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The urgency to look for meaning in contemporary Indian art is, perhaps, due to a need to discover artists’ definite commitment to a specific set of concerns. Featuring works created specially for this show by a diverse group of established city-based artists, the ongoing exhibition aims to analyse their creative vision and relate it to their artistic identity within the paradigm of current cultural trends. Technology plays a major role in the show, not just as a media option, but as a subject within the artwork. Using a wide range of mediums including photography, sculpture, video and installation art, it examines the role of collective consciousness in modern art together with questions of belonging, spiritual relatedness, roots and rootlessness. The gallery space is used to weave a complex narrative of personal stories and experiences. Each work explores time and space, moving back and forth between what appears to be the present and the past, resembling the way the human mind chooses to recollect people, places and events. Participants include Jayashree Chakravarty, Aditya Basak, Chhatrapati Dutta, Paula Sengupta and Tapati Chowdhury (an artwork by her appears here).
Event: An exhibition of installation, photographs, video, art by renowned artists When: Till July 31 (except Sunday); 11 am - 7 pm Where: Ganges Art Gallery, 33A Jatin Das Road
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Till July 25 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 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 27 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 4 pm - 8 pm: 4th Space presents its maiden show in Calcutta. Featuring works by Abhijit Pathak (Varanasi), Ajay Kumar Sharma (Delhi), Ankita Gopal (Delhi), Dipankar Ghosh (Calcutta), Durga Charan Das (Varanasi), Ganesh Urala (Baroda), Mahar Salim (Delhi), Prakash Kishor (Santiniketan), Rajendra Prasad (Varanasi), Rajnish Chhanesh (Delhi), Sakhi (Delhi) and Satendra Kumar (Varanasi).
Till July 28 at Chemould Art Gallery, 12F Park Street; 2 pm - 8 pm: Flame presents its first ceramics exhibition featuring works by Chittaranjan Saha, Sanjoy Samanta, Shibram Das, Somnath Raha, Subra Das, Swarup Nandi and Tanmoy Kundu.
Till July 28 at Emami Chisel Art Pvt. Ltd, Emami Towers, 687 Anandapur E.M. Bypass, #4011 3182/3183: Whispered Legacy, a retrospective of paintings and drawings by Abani Sen. Curated by Ina Puri
Till July 28 at Artists Circle, 46 Circus Avenue, #2283 3176; 2 pm - 7 pm: Small format works featuring canvases and sculptures by well-known artists from Delhi, Mumbai, Baroda and Hyderabad.
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 Sunday) 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 August 3 (weekdays only) at Kanvas Art Gallery, 53 Syed Amir Ali Avenue, Shivam Chambers, 2nd floor, #3052 3243; 3 pm - 7 pm: Colorscape II, a solo exhibition of paintings by Sukanta Das.
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.
Till August 9 (except Sundays) at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road; 11 am - 8 pm: Gallery Sanskriti and Apparao Galleries present The Wandering Alchemist — paintings and sculptures by Alexis Kersey, George K, and Manish Nai.
Till August 16 at Anant Art Gallery,18-A, Alipore Road; 11 am - 7 pm: Hybrid, an exhibition of recent works (paintings and sculptures) by Rajesh Ram.
Till August 16 at Mon Art Gallerie, 6 Hungerford Street, Regency, 3rd floor: Ideas, Images & Experiences, an exhibition of paintings and sculptures curated by Anirudh Chari. Participants: Arunima Sanyal, Bhasher Chowdhury, mahmud Husain, Ramu Das, Saihat Surai and Soumya Samanta.
DRAMA
July 25 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Nehru Children’s Museum presents Saraswati Samipeshu, to be performed by its students. Direction: Ramaprasad Banik.
July 25 at Sujata Sadan; 6.30 pm: Nirbak Abhinoy Academy presents two one-act plays: Saradindu Bandyopadhyay’s Monikahini and Manoj Mitra’s Bonojochhona. Both are directed by Suranjana Dasgupta.
July 25 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Natadha presents Ebong Socrates. Direction: Arna Mukhopadhyay.
July 25 at Mukta Angan Rangalaya; 6.15 pm: The concluding day of short-length Bengali drama competition, organised by Shouvanik, features Samrater Cheye Baro.
July 25 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Rang Roop presents its latest production, Byaram Biram, directed by Seema Mukhopadhyay.
July 25 at Tapan Theatre; 6.30 pm: Blank Verse presents Juta-Abiskra (based on Tagore’s poem) and Kanaichand Palowan. Direction: Raja Bhattacharya.
PERFORMING ARTS
July 27 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6 pm: Bhavna Records and Cassettes presents an evening of Tagore songs by Swastika Mukhopadhyay, Mrinmoy Roy, Anuradha Biswas, Manoj Murali Nair and Manisha Murali Nair. Also, chorus by the artistes of Madhuri.
PHOTOGRAPHS
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.
TALK
July 25 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6.15 pm: Swami Sarvabhutananda will speak in English on Mundaka Upanishad.
July 25 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Dr Sasanka Bhusan Bandyopadhyay will speak on Chandogya Upanishad.
July 25 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra, DD-44 Salt Lake, #2334 9265; 7 pm: Swami Amiteshanandaji Maharaj will speak on Karmajeebane Vedanta.
kids’ corner
July 25 at Oxford Bookstore, 17 Park Street; 6 pm: Gaan Fun, an evening of music and songs in which children between 6 and 15 years will sing Tagore songs along with Sudeshna Basu from her recently recorded CD Alo Bhubon Bhora.
July 25 at Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi Sabhaghar; 5.30 pm: Udbhash Sishu Bhavna Kendra hosts Sishu Utsav with nursery rhymes and audio play.
FILM SHOW
Till July 26 at Nandan-I: Shilpi Sansad presents Uttam Chalachitra Utsav. Today: Ban Palashir Padabali (at 3 pm) and Ekti Raat (at 6 pm).
Till July 26 at Gorky Sadan; 6.30 pm: Eisenstein Cine Club and Bengali Film Lovers Society host Nakshi Kantha, a festival of films from Bangladesh. Today: Bachelor, The Circle, directed by Mostafa Sarwar Farooki.
EXHIBITION
Till July 25 at Soumya’s Creation, 57/9 Ballygunge Circular Road; 10.30 am - 7 pm: Monsoon Magic, an exhibition of saris, jewellery, accessories and home linens.
Till July 27 at Gaganendra Pradarshashala; 2 pm - 7 pm: Nandikar hosts an exhibition on children’s theatre.
Till July 31 at AND, Mani Square Mall, 2nd floor, Store #208; 11 am - 9 pm: The Great Monsoon Fashion Fiesta, hosted by AND brand, offers simple yet stylish clothes by well-known fashion designer Anita Dongre.
Till July 31 at Cottage Emporium, 7 Jawaharlal Nehru Road: Central Cottage Industries Corporation of India Ltd hosts a jewellery exhibition.
Till August 3 at Shoppers Stop, Elgin Road, City Centre & South City Mall: Monsoon Makeovers fest.
Till August 14 (except Sundays) at Artisana, 13 Chowringhee Terrace, #2223 9422; 11 am - 7 pm: Display of kantha embroidery sarees and dupattas.
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.
INTER-SCHOOL FIESTA
July 25 at Science City auditorium; 9.30 am onwards: The concluding day of Horlicks WizKids 2008.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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