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Contemporary painting in Bengal has synthesised into a unique individuality and shows a rich fusion of the traditions of each successive migration of adventurers, who, in search of the riches of the country, left behind an imprint very much evident in their works. Five artists — Subhabrata Nandi, Sudip Rakshit, Partha Biswas, Partha Pratim Mondal and Koushik Kr. Mondal — all alumni of Government College of Art and Craft, formed Vibes in 2005. These painters are socially committed and the involvement is evident in their selection and depiction of subjects. Nandi’s abstract works depict his rebellious reaction to the receding skyline due to the emergence of highrises taking over cities after cities. Rakshit’s mixed media works transform reality in a surreal fantasy, where life travels through a fluid darkness but always seems to miss its destination. Biswas creates sonorous mystic fantasy in his mixed media canvases, where reality merges with dream. Naturalistic renderings are the essence of Partha Pratim Mondal’s canvases. Koushik Kr. Mondal resorts to decorative, rhythmic beauty through depiction of female nudes. He sets the figures sometimes in a realistic background or at times in an abstract floral environment. He looks for beauty of the human form amid nature. The photograph (right) depicts Offering by Koushik Kr. Mondal.
Event: Painting exhibition by members of Vibes When: Till October 24; 3 pm - 8 pm Where: Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery
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October 21 - 26 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 4 pm - 8 pm: Autumn Mystique, featuring works by Amlan Dutta, Anita Gurbaxani, Dilip Maity, Montasir Ahamed Mullick, N. Roy, Ramratan Das, Sudipta Karmakar, Taraknath Mukherjee and Vani Chawla. Inauguration this evening at 6.
Till October 22 at Artists Circle, 46 Circus Avenue, #2283 3176; 2 pm - 7 pm: Inspiration — a show by senior artists. Participants: Adimoolam, Anita Roychowdhury, Bijon Chowdhury, Ganesh Haloi, Gautam Mukherjee, L axma Goud, Palaniappan, Paritosh Sen, Prakash Karmakar, R.B. Bhaskaran, Sekhar Roy, Shipra Bhattacharya, Subroto Chowdhury, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Suhas Roy and Surya Prakash.
Till October 23 at Akar Prakar, P 238 Hindustan Park, #2464 2617; 2 pm - 7 pm: 3 Masters Briefly — an exhibition of the works by Francis Newton Souza, Jagdish Swaminathan and Meera Mukherjee.
Till October 25 at Chemould Art Gallery, 12F Park Street, #2229 8641; 2 pm - 7 pm: A group show of the works by Arya Chandra Chowdhury, Mehtab Molla, Rajib Deyashi, Rumka Jana and Durbananda Jana.
Till October 30 (except Sunday) at Aakriti Art Gallery, 1st floor, Orbit Enclave, 12/3A Hungerford Street, #2289 3027; 12 noon - 7 pm: GenNext III, the annual show of Aakriti Art Gallery featuring an exhibition of paintings, sculptures, prints, textiles, video and photographs by contemporary artists below 40 years of age, including foreign participants from different continents.
Till October 31 at Gallery K2, Supra Court, 35 Lansdowne Terrace, #2465 1444; 11 am - 7 pm: Contemporary Art on Display — works by Partho Pratim Deb, Paresh Maity, S. Pranam Singh, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Shilajit Ghosh, Nabendu Roy, Sudipto Karmakar, Saumya Kanti Mukhopadhyay and others.
Till October 31 (except Sunday) at Ganges Art Gallery, 33A Jatin Das Road, #2465 3212; 11 am - 7 pm: Art Fair 2008 — a collection of affordable art. Featuring works by Manoj Dutta, Munindra Rajbongshi, Chandana Hore, Parag Adhikari, Anup Giri and Madhuri Jalan.
Till November 1 (except Monday) at Bose Pacia, Stephens Court, 18 Park Street, #4001 0148; 11 am - 7 pm: Bose Pacia, Calcutta presents latest works of Rao Kodanda (Baroda) and Basist Kumar (Santiniketan).
Till November 10 (except Tuesday) at The Halo Heritage Art Gallery, 26 Ritchie Road, #2419 0133; 2 pm - 8 pm: Durga, the Icon — an exhibition of paintings and sculptures. Painters: Atin Basak, Atanu Bhattacharya, Abeshbivore Mitra, Diptish Ghosh Dastidar, Debnath Biswas, Debasis Barui, Eleena Banik, Gargi Das, Jonaki Pal, Manoj Sen, Manash Saha, Parag Roy, Partha Das Gupta, Prabal Roy, Rajesh Deb, Suhas Roy, Sunil Das, Samir Aich, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Soumitra Kar, Shekherbaran Karmakar, Subrata Sen and Srikanta Paul. Sculptors: Akhil Chandra Das, Bipin Goswami, Bimal Kundu, Gopinath Roy, Nantu Behari Das, Ranajit Kumar Raut, Shyamal Roy, Sandip Chakraborty, Swapan Bala and Uma Siddhanta. Show curated by Debasish Chanda.
Till November 10 (except Sunday) at Tejas Gallery, 11 Mayfair Road, #4007 6042; 1 pm - 7.30 pm: Devi-II — Twenty-five artists’ impressions of Goddess Durga.
