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His creative instincts aroused by natural beauty and human agony alike, painter Paresh Hazra is an activist who uses colour, brush and canvas as his only weapons. According to him, there are two kinds of calamity: natural and man-made. Though equally pained by both, Medini, Matir Kanna, the ongoing exhibition of his paintings, is his way of protesting against the injustice which he feels is being perpetrated in Bengal. The works on show are a special series reflecting the conflicts, complexities, aggression and violence in the state that have saddened his mind.
Event: Paintings by Paresh Hazra When: Till April 12; 11 am - 7 pm Where: Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts, 94 Ballygunge Place
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April 11 - 17 at Academy of Fine Arts, South Gallery; 6.30 pm: The ninth solo exhibition of paintings by Dr Sankar Chatterjee.
April 11 - 17 at Metropolitan Art Salon, Suite 18, 7 Jawaharlal Nehru Road, #2228 9719; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Suranjit Giri. Inauguration today at 5.30 pm.
April 11 - 24 (except Sundays) at Akar Prakar, P 238 Hindustan Park, #2464 2617; 2 pm - 7 pm: Multiple Choice — Recent paper works by Debraj Goswami.
April 11 - 28 (except Sundays) at Galerie 88, 28B Shakespeare Sarani, #2283 5394; 11 am - 7 pm, Mondays - 2 pm - 7 pm: Shifting the Logic Drawings (1977-2007), an exhibition of paintings by Dilip Ranade. Inauguration today at 6 pm.
Till April 12 at Weavers Studio Centre for Arts, 94 Ballygunge Place, #24604245; 11 am - 7 pm: Medini, Matir Kanna — an exhibition of paintings by Paresh Hazra.
Till April 13 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 2nd floor; 4 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of the works by Rubi Chatterji and Nilanjana.
Till April 14 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Indira Halder.
Till April 16 at Gallery Exposure, 54B Mahanirban Road; 3 pm - 8 pm: Just Figuratives, an exhibition of paintings by Nirmalendu Mandal.
Till April 16 (except Sunday) at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road; 11 am - 8 pm: A collection of Somenath Maity’s works, titled Structures.
Till April 19 at Gallery Kolkata, 41 Shakespeare Sarani, 2nd floor, #22873377/88; 11 am - 7 pm: Image of One’s Own Self — Paintings and sculptures curated by Pranab Ranjan Ray. Participating artists: Chandrima Bhattacharya, Chhatrapati Dutta, Prasanta Sahu, Kazi Nasir, P. Bardhan, Debanjan Roy and others.
Till April 30 (except Mondays) at Shree Art Gallery, #3022 2040; 3 pm - 7 pm: Bengal Contemporary Art. Featuring paintings by Amal Das, Ashimava Dutta, Atin Mitra, Bhaskar Bhattacharjee, Bhaskar Lahiri, Chandidas Bhattacharya, Dhiren Sasmal, Malay Chandan Saha, Prabir Bagchi, Pramathes Chandra, Pran Gopal Ghosh, Priyanka Lahiri, Ramprasad Dey, Ranadip Das, Ratan Acharya, Rina Mustafi, Shilpi Acharya and Subrata Das.
DRAMA
April 11 at Madhusudan Mancha: 7th Greenwood Spirit Theatre Festival: Theatre Platform’s Tumi at 3 pm; Aryanatya’s Chhanch Bhanga Gaan at 5.15 pm; and Chokh’s Atah Kim Maha Yuddha at 7 pm.
April 11 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Shohan presents Helmet. Direction: Anish Ghosh.
Till April 13: Sanglap Natyotsav ’08. Today at Academy of Fine Arts, 6.30 pm: Astaraag (Dir: Kuntal Mukhopadhyay) by Sanglap Kolkata.
Till April 14 at Sarat Sadan-1, Howrah Maidan; 6 pm: A theatre fest organised by Natadha to raise funds for the needy theatre people. Today: Shesh Raksha (Dir: Seema Mukhopadhyay) by Rang Roop.
EXHIBITION
Till April 11 at Rotary Sadan: Mrittika Foundation presents its third annual event featuring a display of its creations through the Leela Showcase 2008, a collection of handcrafted works of art in terracotta, dokra hand embroidery and textiles.
