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The street is littered with a million physical and metaphoric allusions. It is a place of many emotions, feelings, meanings and memories. It is sensuous in a very unique sort of way; bearing different implications and associations for different people. The Street, the ongoing exhibition of paintings of street scenes by Yusuf Arakkal, presents a series of compassionate portraits of ordinary people integrated into a murky landscape. Sustained by subtle overtones of inner-city strains and tensions, the paintings articulate a common, if silent, lingo of life on the street. Despite the obvious burdens of toil, trouble and struggle, the artist manages to hold on to a soft, tender and firmly affirmative view of life. Knowingly or unknowingly, he also appears to rejoice in the sweetness of his freedom and choice. The show also marks the height of a visual technique that begins with digital art and ends with oil and acrylic on fairly large canvasses. Hosted by Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi and Gallery Sanskriti.
Event:An exhibition of paintings by Yusuf Arakkal When: Till May 10; 11 am - 7 pm Where: Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road
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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 10 at Akar Prakar, P 238 Hindustan Park, #2464 2617; 2 pm - 7 pm: Akar Prakar and Society of Contemporary Artists host a show in memory of Shyamal Dutta Ray on his birth anniversary. Some of his works, from Dr Mukund Lath’s collection, will be on view.
Till May 10 at Tejas Art Gallery, 11 Mayfair Road, #98300 49825; 1 pm - 7.30 pm: Journey Continues — an exhibition of paintings by Gobardhan Ash, Nirban Ash, Deborshi Ash, Jyotirmoy Ash and Chinmoy Ash.
Till May 10 at Chemould Art Gallery: An exhibition of paintings by Mihir Maitra.
Till May 10 at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road; 11 am - 7 pm: The Street, an exhibition of paintings by Yusuf Arrakel.
Till May 11 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 2nd floor; 4 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings and sculptures.
Till May 11 at Nehru Children’s Museum auditorium; 11 am - 6.30 pm: Tomar Srishti Aamader Tulitey — an exhibition of around 200 drawings and paintings based on Tagore’s poems, songs and stories by child artistes.
Till May 11 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Gallery Exposure presents Fantasy in Reality, paintings by Jahar Dasgupta.
Till May 12 at The Art Gallery, ITC Sonar, Calcutta; 11 am - 7 pm: An Ode to the Past — an exhibition of the works by Ashis Rahman.
Till May 12 at Halo Heritage, 26 Ritchie Road, near Maddox Square, #98300 50568; 12 noon - 9 pm: Oil paintings on canvas by Hari Sadhan Dey.
Till May 12 at Academy of Fine Arts, Gallery New South ‘B’; 3 pm - 8 pm: The fifth group exhibition of paintings and sculptures by Dots.... Participating artists: Anjana Kirtania, Nafisa Khatun, Shampa Majumdar (Sur) and Shyamali Paul.
Till May 14 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery, 55 Gariahat Road, #2475 2275; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of portraits of Rabindranath Tagore in oil and pastel by Dr Tapan Ray Choudhuri.
Till May 15 (except Sundays and public holidays) at Gallery K2, 35 Lansdowne Terrace; 11 am - 7 pm: Beyond Figuration, an exhibition of works by Sunando Basu, Vishal Bhand, Susmit Biswas and Shilajit Ghosh.
Till May 17 (weekdays) at Masters Collection Art Gallery, G7 Malayalay Apts, 3 Woodburn Park Road; 11 am - 7 pm: Stretch of Imagination: A show of exclusive artworks by 30 well-known artists.
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 works by Somnath Hore.
DRAMA
May 9 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Renaissance presents its latest production, Gardish (Hindi). Direction: Avinash Gupta.
May 9 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Shohan presents Helmet, written by Rajat Ghosh and directed by Anish Ghosh.
May 9 at Padatik; 7 pm: Theatrecian presents Edward Abee’s The Zoo Story. Performers: Deborshi Barat and Tathagata Chowdhury.
May 10 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.45 pm: Rang Roop presents Byaram Biram. Direction: Seema Mukhopadhyay.
May 11 at Academy of Fine Arts; 10.30 am: Purba Paschim presents Tagore’s Chaturanga. Dramatised by Sekhar Samaddar, the main cast comprises Kushal Chakraborty, Chaiti Ghosal, Debdoot Ghosh, Soumitra Mitra, Shyamal Chakraborty, Malay Saha, Prakash Bhattacharya, Subhabrata Dey, Ellora Rudra and Arindam Rakshit. Edited and directed by Bratya Basu.
May 11 at Mukta Angan Rangalaya; 6.30 pm: Shouvanik presents Fakka, directed by Chandan Das. Drama: Ashok Basu.
May 11 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Rangakarmee presents Mukti. Design & direction: Usha Ganguli.
TALK
May 9 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6.15 pm: Swami Swagatananda will speak in Bengali on Katha Upanishad.
May 9 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 7.15 pm: Discourse on Life and Teachings of Bhagwan Sankaracharya by Swami Arunatmananda.