Till November 15 at Masters Collection Art Gallery, G7 Malayalay Apts, 3 Woodburn Park Road, #3058 4060/62; 11 am - 7 pm (weekdays) : Larger Perspective, a show of large format contemporary artworks by Aloke Paul, Anup Giri, Avijit Dutta, Dewashish Das, Dhananjoy Ghosh, Dipak Kundu, Durbanand Jana, Jagannath Paul, Kanchanmala Ghosh, Milendu Mondal, Mithun Dutta, Parag Adhikary, Rnadip Das, Sachin Jaltare, Samir Paul, Samir Sarkar, Shubendu Porel, Subrata Das, Sukanta Das and Swapan Palley.
Till November 23 at Gallery Kolkata, 41 Shakespeare Sarani, Duckback House, 2nd floor, #2287 3377; 11 am - 7 pm: An exhibition of creative art furniture, installation and sculptures.
Till November 28 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road, #6550 8418; 10.30 am - 6.30 pm: The Voices of the Canvas — an exhibition of the works of 20 well-known artists.
DRAMA
October 21 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Aneek presents its latest production, Adventure Kaare Koy. Drama: Amalesh Chakraborty. Direction: Moloy Biswas.
October 22 at Madhusudan Mancha; 7 pm: Rangakarmee will stage Rudali. Design & direction: Usha Ganguli.
October 24 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Nandikar presents its latest production, Ajnatobaas. Story: Sukanta Gangopadhyay. Music concept: Swatilekha Sengupta. Music composition: Mayukh-Mainak. Cast: Sohini Sengupta, Sumana Mukherjee, Swatilekha Sengupta, Sumanta Gangopadhyay, Swajan Srijan Mukherjee and Rudraprasad Sengupta. Directorial adviser: Rudraprasad Sengupta. Direction: Sumanta Gangopadhyay.
October 25 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Rangakarmee will stage Sri Ganesh Mahima. Design & direction: Partho Bandyopadhyay.
October 25 at Sisir Mancha; 6.30 pm: Kathakriti presents Shraman, a play by Nirup Mitra based on Dr Herman Hess’ novel, Siddhartha. Direction: Sanjib Ray.
October 25 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Sundaram will stage Alokanander Putra-kanya. Drama, direction & acting: Manoj Mitra.
n October 26 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Ajantrik presents Pratham Paath, written and directed by Ramaprosad Banik.
PERFORMING ARTS
Till October 25; 6.30 pm & October 26; 9.30 am & 6.30 pm at Kala Mandir: Indo Occidental Symbiosis and Juhu Cultural Association (Mumbai) present Pujor Adhunik Gaaner Anurodher Asar. Participants (Oct. 21): Shubhankar Bhaskar and Lopamudra Mitra. Oct. 22: Manomoy Bhattacharya and Sreeradha Bandyopadhyay. Oct. 23: Indrani Sen and Rupankar. Oct. 24: Anusua Chowdhury and Raghab Chatterjee. Oct. 25: Shubhamita and Srikanto Acharya. Oct. 26, 9.30 am: Haimanti Shukla; at 6.30 pm: Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty.
Till October 22 at Bharatiyam, IB 201 Salt Lake; 4.30 pm - 8.30 pm: A three-day cultural festival on Orissa hosted by Government of Orissa and EZCC. Featuring folk and classical dances, theatre, handloom, handicrafts, cuisine and tourist attractions. Details at #2335 6796.
October 24 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 7 pm: Sangeet Ashram presents a vocal recital by Pandit Kaivalya Kumar Gaurav, with Samar Saha (tabla) and Jyoti Goho (harmonium).
PHOTOGRAPHS
October 20 - 29 at 46 Satish Mukherjee Road (near Rashbehari crossing); 2 pm - 8 pm: The Seagull Foundation for the Arts and Tasveer present Heresies: A Retrospective of Pedro Meyer, comprising five decades of photographic work of one of the most innovative artists of the world.
TALK
October 21 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 5.30 pm: Sitanath Goswami will speak in Bengali on Panchadashi.
FILM SHOW
Till October 27 at Gorky Sadan; 6 pm: Eisenstein Cine Club presents a session of shorts and documentaries of New Themes Driven by Values - Powered by Intellects along with a live performance by the visiting goodwill delegation of students and teachers from Russia State Academy of Theatre, Moscow. Today: On The Prowl: Believe Me, Colours of Saraswati, O-Rangan, Nymph on the Rooftop, Teendrum and its Lonely Echoes (dir: Arup Ratan Ghosh), Hitler, Please Come Again (dir: Palash Dey), Where Farmers Fear (dir: Chandan Bhaduri).
EXHIBITION
October 21 - 30 at Artisana, 13 Chowringhee Terrace; 11 am - 7.30 pm: An exhibition of terracotta lamps and planters, tassar collection (sarees, men’s kurtas, dupattas, and southern weaves) for men and women. Inauguration today at 3 pm.
October 17 onwards at 85 Lansdowne, 85B sarat Bose Road, #2486 2136; 11 am - 7.30 pm: A week-long exhibition of creative designs for the wardrobe and home.
Till October 27 at Soumya’s Creation, 57/9 Ballygunge Circular Road; 10.30 am - 7 pm: An exhibition of unstitched salwar kurtas and durries.
Till October 31 (except Sunday & public holidays) at Studio 21, 17L Dover Terrace, #2486 6735; Monday: 3 pm - 7 pm; Tuesday - Saturday: 11am - 7 pm: The New Idyllic — Indigenous art from Madhya Pradesh.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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