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The creative output of artists of modern Bengal, though copious, versatile and of immense calibre, has never quite gained the recognition it deserves owing to the fact that artists of the region have never been identified as an integrated group. The ongoing maiden art exhibition by Bengal Painters, a group of six artists, attempts to put this right. Coming together for the first time, the artists wish to give a distinctive individuality and character to the art of Bengal. Abhijit Bhattacharya explores relationships and themes of topical social relevance in his works. The paintings of B.V. Sikder present a blend of realism and surrealism. His faces, figures and forms are expressions of his quest for reality amidst life’s falsities. Dhiren Kumar Saha specialises in pencil drawings and landscapes. The two series of paintings on owl and horse by Prabir Das (a painting by him appears above) are a reflection of his passion, energy and enthusiasm. Sandip Bajpeyi’s digital creations bear testimony to his sophisticated creative insight. Swapan Paul’s outstanding works of painting and sculpture are traditional in concept but contemporary in style and structure.
Event: An exhibition of drawings, paintings and sculpture by Bengal Painters When: Till June 8; 3 pm - 8 pm Where: Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery
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Till June 7 at Chemould Art Gallery, 12F Park Street; 2 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition of recent works by Shabbir Hasan Quazi, Siddhartha Sengupta, Sheikh Abdullah and Krishna Dey.
Till June 7 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery, 55 Gariahat Road, #2475 2275; 2 pm - 8 pm: Nature.., an exhibition of paintings by Deyali Mukherjee.
Till June 7 at Galerie 88, 28B Shakespeare Sarani, #2290 2274; 11 am - 7 pm: Sculptures by Meera Mukherjee.
Till June 8 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of drawing, painting and sculpture hosted by Bengal Painters. Participating artists: Abhijit Bhattacharya, B.V. Sikder, Dhiren Kumar Saha, Prabir Das, Sandip Bajpeyi and Swapan Paul.
Till June 8 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 2nd floor; 4 pm - 8 pm: ISCA presents its ninth group show.
Till June 8 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 4th floor; 4 pm - 8 pm: First solo exhibition of sculpture by Sudipta Basu.
Till June 9 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Sukhamoy Majumder.
Till June 14 (except Sunday) at Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts, 94 Ballygunge Place; 11 am - 7 pm: Tibetan Sacred Art, an exhibition of Tibetan Thangkas and sculptures. Curetted by Prabhash Kejriwal.
Till June 14 (except Sunday) at Gallery Kolkata, 41 Shakespeare Sarani, 2nd floor, Duckback House, #2287 3377; 11 am - 7 pm: Exhibition of works on paper by Prakash Karmakar and Kartick Chandra Pyne, and sculptures by K.S. Radhakrishnan.
Till June 16 at The Halo Heritage Gallery, 26 Ritchie Road, Maddox Square, 98300 50568; 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 June 21 (except Sundays & holidays) at the Museum & Art Gallery of Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Gol Park; 10.30 am - 1 pm & 2.30 pm - 6 pm: Exploring the Unexplored — Artists of 20th Century Bengal, an exhibition of the works of those artists who had made substantial contribution to the development of art in India but had not received enough recognition.
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.
Till July 31 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road, #6550 8418; 11 am - 7 pm: In the Realms of Fantasy, an exhibition of the works by Santaan Dinda, Prokash Karmakar, Suhas Roy, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Sibsaday, Samir Paul, Subrata Pal, Gourango Beshai, Bratin Khan, Kamalaksha Gangopadhyay, Ramananda Bandyopadhyay and others.
Till July 31 (except Sundays) at Ganges Art Gallery, 33A Jatin Das Road, #2465 3212; 11 am - 7 pm: Installation Photographs Video Art. Participating artists: Jayashree Chakravarty, Aditya Basak, Chhatrapati Dutta, Paula Sengupta, Sanjeet Chowdhury, Debnath Basu, Tapati Chowdhury and Adip Dutta. Curated by Jayashree Chakravarty.
DRAMA
June 5 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: The concluding day of Mukhomukhi 12, a festival of plays produced by Mukhomukhi on its 12th anniversary, features Nashta Asim, directed by Biplab Bandyopadhyay.
June 5 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Sanglap Kolkata will present its latest production, Aaborton. Direction: Kuntal Mukhopadhyay.
June 5 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Charbak presents Chalo Patol Tuli. Drama, music & direction: Arindam Ganguly.
June 5 at Padatik’s Buildwell Theatre, 6/7 AJC Bose Road; 7 pm: Little Thespian presents Katha Collage 3 comprising two of Tagore’s short stories in two languages: Shesher Ratri (Bengali) and Duraasha (Urdu). Design & direction: Uma Jhunjhunwala.