PERFORMING ARTS
May 9 at Science City auditorium; 6.30 pm: Indo Occidental Symbiosis and Juhu Cultural Association, Mumbai present Tagore’s Pancha Putra featuring Nachiketa, Srikanto Acharya, Rupankar, Saheb Chatterjee and Fahim Hussain Chowdhury. Compere: Sreela Majumder and Chaiti Ghosal.
May 9 at Bharatiyam Cultural Multiplex, IB 201 Salt Lake; 6 pm: Teen Kanyar Gaan — an evening of Tagore songs on prem, prakriti and biraha, to be presented by Ishita Mukhopadhyay, Sanghamitra Chakrabarty and Sunanda Ghosh, respectively.
May 10 at Srinath Hall, Ballygunge; 6 pm: Bharat Sevashram and Srisundaram present an evening of Indian classical concert featuring Pandit Shyam Sundar Goswami, Ustad Sabir Khan and Ustad Roshan Ali.
May 10 & 11 at Sree Thyagaraja Hall, P 530 Raja Basanta Roy Road; 5.30 pm: Rasika Ranjana Sabha presents music recitals by S.R. Maruti Prasad (vocal) with S. Ranganathan (violin) and P. Aravindan (mridangam) on May 10; and Bharathi Ramasubban (vocal) with S. Ranganathan (violin) and P.V. Sairam (mridangam) on May 11.
PHOTOGRAPHS
Till May 12 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of photographs by the members of Photographic Association of Bengal.
Till May 30 (except Sundays) at Gallery Kanishka’s, 2/1 Hindusthan Road; 11 am - 8 pm: Portraits of a Director — an exhibition of photographs on Satyajit Ray by Asit Poddar.
Till May 31 (except Mondays) at Bose Pacia Kolkata, Stephens Court, 18 Park Street, #40010148; 11 am - 7 pm: Bose Pacia Kolkata Gallery, the Embassy of France in India and Alliance Française du Bengale host India by Magnum: Plural Perspectives, a projected exhibition by 14 photographers from Magnum Photos. The projection comprises the work of Henri Cartier-Bresson, Raghu Rai, Werner Bischof, Marilyn Silverstone, Ferdinando Scianna, Bruno Barbey, Martine Franck, Steve McCurry, John Vink, Alex Majoli, Bruce Gilden, Carl De Keyzer, Harry Gruyaert and Gueorgui Pinkhassov.
VARIETY
May 9 - 13 at Max Mueller Bhavan: Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan Calcutta presents film screenings, theatre collage and a symposium, 1968 Revisited: Ideological Dissent and Artistic Expression. Today, 4.30 pm: Screenings of Waves of Revolution (Dir: Anand Patwardhan), The Words of the Chairman (Dir: Harun Farocki), and Break the Power of the Manipulators (Dir: Helke Sander); at 6.30 pm: Pratidwandi (Dir: Satyajit Ray).
BOOK LAUNCH
May 9 at Crossword, Elgin Road; 6.30 pm: Shwet Ashho Aar Yasmine O Anyannyo Probondho — A book by painter Shuvaprasanna to be launched by author Nabaneeta Dev Sen. Readings of excerpts by Sudipa Basu and Sujoy Prosad Chatterjee. The event would be anchored by RJ Koushik. The launch is being hosted by Crossword and Gungchill.
AUDIO-VISUAL
May 9 at Calcutta School of Music, 6B Sunny Park; 6.30 pm: Film and discussion on one of the 20th century’s greatest conductors, Bruno Walter. Presented by Indranil Poddar.
EXHIBITION
Till May 10 at Kanishka’s, 2/1 Hindusthan Road; 10 am - 8 pm: Suti — an exhibition of summer weaves sourced from regional handlooms.
May 9 - 16 at P-249 Purna Das Road (Triangular Park; #24644027) and at CB 68 Salt Lake, Sector 1 (near CA Island towards PNB; #40043486): Darbari presents Summer Sizzlers, showcasing cool casual cotton kurtis, skirts, wrap arounds, kaftans, saris and suits for ladies, and funky shirts and kurtas for gents. Also, a variety of handloom fabrics, sourced from all over the country.
FESTIVAL
Till May 10 at Sankara Hall, 93 Southern Avenue: Sankara Hall and Sankara Institute of Philosophy & Culture hosts Adi Sankarachartya Jayanthi, a series of events to commemorate the advent of the great savant of Indian spiritualism, Adi Sankara. There will be a congregation of Vedic scholars and intellectuals. Today: Upanishad Parayanam, Mahanyasa Japa Ekadasa Rudrabhishekam at 6 am; Maha Deeparadhana at 12 noon; Evening Puja & Stotra recitation by Sarada Mandali at 5.30 pm; and nadaswaram concert by Nadaswara Isai Kalaratnam Tirurameswaram TRK Karthikeyan & party at 6.30 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;
Fax: 2234-8244
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