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A self-portrait of iconic Indian painter Amrita Sher-Gil, Amrita Sher-Gil: a self-portrait in letters & writings represents more than a life. The extant letters and writings of the artist are translated and reproduced from the originals, and in their entirety for this two-volume book. It draws on the basic text of these letters to open up a visual narrative around the artist’s oeuvre, complemented by a parallel text of notes that seek not only to annotate but to elicit the personal to speak through the web of its contemporaneity. Introduced, annotated and edited by her nephew Vivan Sundaram, the editorial intervention sets the larger background for situating the artist’s voice, along with photographs of the Sher-Gil family album, reviews by contemporary art critics and excerpts from autobiographies and testimonies that touched her life. This evening, Tulika Books, Delhi and The Seagull Foundation for the Arts host the launch of the book, which will be introduced by Sundaram.
Event: Launch of Amrita Sher-Gil: a self-portrait in letters & writings, edited by Vivan Sundaram When: Today at 7 pm Where: Seagull Bookstore, 31A S.P. Mukherjee Road
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ART
Till April 3 (except Sundays & public holidays) at CIMA Gallery, #2485 8717; Monday: 3 pm - 7 pm; Tuesday - Saturday: 2 pm - 7 pm: Symbols & Metaphors — an exhibition of the works of Samir Aich, Rashmi Bagchi Sarkar, Alok Bal, A. Balasubramaniam, Sumitro Basak, Shreyasi Chatterjee, Jogen Chowdhury, Partha Pratim Deb, Atul Dodiya, Jaya Ganguly, Gopal Ghosh, M.F. Husain, Farhad Hussain, Jitish Kallat, Paresh Maity, Veer Munshi, Baiju Parthan, Ganesh Pyne, Kingshuk Sarkar, Mayank Kumar Shyam, Arpita Singh, Sanjeev Sonpimpare, Ram Singh Urveti and others.
Till March 13 at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road; 11 am - 8 pm: The Complete Collection, limited edition serigraphs by Sakti Burman.
Till March 13 at Aakriti Art Gallery, 1st floor, Orbit Enclave, 12/3A Hungerford Street; #2289 3027/5041; 12 noon - 7 pm: Lightness of being Anxious, paintings by Ashoke Mullick.
Till March 14 at Victoria Memorial Hall; 10 am - 5 pm: Award-winning and selected artworks of the faculty of visual arts, Rabindra Bharati University.
Till March 14 at The Art Gallery, The ITC Sonar; 11 am - 6 pm: An exhibition of paintings by well-known artists of Calcutta. Curated by Keshav Roy.
Till March 14 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 2nd floor; 4 pm - 8 pm: Contemporary Nines presents an exhibition of recent artworks by Subrata Saha, Dipankar Sinha, Ranadip Das, Madhubanti Banerjee, Parthapratim Saha, Swati Mukherjee, Dip Banerjee, Bibek Paul, Pratima Seal, Piyush Kanti Gayen, Ghanshyam Gupta, Ananya Banerjee and Ratan Saha.
Till March 20 at Jamini Roy Gallery (3rd floor), Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani; 12 noon - 8 pm: Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR Calcutta, in association with Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts, Dhaka, presents an exhibition of paintings by Bangladeshi painter Dr Farida Zaman.
Till March 20 (except Sundays) at The Harrington Street Art Centre, 8 Ho Chi Minh Sarani, #2282 9220; 12 noon - 8 pm: Stains on my Chintz — featuring works by Archana Hande, Lavanya Mani, Paula Sengupta, Joscelyn Gardner, Michele Elliot and Teresa Cole. Curated by Dr Paula Sengupta.
Till March 28 at Bose Pacia, 18 Park Street; 11 am - 7 pm: Kunwarji’s Ground — new works by Dileep Sharma.
FILM SHOW
Till March 14 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road, #24556942/43; 6.30 pm: The Seagull Foundation for the Arts presents Image Music Text, a series of contemporary German films on the arts. Today: Dieter Roth (2004, Documentary / German with English subtitles / 118 minutes), directed by Edith Jud. Tomorrow: Lives of Others (2006, Feature film / German with English subtitles / 137 minutes), directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck.
DRAMA
Till March 15 at Minerva Theatre; 6.30 pm: South Asian Mini Theatre Festival hosted by ICCR in collaboration with Department of Information and Cultural Affairs, Government of West Bengal. Today: Jalchhabi (Dir: Seema Mukhopadhyay) by Rangroop. Tomorrow: Madhabi (Dir: Swatilekha Sengupta) by Nandikar.
March 13 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Nandikar presents its latest production, Madhabi. Drama: Bhisham Sahni. Adaptation & direction: Swatilekha Sengupta. The cast includes Rudraprasad Sengupta, Debshankar Haldar, Partha Pratim Deb, Sumanta Ganguly and Sohini Sengupta.
