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When Sri Aurobindo founded his Ashram in November 1926, he
entrusted its full material and spiritual charge to the Mother.
Under her guidance, which continued for nearly 50 years, Sri Au
robindo Ashram grew into a large, many-faceted spiritual communi
ty. The Mother was totally devoted to the work of the Ashram and left
behind her a stunning legacy of wisdom, knowledge and realisation.
However, it is a little known fact that the Mother was also an artist of
the Impressionist school and that her work was exhibited in Paris
along with that of many eminent artists of that period. Founded in
January 1995, Galerie La Mere is named after her and was set up
with a vision to showcase a unique odyssey, where art attempts to
trace its origins while seeking newer and more novel styles, facets
and experiences. La Mere Annual 2010, the ongoing group exhibition
of paintings, also marks the completion of 15 years of the art gallery.
Featuring works by veteran masters as well as promising artists, the
show brings together some of the best creative endeavours of con
temporary times. Participants include Ramananda Bandyopadhyay,
Jogen Chowdhury, Anita Roychowdhury, Shanu Lahiri, Subrata Gan
gopadhyay (a painting by him appears here), B.R. Panesar, Rabin
Mondal, Partha Pratim Deb, Sanatan Dinda, Kishore Chatterjee,
Ashoke Mullick and Subrata Chowdhury.
Event: Annual art exhibition of Galeria La Mere When: Till January 17 (except Saturday); 4 pm - 8 pm Where: Galerie La Mere, Sri Aurobindo Institute of Culture, 3 Regent Park
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ART
January 14 - 20 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by Gouranga Kundu.
January 14 - 20 at Academy of Fine Arts (North Gallery); 12 noon - 8 pm: Rangotsav Art Gallery presents Bengal Paintings: Search for National Identity Pre-Modern and Modern — featuring works of Nandalal Bose, Jamini Roy, Atul Bose, Ramkinkar Baij, Gobardhan Ash, Kali Kinkar Ghosh Dastidar, Gopal Ghosh, Indra Dugar, Satyajit Ray, Meera Mukherjee, K.G. Subramanyan, B.R. Panesar, Chittaranjan Das, Hari Prasad Medda, Gopal Sanyal, Sishu Ranjan Das, Sanat Kar, Krishna Bandyopadhyay, Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, Ganesh Pyne, Jogen Chowdhury, Dharmanarayan Dasgupta, Bansidhar Pratihari, Hrishikesh Dev Barman and Kanchan Chakraborty.
January 14 - 20 at Academy of Fine Arts (West Gallery); 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings and drawings by Biswanath Roy. Inauguration today at 5 pm.
January 14 - 20 at Academy of Fine Arts (South Gallery); 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings and sculptures by Sukla Bhattacharyya.
Till January 15 at Chemould, 12F Park Street; 2 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition of recent paintings by Milanendu Mondal and Titas.
Till January 16 at 2/1 Hindusthan Road; 11.30 am - 7.30 pm: Experimenter presents Freedom is Notional — works of three of South Asia’s leading artists Shilpa Gupta (India), Bani Abidi (Pakistan) and Naeem Mohaiemen (Bangladesh).
Till January 16 at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road, #2448 4925; 11 am - 8 pm: Surya Prakash: A Retrospective Exhibition.
Till January 17 at Taj Bengal, The Promenade Lounge; 10 am - 11 pm: A solo exhibition of recent works by Subhash Pal. The artist will be painting live from 3 pm to 6 pm.
Till January 17 at Bodhi Tree Monastery of Art, 48/44 Swiss Park, #2424 6534; 2 pm - 7 pm: A solo show of Arnab Basu’s works.
Till January 17 at Gallery Exposure, 54B Mahanirban Road; 3 pm - 8 pm: Intimacy — the fifth solo exhibition of drawings and paintings by Sumana Ghosh.
Till January 20 (except Sunday) at Eye on Art Gallery, 3 Pretoria Street, 2nd floor; 12 noon - 8 pm: An exhibition of watercolours by Apurba Mazumder.
Till January 20 at Art Walk, South City Mall; 12 noon - 8 pm: A painting exhibition featuring works by Arup Ratan Choudhury and Shuvendu Sarkar.
Till January 27 at ICCR, Ho Chi Minh Sarani: 52nd National Exhibition of Art by Lalit Kala Akademi.
Till January 31 (except Mondays) at Victorial Memorial Hall; 10 am - 5 pm: Indian Life and Landscape by Western Artists: Paintings and Drawings from the V&A, 1790-1927, hosted by The Victoria Memorial Hall and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Till January 31 (except Mondays) at Ahuja Museum for Arts, 26 Lee Road, #40034974, 22894745; 11:30 am – 7:30 pm: An exhibition of Happy Paintings (a blend of French, Cambodian and Canadian art) by Stephane Delapree.
Till January 31 (except Mondays) at Shree Art Gallery, 11 Gurusaday Road, Kusum Apartment, Flat no. 61, #30222040; 3 pm - 7 pm: Christmas Hues, an exhibition of the works of Ajita Sengupta, Soumitra Kar, Pramothesh Chandra, Dhiren Sasmal, B.R. Panesar, Deben Laha, Stuti Laha, Sambhu Saha, Subrata Das, Sukanta Das, Samir Paul, Prasun Mollick, Milanendu Mondal, Moloy Chandan Saha, Ashok Ganguly, Sarbani Ganguly, Subrata Sen, Ranjan Sarkar, Suman Dey, Ashis Mondal, Jibon Biswas, Karunamoy Sur, M.H. Mollah, Kakoli Mishra, Ranadip Das, Paresh Saha, Swapan Palley, Bappa Halder and Ashimava Dutta.
