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Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life, Spanish avant garde artist Pablo Picasso, had remarked. Dan Rice had defined art thus: “There are three forms of visual art: Painting is art to look at, sculpture is art you can walk around, and architecture is art you can walk through.” Times have changed and experimentation with form, medium and content have been carried out from time to time, widening further the scope of the interpretation. The current exhibition of drawings and paintings titled, Art for Life, by well-known artists of the country, both senior and upcoming talents, once again emphasises Picasso’s observation. Hosted by members of All India Institute of Medical Technologies, the show is in aid of World Congress of Biomedical Science. The show is worth a visit for both connoisseurs of art as well as art lovers to watch a wide spectrum of the very best works of contemporary artists from all corners of the country. It is exhilarating to witness a priceless treasure-trove where a Paritosh Sen or Ram Kumar frame shares space with Tapas Konar or Mona Rai; Haku Shah or Anjolie Ela Menon’s works are on display along with Thota Vaikuntham or Gopi Gojwani, or an Aditya Basak painting next to a Jogen Chowdhury (a painting by him appears here), Paresh Maity, Rabin Mondal or Jaya Ganguly frame. On the whole, a very satiating experience, one that Calcuttans will remember for long.
Event: Art for Life — An exhibition of drawings and paintings by eminent Indian artists When: Till today; 1 pm - 7 pm Where: Gandhara Art Gallery, 1B Gurusaday Road, Flat 5A (Palm Spring), Calcutta 700 019
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August 12 - 18 at Academy of Fine rts; 3 pm - 8 pm: The sixth group exhibition by Bengal Trayee, a group of young artistes.
Till August 14 at Emami Chisel Art Pvt. Ltd, Emami Towers, 687 Anandapur EM Bypass, #40113182; 11 am - 7 pm: Maanush, paintings, collages and mix media works by Haku Shah.
Till August 16 at at Aakriti Art Gallery, 1st floor, Orbit Enclave, 12/3A Hungerford Street, #2289 3027; 12 noon - 7 pm: (1) Pulasting Decorativeness, an exhibition of paintings by Asit Mandal. (2) Constructing Innocence in Bronze, an exhibition of sculptures by Subrata Biswas.
Till August 16 at Chemould Art Gallery, 12F Park Street; 2 pm - 7 pm: Megascape, a solo exhibition of paintings by Ambarish Brahmachari.
Till August 16 at Tejas Art Gallery, 11 Mayfair Road, #4007 6042; 1 pm - 7.30 pm: Horses, a solo show of horses in mixed media on canvas by artist Dhiren Sasmal.
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.
Till August 16 at Anant Art Gallery,18-A, Alipore Road; 11 am - 7 pm: Hybrid, recent works (paintings and sculptures) by Rajesh Ram.
Till August 17 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Spectrum Artists’ Circle presents its 32nd group show of paintings.
Till August 17 at Gallery Katayun, 4A Auckland Square; 3 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Nilima Dutta.
Till August 17 (except August 15) at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 3 pm - 8 pm: Svikriti ’08, an exhibition of the works by six awardees in the Academy’s Annual Exhibition 2008. Participants: Bhabotosh Sutar, Bhaskar Lahiri, Gargi Das, Partha Dasgupta, Susanta Pal and Timir Brahma.
Till August 20 (except Sundays) at Akar Prakar, P 238 Hindustan Park, #2464 2617; 2 pm - 7 pm: Abol Tabol: An installation in clay by Nidhi Jalan.
Till August 23 at Kanvas Art Gallery, 2nd floor (Shivam Chamber), 53 Syed Amir Ali Avenue): Beyond Infinity, an exhibition of paintings by Subrata Das.
Till August 31 at Galerie Karma, P-505 Keyatola Road, #24636731/32; 11 am - 7 pm: Boundless, an exhibition of recent works of Partha Pratim Deb and Manas Roy (Roymans).
DRAMA
August 12 at Girish Mancha; 6 pm: Kolkata Eso Natak Shikhi presents two one-act plays: Dalchhut (Stray) and Jantra-Na (No More Machines), and Saraswati Balika Vidyalaya will stage Birkanya Ogo Ananya. Dir: Tapas Das.
August 12 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Kalyani Natyacharcha presents its latest production, Meyeti, based on Chilean playwright Ariel Dorfman’s Death and the Maiden. Bengali translation: Kaberi Basu. The cast includes Goutam Halder, Bindia Ghosh and Kishore Sengupta, who also directs.
August 12 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Mangalik presents Haroon-al Rashid. Direction: Samir Biswas.
August 12 at Sisir Mancha; 6.45 pm: Bhowanipur Natnati presents Samparka, directed by Shyamal Mitra.
August 13 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Anya Theatre presents Ujjwal Chattopadhyay’s Akhono Kshudha. Direction: Ranajit Chakraborty.