March 13 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Nandipat presents Aapad. Dir: Bimal Chakraborty.
March 13 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.45 pm: Samstab presents Bhootnath. Direction & performance: Dwijen Bandyopadhyay.
March 13 at Padatik’s Buildwell Theatre, 6/7 AJC Bose Road; 7 pm: Padatik & Brainchild Theatre present the Hindi comedy, Late Lateef. Direction: Kunal Padhy.
March 14 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Ajantril presents Pratham Paath, written and directed by Ramaprasad Banik.
March 14 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Bohurupee presents Mister Kakatua, directed by Kumar Roy.
March 14 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Shohan presents Helmet. Dir: Anish Ghosh.
March 14 at Padatik’s Buildwell Theatre, 6/7 AJC Bose Road; 6.30 pm: Padatik & Oglam present Hayavadana (in Bengali), a play by Girish Karnad. Dir: Janardan Ghosh.
March 14 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: PLT presents Utpal Dutt’s Titumeer.
PERFORMING ARTS
March 13 at Eastern Zonal Cultural Complex, Salt Lake; 5 pm: Uttarayan (Rehabilitation Centre for the Mentally Challenged) celebrates its 24th anniversary with an evening with Indrani Dutta & her troupe, and Tuntuni.
March 13 at Rabindra Okakura Bhavan, Salt Lake; 5 pm: The concluding session of Sangeetacharya Vishmadev Chattopadhyay birth centenary programmes features Saraswati Vandana by Vishmadev Memorial Trust Music Academy, santoor recital by Aranya Choudhury, and vocal recital by Jayanta Chattopadhyay.
March 13 at Indumati Sabhagriha, Jadavpur University; 5.30 pm: Saptaswara’s 26th annual function features an evening of Tagore songs by the institution’s students. Direction: Subrata Sengupta.
March 13 at Soho, Ideal Plaza, 11/1 Sarat Bose Road; 10 pm: Soho celebrates womanhood with Ladies Night, a night dedicated to the city’s party-loving women along with DJ Angel.
March 14 at Academy of Fine Arts; 10 am: Rashmi Welfare Society and Hridi present Tabo Premer Amritey, a programme of Tagore songs, based on bhairavi and kirtan, by Rahul Mitra.
TALK / SEMINAR
March 13 at St Xavier’s College: Xavier’s Management Convention 2010 hosted by the deaprtment of business administration, St Xavier’s College, Calcutta in association with Erudite and The Telegraph.
March 13 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 5.30 pm: Swami Divyananda will speak on Satkatha.
March 13 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6 pm: Pravrajika Vedantaprana will speak in Bengali on Upanishader Aloke Sarada Devir Jivan.
March 13 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra; 6.30 pm: Dr Subodh Chowdhury will speak on Kanya O Jayarupey Srima Saradamanir Bhumika.
March 13 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 6.40 pm: Swami Vamanananda will speak on Practice of Spirituality and Meditation.
March 13 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math; 7 pm: Swami Paramatmananda will speak in Bengali on Mrityu-Rahasya.
EXHIBITION
March 13 at Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts, 94 Ballygunge Place, #2461 3145; 6.30 pm: Inauguration of Southern Fire, a group show of ceramic works by Auroville potters. The exhibition continues till March 20, except Sunday, 10 am to 7 pm.
Till March 13 at Rotary Sadan; 9 am - 9 pm: Calcutta Philex 2010 International Stamp Fair.
Till March 13 at the premises of Victoria Institution, 78B APC Road; 11 am - 5 pm: The alumni association of Victoria Institution (College) hosts Basanta-Mela.
Till March 14 at EC-18 Salt Lake, #93395 36389: Ganguar Mela, organised by Astha.
Till March 15 at Science City grounds; 11 am - 9 pm: CREDAI, Bengal, the state chapter of Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations of India, is organising Realty Expo 2010.
Till March 18 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road, #2455 6942; 2 pm - 8 pm: The Dimensions of the Plane — Communication Design in Germany, an exhibition of contemporary communication design in Germany.
Till March 26 at 8/2 Loudon Street, #22811524: Earthy Myths presents Kotas in Vogue.
REUNION
March 13 at Victoria Institution (College), Keshub Memorial Hall; 11 am: Victoria Institution (College) is organising a reunion.
WORKSHOP
March 13 at Icfai Salt Lake, KB-25 Sector 3 (7th floor), beside Charnock City; 2.30 pm: Media workshop on Who can be a journalist.
March 14 - 21 at Kalahrdaya dance studio, Haridevpur: Guru K. Rajkumar (Chennai) and Dr Saju George will conduct a Bharata Natyam - Yoga workshop for advanced students in Bharata Natyam. For details, call 94335 44827.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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