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Fascinated by colours since childhood, Debnath Biswas expresses his inner self through bright, colourful canvases that exude vigorous energy. The ongoing solo show of his paintings and drawings reflects an artistic bent of mind, strongly influenced by religious, ritualistic and social customs and conventions. Ironically, the colours on his canvases are also an expression of the chaos and contradiction of life. While the artist confesses that he enjoys communicating through lines and strokes upon a surface and transforming them into images that tell a story, at the same time he is aware of the abstraction of senses generated by them. His creativity appears to be the product of a natural force, a momentary outburst of energy directed to the surface he works upon. His creations are like music compositions, echoing and floating in the labyrinth of the viewer’s perception and imagination, much like a haunting melody that refuses to fade away from mind or memory. Though representational in nature, in the mode of traditional Eastern painting, they are decidedly modern in design by virtue of their ability to draw an emotional effect from their intrinsic visual harmony.
Event: An exhibition of paintings and drawings by Debnath Biswas When: Till June 16; 3 pm - 8 pm Where: Academy of Fine Arts, (South B)
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June 16 - 22 at The Promenade Lounge, Taj Bengal; 10 am - 11 pm: A solo exhibition of Munmun Das’ recent work. The artist will be painting live from 3 pm to 6 pm.
June 16 - 22 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of the works by Ashok Roy Karmakar, Puspen Roy, Chandan Sengupta, Dhiraj Roy, Susanta Chowdhury, Subrata Saha, Biswa Basu, Panajit Adhikary, Prabir Mondal, Sujit Das, Subrata Paul and Arun Mondal.
June 16 - 30 at Gallery 79, 79 Raja Basanta Roy Road, 1st floor: Transparent watercolour specialist Shyamal Sen and upcoming artist Chhanda Singh unveil their latest creations in an exhibition, titled Different Strokes.
Till June 16 at Academy of Fine Arts (South B); 3 pm - 8 pm: A solo show of paintings and drawings by Debnath Biswas.
Till June 16 at Academy of Fine Arts (New South Gallery - A); 3 pm - 8 pm: Horizon presents its third exhibition of paintings by Apurba Debnath, Nirmal Kanti Chakraborty, Pradip Bhowmick, Ashis Mondal, Jiban Biswas and Sakti Karmakar.
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 Akar Prakar, P 238 Hindustan Park, #2464 2617; 2 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition of recent work by Susmit Biswas.
Till June 17 at Metropolitan Art Salon, Suite 18, 7 Jawaharlal Nehru Road, #2228 9719; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Sibaji Bhattacharjee, Dibakar Chakraborty, Piyali Hom Choudhuri and Sahanaj Parvin.
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 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery, 55 Gariahat Road, #2475 2275; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by M. Narayanan Namboodiri.
Till June 21 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 due recognition.
Till June 22 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery, 55 Gariahat Road, #2475 2275; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Sujit Kumar Ghosh, Ranjan Mitra, Biswarup Halder, Anirban Seth, Sudipta Tewary and Apurba Biswas.
Till June 22 at Starmark, South City Mall; 11 am - 8 pm: Art on Display — an exhibition of sculptures by Soumen Das and patachitra by award-winning artist Bijay Parida.
Till June 26 at Samokal Art Gallery, Gol Park; #98362 76110; 4 pm - 8 pm: The 36th group exhibition of Painters ’80. Participating artists: Alik Das, Amit Chakrabarti, Amitava Dhar, Bhabatosh Sutar, Dipankar Dutta, Debasish Chakraborty, Pradosh Paul, Tarun Dey and Tanmoy Biswas.
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 6 (except Mondays) at Shree Art Gallery, 11 Gurusaday Road, Kusum Apartment, Flat no. 61, #30222040; 3 pm - 7 pm: Monsoon Collections — paintings by Ashok Mondal, Asimava Dutta, Chandidas Bhattacharya, Dhiren Sasmal, Pramathes Chandra, Ratan Acharya, Shilpi Acharya, Subrata Das 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 Sanatan 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 16 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Charbak presents Apsara Theater-er Mamla, based on a story by Satyajit Ray. Drama & music: Arindam Ganguly. Direction & acting (in the role of Feluda): Sabyasachi Chakraborty.
June 17 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Naba Mayukh Nattya Sangstha presents Gopichand, directed by Rishi Mukhopadhyay.
June 17 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Spandan IPTA presents Anticlock, written and directed by Sangram Guha.
June 17 at Sisir Mancha; 6.30 pm: Good Morning Nishikanta — Taki Natyam’s latest production, directed by Ramaprasad Banik.
June 18 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Chetana presents its latest production, Manik Bandyopadhyay’s Putul Nacher Itikatha. Dramatised and directed by Arun Mukhopadhyay.
June 18 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Natya-Anan presents Satyajit Ray’s Heerak Rajar Deshe. Direction: Chandan Sen.
June 19 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Gandhar presents Kachher Manush, a play by Dr Sirish Atawale; translated by Kamal Sanyal and Bijoylakshmi Barman. Direction: Gautam Haldar.
June 20 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Ajantrik presents Pratham Paath, written and directed by Ramaprasad Banik.
June 22 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Shohan will stage its latest production, Helmet, a comedy written by Rajat Ghosh and directed by Anish Ghosh.
TALK
June 16 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 6 pm: Swami Arunatmananda will speak on Mayer Katha.
June 16 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6.15 pm: Swami Ritananda will speak in Bengali on Sri Sri Ramakrishna Lilaprasanga.
June 16 at Ramakrishnan Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Dr Bhupendra Nath Sil will speak on Bharat Premik Swami Abhedananda.
FILM SHOW
June 16 at Nandan-III; 5 pm: Cine Central, Calcutta hosts the screening of Achyut Kanya in celebration of the birth centenary of legendary actress Devika Rani.
ANNIVERSARY
June 16 at Girish Mancha; 6 pm: Chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee will inaugurate the 125th anniversary celebrations of Bagbazar Reading Library. State library minister Tapan Roy, mayor Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya, Rabindra Bharati Univeristy vice-chancellor Dr Karuna Sindhu Das, and Kamal Kumar Basu will be present on the occasion. The second half of the evening will feature recitation by Bratati Bandyopadhyay and Bengali songs by Shantanu Roy Chowdhury.
PERFORMING ARTS
June 18 at Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts, 94 Ballygunge Place, #2440 8937; 6.30 pm: Sange Dohar, a series of evenings introducing Bengal’s folk music. The seventh evening of the series features Dohar’s performance of folk songs/ forms of different regions of Bengal and the North-east; the main attraction will be Manab Putul (live puppets).
June 19 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6 pm: A santoor recital by Ulhas Bapat, with Subhankar Banerjee on the tabla.
June 19 at Gyan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Creations India presents Monsoon Hues, an evening of music and poetry by Sudeshna Basu and Sujoy Prasad Chatterjee.
June 20 at Sisir Mancha; 6.30 pm: Mahul hosts a rhythmic evening Ayre Pagol Abol Tabol, the central theme is Sukumar Ray. The second half features Mahul’s own compositions.
PHOTOGRAPHS
Till June 28 (except Mondays) at Bose-Pacia, Stephen Court, 18 Park Street; 11 am - 7 pm: Minutes to Midnight, an exhibition of photographs by Trent Parke.
WORKSHOP
July 1 - 8 at British Council; 10 am - 6 pm: Professioal Development Workshops on Managing People, Presentation Skills and Business Communication Skills. Recommended for young corporate executives and managers. For information about the registration process, call 98300 74073 or 40074329.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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