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Perhaps the most powerful, direct and unbiased mode of artistic representation, cartoons are unfortunately under-rated as an art form in our country. Usually amusing and at others absurd, extravagant or even shocking, such illustrations brilliantly catch the pulse of society. They highlight the flaws, frailties and injustices of a generation by portraying them in exaggerated fashion. Besides their original intent, cartoons serve as important social and historical documents, revealing interesting bits of information about an age that textbooks would fail to provide. Of late, historians in the city have begun taking interest in salvaging lost newspapers and journals in a bid to recover cartoons of yesteryears. Kolkata Smiles 08, the ongoing exhibition of cartoons, has on show works that celebrate the cartoon heritage of the city. It features both rare vintage and contemporary cartoons by eminent cartoonists including Chandi Lahiri, PCL, Shaila Chkaraborty, Amol Chakraborty (a cartoon by him appears here), Rebotibhushan Ghosh, Anup Ray and Debasish Deb. Curator: Chandi Lahiri.
Event: An exhibition of cartoons by well-known cartoonists When: Till July 26 (except Sunday); 11 am - 8 pm Where: Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts, 94 Ballygunge Place, #2440 8937
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Till July 18 at Gandhara Art Gallery, 1B Gurusaday Dutta Road, Flat 5A (Palm Spring), #2280-1790, 22811255; 1 pm - 7 pm: Magic of Monochrome, a group show of drawings and paintings by eminent Indian artists. Participants: Akbar Padamsee, Aditya Basak, Amitava Das, Chandra Bhattacharya, Ganesh Haloi, Jayashree Chakraborty, Jogen Chowdhury, Mona Rai, Paritosh Sen, Partha Pratim Deb, Paula Sengupta, Prabir Gupta, Rameshwar Broota and Sudhir Patwardhan.
Till July 19 at Gaganendra Shilpa Pradarshashala; 3 pm - 8 pm: Art Fair-08, the Assam-Bengal state level exhibition participated by budding artists of North Bengal, Santiniketan and Assam.
Till July 19 at Chemould Art Gallery, 12F Park Street; 2 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Arpita Khaskel.
Till July 20 at Studio Aloke, 1/42 Shahid Nagar, Dhakuria: A solo exhibition by Aloke Paul.
Till July 20 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 2nd floor; 4 pm - 8 pm: Creation presents an exhibition of paintings by Suvasish Chattopadhyay, Shibu Basak, Kakali Misra, Raju Kar and Dhrubajyoti Nath.
Till July 21 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings and sculptures by Sanjoy Kumar Samanta, Sutapa Dutta and Subrata Karmakar.
Till July 21 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South-B; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of sculptures by Subrata Paul.
Till July 22 at Artline, 125 Rashbehari Avenue, 1st floor, #98304 60667; 12 noon - 7.30 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Aloke Sardar, Swapan Kumar Das, Diptish Ghosh Dastidar, Rupchand Kundu, Soumitra Kar and Sasanka Ghosh.
Till July 23 (except Sunday) at Akar Prakar, P 238 Hindustan Park, #2464 2617; 2 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition of recent work by Sandip Roy.
Till July 25 (except Sundays) at Aakriti Art Gallery, Orbit Enclave, 1st floor, 12/3A Hungerford Street, #2289 3027/5041; 3 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition of paintings by various artists.
Till July 26 (except Sunday) at Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts, 94 Ballygunge Place; #2440 8937; 11 am - 8 pm: Kolkata Smiles 08, an exhibition celebrating the cartoon heritage of Calcutta, displaying both rare vintage and contemporary cartoons. Exhibition curated by Chandi Lahiri.
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 29 at ArtFolio, 29 Lansdowne Place; 3 pm - 8 pm (Saturday to Tuesday): An exhibition with different participating artists every week, including old Bengal, contemporary Masters etc. Call 9831088469 for details. Other days by appointment.
Till July 30 (except Sundays) at Gallery Kanishka's , 2/1 Hindusthan Road, 11 am - 8 pm: Confronting Masters – an exhibition of paintings by Paritosh Sen, F. N. Souza, Ram Kumar, Amit Ambalal, Ganesh Pyne, Kartick Pyne Ganesh Haloi, Rabin Mandal and Shyamal Datta Ray.
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, 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.
Till August 7 at Masters Collection Art Gallery, G7 Malayalay Apts, 3 Woodburn Park Road; 11 am - 7 pm (weekdays): Creativity Unlimited, an exhibition of recent creations by Anup Giri, Swapan Palley, Sachin Jaltare, Beena Pradhan, Debabrata Chakravarty, Asit Sarkar, Samir Paul, Minakshi De, Sukanata Das, Subrata Das, Dhananjoy Ghosh, Nelson Kennedy, Kajol Mondal, Sutapa Khan, Sibsaday Choudhary and others.
Till August 8 (except Sundays) at Gallery Kolkata, 41 Shakespeare Sarani, 2nd floor, Duckback House, #2287 3377/88; 11 am - 7 pm: Glimpses — showcasing paintings and sculptures by modern and contemporary Indian artists.
