sen in songs, and Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya, Partha Ghosh, Gouri Ghosh, Jagannath Basu, Urmimala Basu, Soumitra Mitra, Ratna Mitra, Pranati Thakur and Sovansundar Basu in recitation.
February 21 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6 pm: A vocal recital by Arnab Chatterji, with Samar Saha (tabla) and Jyoti Goho (harmonium).
TALK
February 20 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 5.45 pm: Swami Narendrananda will speak on Sri Sri Ramakrishna Lilaprasanga.
February 20 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6.15 pm: Swami Sarvabhutananda will speak in Bengali on Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita.
February 20 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra, DD-44 Salt Lake; 6.30 pm: Dipak Ganguly will read from Swamijir Patravali.
DRAMA
Till February 22 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Durgadas Natyotsav 2008, hosted by Durgadas Smriti Sangha. Today at 6.30 pm: Putul Nacher Itikatha (produced by Chetana), directed by Arun Mukhopadhyay.
February 20 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Nat-Ranga presents the comedy, Gulbaaz, the Man of the Match. Direction: Sohan Bandyopadhyay.
February 20 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Greenpark Avijan presents The Merchant of Venice (in Bengali). Direction: Prashanta Ghosh.
February 20 at Tapan Theatre; 6.30 pm: Charbak presents Chalo Patol Tuli. Drama, music & direction: Arindam Ganguly.
February 23 & 24 at Padatik’s Buildwell Theatre, 6/7 AJC Bose Road; 6.30 pm: Padatik presents its latest production, Lahron Ke Rajhans (Hindi) by Mohan Rakesh. Direction: Shyamanand Jalan.
February 24 at Sisir Mancha; 6.30 pm: Little Thespian will stage Katha Collage 2, comprising four stories by four different writers: Sayeed Premi’s Rihaee (Urdu), Shailendra’s Sapne Ki Baat (Hindi), Madhu Kankria’s File (Hindi) and Anis Rafi’s Polythene Ki Deewar (Urdu). Design & direction: Uma Jhunjhunwala.
EXHIBITION
Till February 20 at 8/2 Loudon Street, 2nd floor, #22811524; 11 am - 7 pm: Earthy Myth’s collector’s show on handcrafted sarees and outfits.
ANNIVERSARY CELEBEATION
February 21 - 24 at Sankara Hall, 93 Southern Avenue; 5.30 pm: The 55th anniversary celebrations of Tamil Manram features discourses by Tamil scholars Nellai K. Sadagopan and N. Srinivasan.
PHOTOGRAPHS
Till February 22 at Space Circle Club; 3 pm - 9 pm: National Academy of Photography organises an exhibition of creative photographic art.
Till March 8 (except Mondays) at Bose Pacia Kolkata, Stephen’s Court, 18 Park Street; #4001 0148; 11 am - 7 pm: Gauri Gill - The Americans.
WORKSHOP
February 28 onwards at Proscenium Art Centre; 6 pm: Theatrecian hosts a 15-day workshop on performance on stage and screen, introduction to absurd theatre, and production design. Details at 98302 41007.
POETRY
February 24 at Rooftop of 120 Lenin Sarani, Calcutta 700 013; 4 pm - 7 pm: Srijan hosts Springtime Poetry Carnival. Participants include Amit Chaudhuri, Amitabha Chaudhury, Amitabha Gupta, Amitava Roy, Amlan Dasgupta, Ananda Lal, Ananya Banerjee, Anjana Basu, Ashoke Vishwanathan, Awadhesh M Gupta, Badal Basu, Bani Basu, Boudhayan Mukhopadhyay, Dibyendu Palit, Ian Zachariah, Joy Goswami, Kashi Kheria, Ketaki Dutt Paul, Mohan K Dewan, Nabaneeta Dev Sen, Namita Chaudhuri, Nawal, Narnarayan Harlalka, Nitasha Guha, Pawan Maskara, Rimi B Chatterjee, Samarendra Sengupta, Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay, Sanjukta Dasgupta, Sarat K and Bijoya Mukhopadhyay, Sharmila Ray, Sovona Mukherjee, Srijato, Subodh Sarkar, Trina Banerjee, Utpal, Utpal K. Basu and guest poet from the US, Biman Roy. Those interested in reading self-composed poems may e-mail to srijan2000@gmail.com
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