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The fight to certify photography as a fine art has been among the medium’s dominant philosophical preoccupations since its inception. Photography’s legitimacy as an art form was challenged by artists and critics, who seized upon the mechanical and chemical aspects of the photographic process as proof that photography was, at best, a craft. Perhaps because so many painters came to rely so heavily on the photograph as a source of imagery, they insisted that photography could only be a handmaiden to the arts. To prove that photography was indeed an art, photographers at first imitated the painting of the time. Enormous popularity was achieved by such photographers as O. J. Rejlander and Henry Peach Robinson, who created sentimental genre scenes by printing from multiple negatives. Julia Margaret Cameron blurred her images to achieve a painterly softness of line, creating a series of remarkably powerful soft-focus portraits of her celebrated friends. P.H. Emerson was the first to recognise the importance of the work of Alfred Stieglitz, who battled for photography’s place among the arts during the first part of the 20th century. Since then, there has been no looking back for lensmen who re-interpret the visual world in a pictorial manner. The current exhibition features a group of enthusiastic and talented art pictorialist whose works demand attention for their aesthetic quality as well as high degree of technical finesse.
Event: Photography exhibition by members of Association of Freelance Photographers and Art Pictorialists When: Till May 26; 3 pm - 8 pm Where: Academy of Fine Arts, South Gallery
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Till May 23 at Gallery Rasa, 828/1 Block-P, New Alipore; 4 pm - 8 pm: A set of 12 etchings by Suhas Roy.
Till May 24 at Chemould Art Gallery, 12F Park Street, #2229 8641; 2 pm - 7 pm: The Fragmented Traditions — recent paintings by Aloke Kumar Paul.
Till May 24 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery, 55 Gariahat Road, #2475 2275; 4 pm - 8 pm: Different Strokes, an exhibition of sculptures by Tarun Purkait.
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.
Till May 25 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm - 8 pm: The 23rd group exhibition of painting and sculpture by Debasish Ghosh, Babua Das, Purnendu Dey, Dipnarayan Paul, Shyamali Haldar, Ranjan Paul, Shalini Chanda, Krishnendu Dey and Sukla Bhattacharyya.
Till May 25 at The Promenade lounge, Taj Bengal; 10 am - 11 pm: The Doorways — a solo exhibition of recent works by Subuddha Ghosh. The artist will be painting live from 3 pm to 6 pm.
Till May 25 at Metropolitan Art Salon, Suite 18, 7 Jawaharlal Nehru Road; #2228 9719; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Loknath Yadav.
Till May 25 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 3 pm - 7 pm: Construction of Images, an exhibition of paintings by Albert Ashok and his students.
Till May 26 at Academy of Fine Arts, Central Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Kolkata Canvas. Participants: Aloke Sardar, Biswarup Halder, Ranjan Mitra, Malay Chandan Saha and Anirban Seth.
Till May 30 (except Sunday) at Weavers Studio Centre for Arts, 94 Ballygunge Place, #24604245; 6 pm: Inner Vision, an exhibition of terracotta sculptures by Durgadas, a visually impaired sculptor.
Till May 31 (except Monday) at Shree Art Gallery, 11 Gurusaday Road, Kusum Apartment, Flat no. 61, #30222040; 3 pm - 7 pm: Bengal Contemporary Art — An exhibition of exclusive artworks by 20 promising artists of Bengal.
Till June 7 (except Sundays) at Galerie 88, 28B Shakespeare Sarani, #2290 2274; 11 am - 7 pm, Mondays (2 pm - 7 pm): Sculptures by Meera Mukherjee.
Till June 8 (except Tuesdays) at The Halo Heritage Gallery, 26 Ritchie Road, Maddox Square; 2 pm - 8 pm: Inner Eye, an exhibition of paintings on canvas by Jonaki Pal.
Till June 17 at Genesis Art Gallery, 8B Middleton Street, #2229 3886; 2 pm - 7 pm: Showcasing a host of latest works by contemporary, radical artists.
Till July 5 (except Sundays & public holidays) at CIMA Gallery, Sunny Towers, 43 Ashutosh Chowdhury Avenue, #2485 8717/8509; Mondays: 3 pm - 7 pm, Tuesdays - Saturdays: 2 pm - 7 pm: Summer Show featuring works by Jayasri Burman, Rashmi Bagchi Sarkar, Rameshwar Broota, Jogen Chowdhury, Rini Dhumal, Ramendra Nath Kastha, Paresh Maity, Uday Mondal, Santosh More, Rm. Palaniappan, Manu Parekh, Ganesh Pyne, Malay Saha, Dilip Kumar Samanta, Kingshuk Sarkar, Shambhavi, Lalu Prosad Shaw, Mayank Kumar Shyam, Sanjeev Sonpimpare and others.
DRAMA
May 23 at Sujata Sadan; 6.30 pm: Nirbak Abhinoy Academy presents two one-act plays: Monikahini, based on Saradindu Bandyopadhyay’s story, and Manoj Mitra’s Bonojochhona. Direction: Suranjana Dasgupta.