PERFORMING ARTS
July 17 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6 pm: An evening of Malhars featuring Pandit Jagadish Prasad (vocal) with Sujit Saha (tabla) and Sohanlal Sharma (harmonium); and Biswajit Ray Chawdhury (sarod) with Ram Kumar Mishra (tabla).
July 18 at Padatik’s Buildwell Theatre; 7 pm: Ranan presents Rangeeniyan, a journey through the sensuous and romantic poetry of Indian musical genres and the lyrical beauty and imagery of Kathak. Conceived and choreographed by Debashree Bhattacharya and Vikram Iyengar.
July 19 at Rabindra Sadan; 5.45 pm: Surarshi presents Chirodiner Gaan, an evening of Bengali songs of the bygone era. Singers: Dwijen Mukhopadhyay, Indranil Sen, Parimal Bhattacharya, Swapan Shome, Manomoy Bhattacharya, Debmalya Chattopadhyay, Supratik Das, Nirmala Mishra, Banasree Sengupta, Haimanti Shukla, Indrani Sen, Sreeradha Bandyopadhyay, Madhurima Dutta Choudhury and Sumana Chakraborty.
July 20 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: To mark the 108th birth anniversary of Sailajaranjan Mazumdar, Dakshin Kalikata Nandanikee presents Barshar Shesh Sholo-ti Gaan (songs performed at Barshamangal in Santiniketan, 1939 in Tagore’s presence and under Sailajaranjan Mazumdar’s direction). To be rendered by Ashish Bhattacharjee.
DRAMA
July 17 at Aiktatan, IA 290 Salt Lake; 6 pm: EZCC hosts the presentation of Burrakatha, a play in Telugu from Andhra Pradesh.
July 17 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Taki Natyam will stage its latest play, Good Morning Nishikanta. Drama & direction: Rama prasad Banik.
July 17 at Sisir Mancha; 6.30 pm: Shouvanik presents Fakka, directed by Chandan Das.
July 17 at Sujata Sadan; 6.30 pm: Arghya and Niva Arts present two plays, Meghadootam and Pandavani. Direction: Manish Mitra.
July 17 at Girish Mancha; 6.45 pm: Gandhar presents Kachher Manush, a play by Dr Sirish Atawale; translated by Kamal Sanyal and Bijoylakshmi Barman. Direction: Gautam Haldar.
July 17 at Padatik’s Buildwell Theatre; 7 pm: Little Thespian presents Katha Collage-1, consisting of three stories by Saadat Hassan Manto: Khol Do, Thanda Ghost and Aulaad. Design & direction: S.M. Azhar Aalam.
TALK
July 17 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra, DD-44 Salt Lake, #2334 9265; 7 pm: Vishnupada Jana will speak on Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita Prasanga.
July 17 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 7.15 pm: Swami Vamananandaji Maharaj will speak on Spiritual Retreat and Guided Meditation.
PHOTOGRAPHS
Till July 19 at 46 Satish Mukherjee Road, behind Kalighat Park; 2 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of photographs by Martine Franck.
Till July 19 at at Seagull Arts & Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road; 2 pm - 8 pm: Tasveer and The Seagull Foundation for the Arts present exhibitions of photography by Swapan Nayak (Title: Refugees in Their Own Land and Nowhere People) and Tim Hall (Title: Pilgrimage).
Till July 19 at Galerie 88, 28B Shakespeare Sarani; #2290 2274: Mark Him (Second Half) — a project on Indian football by Riyas Komu.
Till August 12 at Photographers’ Gallery, 59A Southend Park, #65406499, 98303 31556; 3 pm - 8 pm: Bouquet of Photographs, featuring images taken by Atanu Paul and members of Third Eye.
EXHIBITION
July 17 - 19 at Nari Seva Sangha, Kaushik Hall, near Jodhpur Park Post Office; 12 noon - 8 pm: Monorama Events showcases a collection of batik, kantha stitch items, hand-painting, applique, dress material, sarees, tops, children’s garments and costume jewellery.
Till July 19 at Aranya, 124B S.P. Mukherjee Road, opp. Kalighat tram depot; 11 am - 8 pm: A wide range of rain items, in various shades of blue, including posters, notebooks, bags, and Brishtir Khata, to mark the Monsoon Week.
Till August 3 at Shoppers Stop, Elgin Road, City Centre & South City Mall: Monsoon Makeovers fest.
Till August 15 at Starmark (3 Lord Sinha Road, G-202 City Centre, and South City); 10.30 am - 8 pm: An exhibition of Penguin Classics Collection covering Greek and Roman works, and Victorian literature and modern classics.
WORKSHOP
July 17 at St James School, AJC Bose Road, 11.30 am - 1.15 pm: The vedic Mathematics Forum hosts a live workshop on Vedic Maths, to be conducted by Prof. Kenneth R. Williams.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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