Till April 12 at 12/1B Jamir Lane, Ballygunge; 11 am - 8 pm: Joyita’s Selection presents a wide range of ethnic Lucknow chikan which includes designer sarees, fabrics, kurtis, kid’s wear, gents wear and hand-brushing tussar sarees and dress material.
Till April 13 at Artisana, 13 Chowringhee Terrace, off Gokhale Road, 1st floor, #2223 9422; 10 am - 7.30 pm: Boyanika hosts a display of its newly made designer collections in collaboration with Artisana.
Till April 13 at Finesse, 11/1B New Road, Alipore, #24790545: Exquisite handwoven sarees from the looms of Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Bengal.
Till April 13 at Else, 9A Sukh Sagar, 2/5A Sarat Bose Road, #24749399: Exquisite Lucknowi chikankari fabrics, suit pieces and sarees.
Till April 13 at 79 Raja Basanta Roy Road, 1st floor; 11 am - 8 pm: Colour Me Green and Gallery 79 present Pens and Brushes, an exhibition of paintings and books.
Till April 14 at Madhuban, 2/1 Raja Naba Krishna Street, #9830170955; 10 am - 9 pm: An exhibition of sarees, kurtis, punjabi and churidar sets.
Till April 15 at 108 Raja Basanta Roy Road, #2466 4315; 10.30 am - 7.30 pm: Summer show at Paramita Viswanathan’s Design. Items: silk, tassar print, chiffan, crepe print, mull, kota, tangail print.
Till April 20 at 46/18 Babu Bagan Lane, #2413 7992; 11 am - 8 pm: Ananya Boutique’s Baishakhi Mela features silk and cotton handcrafted sarees.
TALK
April 11 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6.15 pm: Swami Swagatananda will speak in Bengali on Katha Upanishad.
April 11 at Sarat Sadan Auditorium, Howrah; 6.30 pm: Writer Sankar will deliver in Bengali Amal Banerjee Memorial Lecture. Topic: Businessmen in Bengal - Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. Hosted by The Institute of Foundrymen, Howrah Chapter.
April 11 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra, DD-44 Salt Lake; 7 pm: Swami Achyutananda will speak on Sri Sri Gouranga Mahaprabhu.
PERFORMING ARTS
April 11 at Kala Kunj; 6.45 pm: Srijati presents Ahan, an evening of Odissi dance. Direction: Srinwanti Chakrabarti.
PHOTOGRAPHS
Till April 11 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 3 pm - 8 pm: Landmarks of New York, an exhibition of photographs jointly sponsored by Birla Academy of Art & Culture and American Center, Calcutta.
Till April 12 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of photographs by Mala Mukerjee and Hungarian lensman Janos Eifert.
Till April 14 at Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences & Armenian Church Trauma Centre, 124 Mukundapur, EM Bypass: To mark World Health Day 2008, an exhibition of photographs on Lifestyle Factors & Cancer Risk by eminent photographers Raghu Rai, Bikas Das, Arun Ganguly, Mala Mukerjee, Satyaki Ghosh, Amit Dhar, Nitin Rai, Dilip Banerjee, Boman Irani and Fawzan Hussain. Organised by Cancer Foundation of India.
Till April 19 (except Monday) at Bose Pacia, 18 Park Street; 11 am - 7 pm: India Shining, India Crying - A tale of contemporary India: An exhibition of photographs by Johann Rousselot.
FILM FESTIVAL
Till April 16 at Nandan: The European Union is holding its 13th EU Film Festival. Today: On the Other Side of the Bridge (Austria) at 4 pm; and Ultranova (Belgium) at 6 pm.
DRAMATIZED READING
April 11 at Crossword Bookstore; 6.30 pm: A dramatized reading of Buddhadeva Bose’s Pratham Partha by Gouri Ghosh, Rajatava Dutta, Sudipa Basu, RJ Koushik and Sujoy Prosad Chatterjee. The poet’s daughter, Damayanti Basu Singh, will grace the occasion.
FESTIVAL
Till April 14 at Sri Bajrang Vyayamgar, 199 Sarat Bose Road; 6 pm: Sri Anjaneya Swami Temple Association hosts Sri Rama Navami celebrations. Today: Upanyasam - Soulabya Raman (Sugriva Pattabhishekam).
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