August 13 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.45 pm: Natya-Ranga presents Dadu Chaye Nati Chaye. Drama: Surajit Bandyopadhyay. Direction: Swapan Sengupta.
August 14 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Nandikar will stage Tomar Naam (Performance: Sohini Sengupta; Direction: Swatilekha Sengupta) and Leela Mazumdar’s Dulia (Performance: Sohini Sengupta; Directorial advisor: Rudraprasad Sengupta; Direction: Swatilekha Sengupta and Goutam Halder).
August 15 (3 pm & 6.30 pm), August 16 (6.30 pm) & August 17 (3 pm & 6.30 pm) at Academy of Fine Arts: Sundaram presents a festival of its productions. Aug. 15, 3 pm: Alakanandar Putra-Kanya; at 6.30 pm: Galpo Hekim Saheb. Aug. 16, 6.30 pm: Sajano Bagan. Aug. 17, 3 pm: Munni O Saat Chowkidar; at 6.30 pm: Alakanandar Putra-Kanya. Drama, direction & acting: Manoj Mitra.
BOOK LAUNCH
August 12 at Oxford Bookstore, 17 Park Street; 4 pm: Avahan - The Indian AIDS Initiative of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation along with Random House India host the launch of India’s first charity book, AIDS Sutra - Untold Stories from India, an anthology of writings from 16 of India’s best-known authors.
PERFORMING ARTS
August 12 at Calcutta School of Music; 7 pm: Alliance Française du Bengale, in collaboration with Calcutta School of Music, presents a jazz concert with the Sharik Hasan Trio featuring Adrian D’Souza and Karl Peters.
August 12 at Bharatiyam Cultural Multiplex, IB 201 Salt Lake; 6 pm: EZCC presents Nataker Gaan, an evening of theatre songs of Bengal to be rendered by Devajit Bandyopadhyay and Riddhi Bandyopadhyay.
August 14 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6 pm: An evening of khayal and Bengali classical songs by Sugata Marjit, with Ujjal Roy (tabla) and Hiranmoy Mitra (harmonium).
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.
Till August 13 at 46 Satish Mukherjee Road (near Kalighat tram depot), #2455 6942/43; 2 pm - 8 pm: Running Amok: An exhibition of photographs by Jasmeen Patheja.
Till August 17 at By the Way, Taj Bengal; 10.30 am onwards: A Whole New World, an exhibition of photographs by Rashi Goenka.
TALK
August 12 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 5.30 pm: Sitanath Goswami will speak in Sanskrit on Bhagavad-Gita.
August 12 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Atmabodhananda will discuss in Bengali Sri Sri Mayer Katha.
FILM SHOW
Till August 14 at Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts, 94 Ballygunge Place, #2440 8937; 6 pm: Price of Freedom, a film festival celebrating India’s Independence and remembering Partition. Today: Train to Pakistan by Pamela Rooks.
EXHIBITION
Till August 13 at Merlin Homeland, 18 Asutosh Mookerjee Road; 12 noon - 8.30 pm: Green Drive: The Nature and Environment Awareness Programme showcasing rare and common saplings, foliage creepers, bonsai and rare blooms, seeds manure, palm trees, cycads and various gardening tools.
Till August 14 at Senbati, 3A Mandeville Gardens, #98300 54718; 11 am - 8.30 pm: Joyita’s Selection and Sparsh present Pooja Aarambha, a collection of designer sarees in cotton, tussar, silk, matka, chiffan, georgette, dress material, leather bags, bedocer and bedsheets, jewellery and gift items.
Till August 14 at Artisana, 13 Chowringhee Terrace, #2223 9422; 11 am - 7 pm: Display of kantha embroidery sarees and dupattas.
Till August 15 at Dakshinapan, Dhakuria, #2423 7028: Poompuhar - The Tamil Nadu Handicrafts Corporation Limited hosts an exhibition of sandalwood and jewellery.
Till August 15 at 85 Lansdowne, 85B Sarat Bose Road, #24862136; 11 am - 7.30 pm: Festal Prelude, an exhibition of contemporary Indian wear by Namrata Joshipura, traditional Jodhpuri saris by Sheffali Poddar and a new festive line by resident designers.
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.
Till August 20 at 108 Raja Basanta Roy Road, #2466 4315; 10.30 am - 7.30 pm: Paramita Viswanathan’s Design showcases silk, tassar print, chiffon, crepe print, mull, kota, tangail print and south Indian sarees.
Till August 30 at F-17 Dakshinapan, Dhakuria, #2423 7625: LePakshi (Andhra Pradesh Handicrafts Development Corporation Ltd) hosts Mangalagiri Festival, a display of Andhra Pradesh handloom products.
Till August 30 at Green House, Tollygunge Metro Station, #2471 6595: Festival of hand-embroidered sarees, kurtis and salwar suits.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:
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