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Marked by a wistful romanticism, the paintings of Nirmalendu Mandal bear impressions of a style that is contemporary, yet harking back to an age of blissful indolence. Principally, women are the subjects of his works, their moods wavering from the coquettish to the sublime. Natives of an idyllic, peaceful world, they are surrounded by delicate flora, fauna and foliage. Just Figuratives, the ongoing solo show of his works in acrylic, presents a collection that is distinguished by a certain dream-like quality. Inspired by the beauty in women and nature, Mandal’s canvases are enveloped by a warm sensuousness.
Event: An exhibition of paintings by Nirmalendu Mandal When: Till April 16; 3 pm - 8 pm Where: Gallery Exposure, 54B Mahanirban Road
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April 15 at Gallery with Difference, Avishek Point, 2nd floor, 152 S.P. Mukherjee Road; 6 pm: Inauguration of Colour & Rhythm, an exhibition of paintings by Nabyendu Chatterjee. The show will be on till April 25.
April 15 - 21 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South Gallery B; 3 pm - 8 pm: Ultramarine-8, an exhibition of paintings and sculptures by a group of young artists. Participants: Laltu Chowdhury, Sarabita Das, Rana Sabyasachi, Lokenath Yadav, Pinaki Ranjan Bera, Suman Bardhan, Avijit Mondal and Avijit Ghosh. Inauguration today at 5 pm.
April 15 - 21 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South Gallery (A); 3 pm - 8 pm: Surrender-II, the second solo exhibition of paintings by Bhaskar Aditya.
April 15 - 30 at Galerie Karma, P-505 Keyatola Road, #24636731/32; 10 am - 7 pm: An exhibition of paintings by S. Pranam Singh, Sudhangsu Bandyopadhyay and V. Nagdas.
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 at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road; 11 am - 8 pm: A collection of Somenath Maity’s works, titled Structures.
Till April 17 at Academy of Fine Arts, South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: The ninth solo exhibition of paintings by Dr Sankar Chatterjee.
Till April 17 at Gandhara Art Gallery, 1B Gurusaday Road, Flat 5A (Palm Spring), #2281 1255; 1 pm - 7 pm: A solo show of Sekhar Baran Karmkar.
Till April 17 at Metropolitan Art Salon, Suite 18, 7 Jawaharlal Nehru Road, #2228 9719; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Suranjit Giri.
Till April 19 at Chemould Art Gallery, 12F Park Street: An exhibition of paintings by Kanchanmala Ghosh.
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 21 at Silpi Art Gallery, 32A Judges Court Road, #2479 2004; 1 pm - 8.30 pm: Reflection of Reality and Beyond, an exhibition of paintings by Amiya Ranjan Sinha.
Till April 22 (except Sunday) at Ganges Art Gallery, 33A Jatin Das Road, #24653212; 11 am - 7 pm: A group show, titled The Butterfly Effect. Participating artists: Kalicharan Gupta, Kazi Ghiyasuddin, Kishor Shinde, Partha Shaw, Pradip Rakshit, Shambhavi Gattani, Sunil Das and Yusuf.
Till April 23 at Artists Circle Gallery, 46 Circus Avenue; 2 pm - 7 pm: Impressions of Mandarmoni, an exhibition of the works by 13 city artists who had been to Mandarmoni for three days.
Till April 24 (except Sunday) at Akar Prakar, P 238 Hindustan Park, #2464 2617; 2 pm - 7 pm: Multiple Choice — Recent paper works by Debraj Goswami.
Till April 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.
Till May 3 (except Sundays) at Kanvas Art Gallery, 53 Syed Amir Ali Avenue, #3052 3243; 3 pm - 7 pm: Staring Inscriptions, featuring art works by Jayanta Naskar, Lina Ghosh, Maneswar Brahma, Paula Sengupta, Pinaki Barua, Rajen Mondal, Romendra Nath Kasthya, Sabita Pegu, Samita Nag, Siddhartha Ghosh, Som Sankar Roy and Srikant Paul.
Till May 9 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road, #6550 8418; 10.30 am - 6.30 pm: Figurative Expressions, an exhibition of the works by Kamalaksha Gangopadhyay, Sanatan Dinda, Subrata Pal, Shyamal Mukherjee, Prakash Karmakar, Suhas Roy, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Sibsaday Chaudhuri, Gourango Beshai, Bratin Khan and Ramananda Bandyopadhyay.
Till May 25 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road, #2455 6942/43; 2 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of the works by Somnath Hore.
DRAMA
April 15 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Drishyapat presents Aguner Barnamala, directed by Anirban Bhattacharya.
April 16 at Sujata Sadan; 6.30 pm: Natakwala Kolkata presents Bipannata, written and directed by Shyamal Chakraborty.
April 16 at Padatik’s Buildwell Theatre, 6/7 AJC Bose Road; 7 pm: Tokolosh, a play by Pancham Vaidic. Direction: Arpita Ghosh.
April 16 at Academy of Fine Arts; 7 pm: Rangakarmee presents Mukti, based on Mahasweta Devi’s story. Direction & acting: Usha Ganguli.
EXHIBITION
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 19 at Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts, 94 Ballygunge Place, #2440 8937; 11 am - 7 pm: Eco Corner, an exhibition of products manufactured from eco-friendly material.
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 15 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6 pm: Visvanath Chatterjee will speak in Bengali on Navavarsher Samkalpa.
April 15 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra, DD-44 Salt Lake; 7 pm: Bimal Poddar will speak on Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita.
FESTIVAL
Till April 21 at Sree Thyagaraja Hall, P-530 Raja Basanta Roy Road: Ved Bhavan Bhajan Samaj celebrates 68th Sri Ramanavami Mahotsavam. Today: Devi Mahatmiyam at 9.30 am; and Harikatha on Surya Narayana Vaibhavam at 6.45 pm.
PHOTOGRAPHS
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.
PERFORMING ARTS
April 15 at Rabindra Sadan; 6 pm: An evening of Bengali songs, as part of Bangla Sangeet Mela 2008. Participants: Madhuri Chattopadhyay, Mrinal Chakraborty, Sabita Chowdhury, Sipra Basu, Indrani Sen, Saikat Mitra, Shilajit, Subhamita, Debarati Som, Chandrabali Rudra Dutta, Devajit Bandyopadhyay, Riddhi Bandyopadhyay and IPTA. Also, solo instrumental music (accordian) by Pratap Roy.
April 15 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6 pm: Bangla Sangeet Mela 2008 features songs by Arun Dutta, Atanu Sanyal, Sukhabilas Barma, Jayanti Sen, Suman Panthi, Kazi Kamal Naser, Srinanda Mukhopadhyay, Ruprekha Chattopadhyay, Shyamasree Dasgupta and others.
April 15 at Sisir Mancha; 6 pm: Bangla Sangeet Mela 2008 features songs by Rakhi Sen, Shinjini Acharya Majumdar, Rachaita Roy, Nandini Choudhury and others.
April 15 at Girish Mancha; 6 pm: Bangla Sangeet Mela 2008 features songs by Bani tagore, Nipbithi Ghosh, Mousumi Karmakar, Sutapa Choudhury, Adhar Khyapa, Dr Ananyabrata Das and others.
April 17 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6 pm: An evening of classical music featuring Durgasankar Acherjee (dhrupad) with Tapas Das (pakhawaj), and Subrata Roy Chowdhury (sitar) with Sanjib Pal (tabla).
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