Till February 1 at The Harrington Street Arts Centre, The Harrington Mansions, 8 Ho Chi Minh Sarani, #2282 9220/9221; 2 pm - 8 pm: The inaugural show of the gallery, titled Essential, Eclectic, ...Ephemereal, features works of modern masters: Paintings by Antonio E’Costa, Ganesh Haloi, Jogen Chowdhury, Krishen Khanna, Paritosh Sen, Prabhakar Kolte and Vasant Wankhede; and sculpture by Pandu Rangiah Daroz, Himmat Shah and Laxma Goud.
Till February 7 (except Mondays) at Bose Pacia, Stephen’s Court, 18 Park Street, #4001 0148; 11 am - 7 pm: Pretty Ugly, an exhibition of the works by Nidhi Agarwal, Sutanu Chatterjee, Jogen Chowdhury, Samit Das, Jaya Ganguly, Shridhar Iyer, Rabin Mondal and Samir Roy. Curated by Romain Maitra.
Till February 27 (Sundays by appointment) at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road, #65508418; 10.30 am - 6.30 pm: The Rapture of Form —an exhibition of paintings by Suhas Roy, Prakash Karmakar, Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, Aditya Basak, Bratin Khan, Gourango Beshai, Sibsaday Chaudhuri, Subrata Pal, Subrata Das, Samir Paul, Sukanta Das and others.
DRAMA
January 14 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.20 pm: Drishyapat presents the 100th show of Aguner Barnamala. Direction: Anirban Bhattacharya.
January 14 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Renaissance presents its latest Hindi production, Kaal-Kothri, written by Swadesh Dipak and directed by Aloke Chakravorty.
January 14 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Howrah Dakshinayan presents Hawa Badal. Drama & direction: Kunal Mukhopadhyay.
January 15 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Sayak will stage Jnan Briksher Fall, based on Tolstoy’s Fruits of Culture. Direction: Meghnad Bhattacharya.
January 16 & 22 at Gyan Manch; 7 pm: The Action Players will stage The Pebble and the Taal Tree and more stories by Banaphool, with mime, sign language, English narration, music and dance. Dramatised by Zarin Chaudhuri, artistic director. Media partner: t2.
PERFORMING ARTS
January 14 at Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi; 5.30 pm: Nazrul Janmotsav Committee presents an eveing of solo recitation by Muktadhara Basu.
January 14 at Sisir Mancha; 6.30 pm: Rabichhandam presents Nana Rabindra Gaaner Mala, a solo recital of Tagore songs along with his songs of humour by Alak Roychoudhury.
January 14 at Gyan Manch; 6.30 pm: Chowringhee Manjari Foundation presents A Musical Evening with Shaoni Mitra.
January 15 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6.30 pm: banglanatak.com presents Sahaj Mantra, an evening designed by Tanmoy Bose to showcase the best of traditional music, like Murshidi, Marfiti, Bagla Qawali, that are long forgotten. Also, a collaboration with bands Chandrabindoo, Taaltantra and Jazmin to show the relevance of this music in today’s time, and launch of Bose’s album, Baul & Beyond.
January 15 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Manipuri Nartanalaya celebrates Guru Kalavati Devi’s 45 years in Manipuri dance with Parikrama, a chronicle of a life dedicated to dance.
January 15 at Gyan Manch; 6.30 pm: A Musical Evening with Chandrima — a solo recital of various types of songs by Chandrima Haldar.
January 17 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6 pm: Rani presents Gaaney Gaaney Galpo Gatha, an event collaborating Tagore’s plays, short stories, poems and songs. Participants: Srikanto Acharya and Shreya Guhathakurta in songs, and Sabyasachi Chakraborty and Saswati Guhathakurta in reading and recitation. Courtesy: Dakshinee.
TALK
January 14 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 5.55 pm: Swami Snehamayananda will speak on Sri Ma Sarada Punthi.
January 14 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6 pm: Swami Vedaswarupananda will speak in Bengali on Gita.
January 14 at Ramakrishna Mission Vedanta Math; 7 pm: Swami Samshuddhananda will speak in Bengali Mundaka Upanishad.
EXHIBITION
Till January 15 at 5/1 Anil Moitra Road, Ballygunge Place; 9.30 am - 6.30 pm: Weavers Studio presents a wide variety of winter delights in tussars — saris, fabrics, set and more.
Till January 20 (except Sunday) at Tejas Gallery, 11 Mayfair Road, #22800478; 10.30 am - 7.30 pm: Proflowers Boutique showcases kurtis, beaded tops, bedcovers, silk purses, shawls, dupattas, painted sneakers, terracotta lamps, masks, wall hangings and other lifestyle products.
WORKSHOP
January 17, 24 & 31 at Eduzone, 112 Southern Avenue; 11 am: Free introductory workshop and one hour diagnostic test with free correction and follow-up for SAT, TOEFL, IELTS, GRE & GMAT. Register at eduzoneindia@gmail.com For details, call 9830020277, 9230613528 or visit www.eduzoneindia.comAll 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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