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Septuagenarian painter Shyamal Sen is at his prolific best when depicting nature in its truest form. His latest series of 15 paintings reflects nature’s beauty in its resplendent colours, fresh and warm. Nature and human-beings remain the most favourite subjects of his vast body of work. But, his current series gains a new and interesting dimension through his expression of the infinite. Sen fulfils the two distinct ends of any good landscape artist: the first, to induce in the spectator’s mind a faithful conception of any natural object; the second, to guide the spectator’s mind to objects most worthy of contemplation and to inform him of the thoughts and feelings with which these were regarded by the artist himself. Sen’s compositions are characterised by the natural and spontaneous force, dynamism, rhythm and lyricism found in nature. Unfolding the mystery dormant in life and nature through his magical treatment of colours, his art is a conversation between himself and the surroundings that he identifies with.
Event: An exhibition of watercolours by Shyamal Sen When: Till November 20; 4 pm - 8 pm Where: Gallery 79, 79 Raja Basanta Roy Road, 1st floor
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Art
Till December 5 (except Sunday) at Aakriti Art Gallery, 12/3A Hungerford Street, #2289 3027/5041; 12 noon - 7 pm: Time’s Whirlwind — Art of Satish Gujral.
November 19 - 25 at Academy of Fine Arts, South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of portraits by Sabita Dhar. Inauguration today at 4 pm.
November 19 - 25 at Academy of Fine Arts, Central Gallery; 3 pm - 7.30 pm: An exhibition of paintings, glass painting and terracotta by 200 students of Nehru Children’s Museum. Inauguration today at 5 pm.
November 19 - January 3 (except Monday) at Bose Pacia, Stephens Court, 18 Park Street, #40010148; 11 am - 7 pm: B-Swarga — new works by Jayanta Roy. Opening today at 6 pm.
Till November 20 at Art Walk, South City Mall; 12 noon - 8 pm: A painting exhibition featuring works by four young artists.
Till November 21 at Tejas Gallery, 11 Mayfair Road, #9830049825; 1 pm - 7.30 pm: Tejas Gallery is hosting its third annual Devi show by 24 artists. The exhibits, numbering approximately 70, include both gods and goddesses.
Till November 22 at Bodhi Tree-Monastery of Art, 48/44 Swiss Park, #2424 6534; 2 pm - 7 pm: Contemporary art exhibition of paintings and sculptures presented by Kolkata Canvas.
Till November 28 (except Sunday) at Ganges Art Gallery, 33A Jatin Das Road, #2465 3212; 11 am - 7 pm: T(HERE) and the space between..., an exhibition of works by Kiran Chandra.
Till November 28 at Gallery Exposure, 54B Mahanirban Road; 3 pm - 8 pm: Young Bengal— an exhibition of paintigs, drawings and graphics featuring works of Amit Manna, Anirban Khamaru, Anjan Modak, Ankan Chakraborty, Satavisha Hazra and Soma Das.
Till November 29 (except Monday) at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 3 pm - 8 pm: Astonishment of Being, an exhibition of the works of eminent artists from various parts of India. Exhibits include paintings, sculptures, photographs, installations and video. Curated by Deeksha Nath.
Till November 30 at 26 Lee Road, ground floor; 11.30 am - 7.30 pm: The inaugural exhibition of Ahuja Museum for the Arts features over 1000 works from the museum’s collection.
PERFORMING ARTS
November 19 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6 pm: An evening of dhrupad featuring Bishoke Sil (rudraveena) with Swarup Ghosal (pakhawaj) and Ritwik Sanyal (vocal) with Tapas Das (pakhawaj).
November 19 - 22 at Dalhousie Institute, Jhowtala Road, #22873423; 6 pm: Congo Square JazzFest 2009, 2nd Edition. Today: Thaerichans Tentet (Germany) at 6 pm; Ecstasy Project Trio (Poland) at 7.30 pm; and Beatle Jazz (USA) at 9 pm. Tickets at venue & Tejas (11 Mayfair Road)
November 19 at Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani; 6.30 pm: Ojaya Foundation for Performing Arts presentys Im_pulse, a contemporary Kathak production by Ashavari Majumdar and troupe.
November 21 at Science City; 6 pm: In aid of Institute of Child Health, Basanti Bidyabithi (Manoranjan Sen Smriti Samsad Trust) and West Bengal Motion Picture Artists’ Forum present a sarod recital by Ustad Amjad Ali Khan with Subhankar Banerjee on the tabla.
