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Considered one of the most innovative and challenging young photographers of his generation, Australian lensman Trent Parke has little interest in photography as evidence, but a lot in finding human truth through emotions. His images are like tools that help us discover the deeper meanings of life underlying its simpler, more obvious ones. Though his form is like the traditional black-and-white documentary photography, his sensibility appears to be rooted in tough melancholia. In Minutes to Midnight, the ongoing exhibition of his photographs, Parke has documented his journey around his native country over a two-year period, examining “the current and changing state of the Australian nation”. Capturing the mood of a still young and emerging country, he has compared the disjuncture between the popular perception of the Australian way of life with its nostalgia, romanticism and the more complex reality. Exhibited for the first time at the Sydney Arts Festival in 2005, the series is brought to India as part of a touring exhibition of Chobi Mela IV, by the Australian High Commission in India, Drik and Drik India, with the support of the Australia International Cultural Council.
Event: An exhibition of photographs by Trent Parke When: Till June 28; 11 am - 7 pm Where: Bose-Pacia, 18 Park Street
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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 June 28 at Chemould Art Gallery, 12F Park Street, #22298641; 2 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Anirban Banerjee.
Till June 28 at Tejas Art Gallery, 11 Mayfair Road, #98300 49825; 1 pm - 7.30 pm: Summer Workshop: Acrylic and charcoal works, inspired by the Bengal countryside, by Dhiren Sasmal, Ashok Ganguly, Arunava Mondol, Biswarup Garai, Avijit Mukherjee, Tarun Chakravorty, Malay Chandan Saha, Debasish Sen Gupta and Subrata Sen.
Till June 29 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 2nd floor; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings, sculptures and graphics by Arjun De, Asish Maji, Dipankar Ghosh, Madhurima Ganguly, Senjuti Ray, Sudeb Das and Tusar Kanti Pradhan.
Till June 30 (except Sunday) at Akar Prakar, P 238 Hindustan Park; 2 pm - 7 pm: Faces of Feminine Expressions from Bangladesh — an exhibition of paintings by artists from Bangladesh. Participants: Nazlee Laila Mansur, Farida Zaman, Nasreen Begum, Rokeya Sultana, Dilara Begum Jolly, Murshida Arzu Alpana, Kanak Chanpa Chakma, Tayeba Begum Lipi, Atia Islam Anne and Shulekha Choudhury.
Till June 30 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of Dip Narayan Paul’s recent paintings.
Till June 30 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Annual Art Exhibition 2008 by the students of College of Visual Arts.
Till June 30 at Silpi Art Gallery, 32A Judges Court Road, #24792004; 1 pm - 8 pm: Vision of Variegated Life, a duet painting show of Sumana Ghosh and Suman Dey.
Till June 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 July 3 (weekdays only) at Kanvas Art Gallery, 53 Syed Amir Ali Avenue, Shivam Chamber, 2nd floor, #98318 21507; 3 pm - 7 pm: Colorscapes — magical brushstrokes by Sanjib Roy.
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 7 (except Sundays & holidays) at Gallery K2, Supra Court, 35 Lansdowne Terrace, #24651444; 11 am - 7 pm: Art and Industry, an exhibition of works by artists from West Bengal, Bihar, Orissa and Jharkhand.
Till July 11 (except Sundays) at Emami Tower, ECA, EM Bypass, 687 Anandapur; 11 am - 7 pm: Emami Chisel Art presents the art expo, Art Now-a-Glimpse, featuring works by contemporary artists of Bengal.
Till July 26 at Gallery Exposure, 54B Mahanirban Road; 3 pm to 8 pm: Art Mela, an exhibition of affordable art featuring the works of about 50 artists from Calcutta and Santiniketan.
Till July 31 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road, #6550 8418; 11 am - 7 pm: In the Realms of Fantasy, — works by Sanatan Dinda, Prokash Karmakar, Suhas Roy, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Sibsaday, Samir Paul, Subrata Pal, Gouran-go 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 26 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Rangapat presents Aurangzeb. Direction: Harimadhab Mukhopadhyay, who also acts in this play along with with Debshankar Haldar, Bijoylakshmi Barman and Rita Dutta Chakraborty.