June 6 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Anya Theatre presents Aachhe Aachhe Sthan, with Bibhas Chakraborty in the lead. Direction: Ramaprasad Banik.
June 6 at Mukta Angan Rangalaya; 6.45 pm: Oihik presents two short plays: Athah Shiksha Bichitra (drama: Tushar Kanti Dey) and Thor Bori Khara (drama: Swati Roy). Direction: Arindam Roy.
June 7 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Natasena presents its popular comedy, Gorur Garir Headlight. Written and directed by Saroj Roy.
June 7 at Rabindra Okakura Mancha, opp. City Centre; 6.30 pm: Saptarashmi presents Akhono Swapno (Dir: Prasun Kanjilal) and Shruta Sanglap presents Duh-swapno (Dir: Nirup Mitra).
June 7 & 8 at Padatik Little Theatre, 6/7 AJC Bose Road; 7 pm: Padatik and Rikh present Could Be Two Men Two Chairs, a play in English, written and directed by Vinay Sharma.
June 8 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Purba Paschim presents Tagore’s Chaturanga. Dramatised by Sekhar Samaddar, the cast includes Kushal Chakraborty, Chaiti Ghosal, Debdoot Ghosh and Soumitra Mitra. Edited and directed by Bratya Basu.
June 8 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Sundaram presents Sajano Bagan. Drama, direction & acting: Manoj Mitra.
June 8 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Bohurupee will stage its latest production, Buddhadeva Bose’s Kaal Sandhya. Direction: Kumar Roy.
PERFORMING ARTS
June 7 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6 pm: Bhavna Records & Cassettes presents Tomar Banshi Baaje, an evening of Tagore songs and readings. Participants: Pubali Debnath and Rituparna in songs, and Soumitra Chatterjee in readings. Compere: Debashis Basu.
June 7 at Gyan Manch; 6.30 pm: Makhla Shinjini presents Meerabai, a dance-drama in Kathak style by Keya Chanda Dance Troupe. Script, concept & choreography: Keya Chanda.
June 8 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6 pm: Bhavna Records & Cassettes presents a solo recital of Tagore songs by Pramita Mallick to be followed by a programme of reading, song and dance based on Tagore’s poem, Pujarini. Participants: Pramita Mallick in reading and song, and Priti Patel in dance.
June 8 at Birla Academy; 6.30 pm: Shibaranjani presents an evening of Odissi dance by its students. Choreography: Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra and Dipanwita Roy.
TALK
June 5 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Swami Atmapriyananda will speak in English on Kena Upanishad.
June 5 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 7.15 pm: Discourse on Sri Ramakrishna Punthi by Dr Bhupendra Nath Sil.
SCREENING/INTERACTION
June 5 at Oxford Bookstore, 17 Park Street; 5 pm: Screening of a film on global warming and environmental pollution, to be followed by an interactive session with S.M. Ghosh, environmentalist and technocrat.
EXHIBITION
Till June 11 at Soumya’s Creation, 57/9 Ballygunge Circular Road; 10.30 am - 7 pm: June Jazz Up, a fun exhibition of saris, jewellery, home linens and accessories.
WORKSHOP
Till July 20 at 13/1 Ballygunge Park Road: Hue ’n’ I summer art workshop specially designed for students applying for study-abroad programmes in fine art, fashion design, graphic design, architecture, animation and automobile design. Details at #98304 47150.
Till June 6 at Nehru Children’s Museum; 3 pm - 3 pm: Three-day workshop on Bachanik (audio drama), for the age group 10 years to 18 years, conducted by Jagannath Bose.
Till June 6 at Nehru Children’s Museum; 2 pm - 5 pm: Three-day creative craft workshop (for children between 5 years and 12 years), conducted by Samrat Datta Roy.
Till June 6 at Nehru Children’s Museum; 2 pm - 5 pm: Four-day workshop on Kathak for the age group 10 years to 18 years. Conducted by Ashim Bandhu Bhattacharjee.
Till June 6 at Bharatiyam, IB 201 Salt Lake; 1 pm - 7 pm: Fun with Dance, a three-day dance workshop for children, conducted by Dhiman Sankar. Details at #2335 6796.
SUMMER CAMP
June 5 - 7 at Iskcon, Gurusaday Road; 10 am - 4 pm: A summer camp (for children 5 years to 15 years) on meditation, public speaking, painting and crafts, jewellery-making, glass painting, card making, arts and drama, games and quiz, and film show.
QUIZ
June 7 at International School of Business & Media, EN-22, Sector-V, Salt Lake: The World Quiz Championship, a written individual quiz. Entry fee: Rs 50 (for students) and Rs 100 (for others). Details with Gautam (#98300 44093) or Suprio (#92305 62601).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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