DRAMA
November 19 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Sundaram presents Ja Nei Bharatey. Drama, direction & performance: Manoj Mitra.
November 19 at Bharatiyam Cultural Multiplex, IB 201 Salt Lake; 6 pm: EZCC’s monthly theatre features Patol Babu Film Star, based on a story by Satyajit Ray. A Purba Paschim production, directed by Ramaprasad Banik.
November 19 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Samikshan presents Totaram. Direction: Pankaj Munshi.
November 19 at Tapan Theatre; 6.30 pm: Rang Roop will stage Byaram Biram, directed by Seema Mukhopadhyay.
November 20 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Gandhar will stage Kachher Manush, with Debshakar Haldar and Bijoylakshmi Barman in the lead. Dir: Gautam Haldar, filmmaker.
November 21 at The Bengal Club; 7 pm: Stagecraft will stage A Slice of Life, directed by Rohit Pombra.
TALK / SEMINAR
November 19 at the Lincoln Room, American center; 9 am: The Virginia Gildersleeve International Fund (VGIF) and Indian Federation of University Women’s Associations present a seminar on Women, Water and Food Security. Inauguration by Ms Beth Payne, Consul General, Consulate of USA, Calcutta. Entry by invitation only.
November 19 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 5.30 pm: Sitanath Goswami will speak in Sanskrit on Bhagavad-Gita.
PHOTOGRAPHS
Till November 21 at Studio 21, 17L Dover Terrace, #2486 6735; 11 am - 7 pm: Home and the Street — an exhibition of black-and-white photographs taken by Sumit Basu, Jayanta Saha, Kushal Ray, Nilanjan Ray and Saibal Das. Curated by Christopher Taylor.
November 19 - 25 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South ‘A’ Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Kingshooker Chhobi — the second solo exhibition of photographs by Kimsuk Ray.
Till November 24 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road, #24556942/43; 2 pm - 8 pm: The Seagull Foundation for the Arts and Tasveer present Tales of Chitpur — an exhibition of photographs by Saibal Das.
BOOK exhibition
Till December 13 at Crossword, Elgin Road: Crossword-Penguin Fest (in association with t2). Attractive offers on Penguin Books for the entire period across five Crossword stores.
Till November 23 at Worldview Bookstore, Jadavpur University campus, Subarna Jayanti Bhawan; 11 am - 7 pm: Penguin Books India, in association with Worldview Bookstore, presents Penguin Classics Library. This month-long exhibition also includes talks, discussions and readings at the venue.
EXHIBITION
Till November 20 at Birla Industrial & Technological Museum, 19A Gurusaday Road; 11 am - 5 pm: In commemorating 35 years of service to the nation, Indian Institute of Cerebral Palsy (IICP) is organising an exhibition, Together Towards Tomorrow, on Information, Communication Technology for Disability (ICT) in collaboration with Birla Industrial & Technological Museum.
Till November 20 at Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani; 11 am - 7 pm: An exhibition of Urushi by eminent Japanese artist Higashibata Yui is a unique collection of his masterpieces on lacquer. Organised by Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts in association with Consulate General of Japan in Calcutta and ICCR.
Till November 23 at 57/9 Ballygunge Circular Road; 11.30 am - 6.30 pm: Soumya’s Creation presents Tussore Utsav featuring tussore saris and bags specially designed for Calcutta’s party season. Also, evening bags and costume, silver and semi-precious stone jewellery.
Till November 25 at Artisana, 13 Chowringhee Terrace (1st floor); 10 am - 7 pm: Shrujan presents the finest hand-crafted embroidery from the magical land of Kutch.
November 19 - 21 at 16/2 Gariahat Road, #9831030737; 11 am - 8 pm: Jo’s kurtis, patialla & dupatta sets, blankets and kantha saris.
Till November 30 at The Halo Heritage, 26 Ritchie Road; 11.30 am - 8 pm: Soumya’s Creation presents durries and home accessories.
CHILD RIGHTS AND YOU
November 21 at Rotary Sadan; 4 pm onwards: As part of the campaign on Children’s Right to Education, CRY is organising a collage of programmes including theatre performances (4 pm - 5 pm), photo exhibition (4 pm - 8.30 pm), graphiti signing and a panel discussion (5.45 pm - 8.30 pm).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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