June 26 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Sansriti presents its latest production, Sorjo-pora Chai, directed by Debesh Chattopadhyay.
June 26 at Rabindra Sadan; 6 pm: Institute of Factual Theatre Arts presents the premier show of Path, a bilingual production based on Tagore’s Waterfall, the English version of Mukta Dhara. Also, felicitation to theatre personalities Om Prakash Bharti, Satish Anand, Arun Mukhopadhyay, Usha Ganguli and Samik Bandyopadhyay.
June 27 at Sujata Sadan; 6.30 pm: Nirbak Abhinoy Academy presents two one-act plays: Saradindu Bandyopadhyay’s Manikahini (drama & direction: Suranjana Dasgupta) and Manoj Mitra’s Bonjochhona (dir: Suranjana Dasgupta).
June 29 at Academy of Fine Arts; 2.30 pm: Nandikar presents poet Jasimuddin’s Sojon Badiyar Ghat. Music & direction: Goutam Halder.
June 29 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Nandikar presents Ghnyashasur (Story: Upendrakishor Roychowdhury; Dir: Biswajit Ghosh Majumder) and Tomar Naam (Performance: Sohini Sengupta; Dir: Swatilekha Sengupta).
TALK
June 26 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Arupratan Bhattacharya will speak in Bengali on Vijnaner Aaloke Chetana.
June 26 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Samshuddhananda will speak in Bengali on Valmiki Ramayana.
June 26 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 7.15 pm: Swami Vamananandaji Maharaj will sp-eak on Spiritual Retreat and Guided Meditation.
PERFORMING ARTS
June 26 at Aiktatan, EZCC, Salt Lake; 6 pm: Shruta Sanglap presents Shruti Sandhya - Tin Kanya, an evening of three audio plays.
June 26 at Gyan Manch; 6.30 pm: Kolkata Kalakushali presents light classical vocal by Sohini Roy Chowdhury and recitation by Muktadhara Basu.
June 27 at Rabindra Sadan; 5 pm: Darpani’s 13th annual programme features two dance items, Tomar Banshi Bajao Aashi (based on Tagore songs and poetry related to flute) and Utsav (showcasing various festivals of India). Concept & choreography: Arnab Bandyopadhyay.
June 27 at Bharatiyam Cultural Multiplex, IB 201 Salt Lake; 6 pm: An evening of Bengali kirtans to be rendered by Nupurchhanda Ghosh.
June 27 at Kala Mandir (Basement); 6 pm: Vanita Music presents Amit Kumar Fan Club’s Revival of Pancham, a tribute to R.D. Burman on his 70th birthday. Participants: Manohari Singh, Bhanu Gupta, Indrani Sen, Soumitra Chatterjee, Rocket Mandal and Vishwas Nerurkar.
June 27 at Block K, 468 New Alipore, #2461- 5160; 7 pm: Sanchari Kala Kendra presents an evening of Tagore songs by Sudeshna Basu.
June 28 at Uttam Mancha; 6.30 pm: Ki Raagini Bajaaley — An Interface: Ragas to Rabindrasangeet. Participants: Sounak Chattopadhyay (classical vocal) and Rohini Roychoudhury (Rabindrasangeet). Srikanto Acharya will narrate the verses and present the show.
PANEL DISCUSSION
June 26 at Oxford Bookstore, Park Street; 6 pm: In celebration of the International Day Against Illicit Drug Trafficking & Drug Abuse, Empathy organises a panel discussion on Drug Kills You! for the students and general public. Speakers: Rajyasree Bandyopadhyay, Anindya Jana and D.K. Ghosh. Chief guest: Mayor Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya.
PHOTOGRAPHS
Till July 19 at Galerie 88, 28B Shakespeare Sarani; #2290 2274: Mark Him (Second Half) — a project on Indian football by Riyas Komu.
WORKSHOP
June 26 - 29 at Starmark, 3 Lord Sinha Road; 5.30 pm to 7.30 pm: Starmark will hold a workshop on storytelling by Kathakars for children between 6 years and 14 years, under its Startrekkers' Magical Voyage Programme. For details and registration, call 99039 85097.
EXHIBITION
Till July 6 at Shoppers Stop, Elgin Road, City Centre & South City Mall: Rims & Dials — the sunglasses and watches fest.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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