May 23 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Taki Natyam presents its latest production, Good Morning Nishikanta. Drama & direction: Ramaprasad Banik.
THEATRE FEST
May 23 - 25 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Nandikar presents a children-friendly festival of plays. May 23: Ghnyaghasur (a Nandikar production; Story: Upendrakishore Roychowdhury; Dir: Biswajit Ghosh Majumdar) and Tomaar Naam (a Nandikar production; Performance: Sohini Sengupta; Drama & Dir: Swatilekha Sengupta). May 24: Satyi Rajputra (Produced by Nandikar’s Children Ensemble; Story: Sunil Ganguly; Music & Drama: Swatilekha Sengupta; Dir: Sohini Sengupta); Three Little Piglets (Produced by Tyst Theatre, Sweden; Performance: Gunilla) and The Frog Prince (Performnace: Ipek). May 25 at 10 am: Pil-Pil-Pil (Nandikar’s Children Ensemble production; Story: Satyajit Ray; Drama & direction: Susanta Mandal) and SMS-e-Eshu (a Guidance Academy production; Story: Rajesh Basu; Drama & direction: Anirban Roychowdhury).
PERFORMING ARTS
Till May 24 at Rabindra Sadan; 6 pm: West Bengal Dance Group Federation presents Stars of Tomorrow, featuring young talents in the field of dance. Today: Monojit Saha and Anuradha Roy (Bharata Natyam); Ramyani Roy and Harikamal Majumder (Kathakali); Poulami Mukherjee (Kathak); and Debojit Mukherjee, Dipankar Dutta, Srabani Sil and Arnita Basu (creative).
May 23 at Sree Thyagaraja Hall, P530 Raja Basanta Roy Road; 6.15 pm: Rasika Ranjana Sabha presents Kala Shrishti (centre for classical dances) in the natya performance, Kavi Sangam (Mahakavi Subramania Bharathi and Kaviguru Rabindranath Tagore) Rasana Bhava. Artistic director: Sujatha Ramalingam.
May 23 at Birla Academy’s Auditorium; 6.30 pm: Kathay Gaane Evam Nritye Rabindranath — Tanushree Basu Sarkar and her group will present a Geeti Alekhya based on Tagore, and Sutapa Chattopadhyay would render text recital.
May 23 at Gyan Manch; 7 pm: Beliaghata Sankalpa presents a programme of music and dance by its students.
May 23 at CC&FC Shamiana; 7.45 pm: Reliance Mobile, Sa re Ga Ma, Chamong, in association with CC&FC and Open Doors, present The Bard’s Genius, featuring Rabindrasangeet singers Rezwana Chowdhury Banta and Unmana Datta.
PHOTOGRAPHS
Till May 26 at Academy of Fine Arts, South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of photographs by the members of Association of Freelance Photographers and Art Pictorialists.
n Till May 28 (except Sunday) at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road; 11 am - 7 pm: A set of 20 photographs, by Bivas Bhattacharjee, son of renowned contemporary painter Bikash Bhattacharjee.
Till May 30 (except Sunday) 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 Monday) 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.
FILM FESTIVAL
Till May 25 at Purbashree, EZCC, Salt Lake: Cine Central, Calcutta, in collaboration with Nandan, EZCC, UNICEF and in associtaion with Rishra Municipality and Beleghata Education Aid Centre, presents 8th International Children’s Film Festival. Today: Joo Rangers in Africa (Netherlands) at 2 pm; Through Fire, Water and Brass Pipes (Russia) at 4 pm; and Little Mermaid (USA) at 6 pm. Today at Labour Welfare Centre, Kankurgachi: Barbara the Fair with the Silken Hair (Russia) at 2 pm; Sergeant Pepper (Germany) at 4 pm; and Podi Pishir Barmi Baksho (India) at 6 pm. Today at Rishra Rabindra Bhavan: The Scarlet Flower (Russia) at 2 pm; Meena Stories (Part II) at 4 pm; and Jungle Book (USA) at 6 pm.
May 23 at Gorky Sadan; 6 pm: Screening of Sarisreep (Dir: Nabyendu Chattopadhyay), presented as part of Manik Bandyopadhyay birth centenary celebration.
TALK
May 23 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Swami Jushtananda will speak in Bengali on Bhagavat Katha.
May 23 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Dr Sasanka Bhusan Bandyopadhyay will speak on Chandogya Upanishad.
POETRY
May 24 at Rooftop, 120 Lenin Sarani; 6 pm - 8 pm: Srijan’s Summertime Poetry Grove features poetry-adda with Anjana Basu, Anjum Katyal, Arthur Cardozo, Boudhayan Mukherjee, Inam Hussain Mullick, Joy Goswami, Mary Ann Dasgupta, NN Harlalka, Nawal, Pawan Maskara, Rimi Chatterjee, Samarendra Sengupta, Utpal, Vinay Sharma and Deb Narayan Banerjee. Also participating would be Zilka Joseph, an ex-Calcuttan now settled in the US who teaches and writes poetry.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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