Southern strokes Traditional paintings of south India that added lustre to both temple precincts and palaces in the heyday of their royal patronage, have witnessed a steady and sustained renaissance in the modern era. There has been a revival of the Thanjavur art of Tamil Nadu and the Mysore school of art in Karnataka. Andhra Pradesh’s Kalamkari work has gained much prominence in recent years, while Kerala’s murals are now being transposed on canvas and paper, bringing to life yet another heritage temple art. While keeping to traditional painting styles and formats, modern artists have brought in new themes and contemporary sensibilities to the art forms, investing them with a fresh perspective. Soundaryam, the ongoing exhibition of paintings by eminent artists from south India, offers an extensive survey of the region’s contemporary art scene and provides insights into its emerging trends. Participants: Akshay Anand, Bala Bhakta Raju (a painting by him appears here), Chippa Sudhakar, Din Reddy, Ganesh Pasupuleti, Harshvardhan, J.M.S. Mani Kahini Arte Merchant, Laxma Goud, Narendranath, Nandini Goud, Pradeep Puthoor, Ramesh Gorjala, S. Natraj, Srikanth Kohle, Shamshad Husain, Srinivas, Sachin Jaltare, Thota Vaikuntam and Vimla. Event: An exhibition of paintings by artists from south India When: Till July 14 (except Sundays); 11.30 am - 7.30 pm Where: Gallery Nakshatra, 2/1 Outram Street, 2nd floor

ART

Till August 14 (except Sundays & public holidays) at CIMA Gallery, Sunny Towers (2nd floor), 43 Ashutosh Chowdhury Avenue, #2485 8717 / 2485 8509; Mondays: 3 pm - 7 pm, Tuesdays - Saturdays: 2 pm - 7 pm: Summer Show 2010. Featuring works by Manas Acharya, Akhilesh, Rashmi Bagchi Sarkar, Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, Sumitro Basak, Shipra Bhattacharya, Bhuribai, Tapas Biswas, Sakti Burman, Jayasri Burman, Shreyasi Chatterjee, Jogen Chowdhury, Sougata Das, Chandan Das, Meera Devidayal, Anju Dodiya, Debraj Goswami, Ramendranath Kastha, Bhupen Khakhar, Goutam Khamaru, Bimal Kundu, Subrata Kundu, Paresh Maity, Chittrovanu Mazumdar, Asim Pal, Niranjan Pradhan, Mona Rai, Satyajit Roy, Suhas Roy, Sarbari Roy Chowdhury, Kingshuk Sarkar, Ajit Seal, Shakila, Lalu Prosad Shaw, Shuvaprasanna, Mayank Kumar Shyam, Paramjit Singh, T. Vaikuntam, Yusuf and others. July 1 - 7 at Academy of Arts, West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of drawings and paintings by Goutam Dutta Banik and Santa Dutta Banik. July 1 - 7 at Academy of Arts, New South Gallery ‘A’; 3 pm - 8 pm: A group exhibition of paintings featuring works by Narattam Roy, Gargi Chatterjee, Sanjib Saha and Debashree Roy. Inauguration today at 6 pm. July 1 - 7 at Academy of Arts, North Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: The Blue Sky presents the sixth group exhibition of paintings and woodcuts. Participating artists: Prabhat C. Sen, Milanendu Mondal, Dilip Kumar Sasmal, Shyam Sundar Mukherjee, Subrata Pal and Sushanta Dutta. Inauguration today at 6 pm. July 1 - 15 at Art Walk, South City Mall; 12 noon - 8 pm: A group exhibition of paintings. Till July 3 at Halo Heritage, 26 Ritchie Road, 1st floor; 2 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Samik De, N.E. Raju and Sambhu Saha. Till July 4 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 2nd floor; 4 pm - 8 pm: Vibgyor, the curtain raiser of Gallery Grandeur’s art exhibition featuring works by Ajay De, Anand Panchal, Arya Chandra Chowdhury, Asit Patnaik, Avijit Dutta, Bimal Podder, Gopal Pal, Hari Sadhan Dey, Kushal Mukherjee, Niranjan Pradhan, Prithvi Soni, Samir Aich, Sanatan Dinda, Shankar Ghosh, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Subrata Sen and Wasim Kapoor. Till July 10 at Gallery K2, 35 Lansdowne Terrace; 11 am - 7 pm: Continuing to Dream — an exhibition of recent works by Katayun Saklat Till July 14 (except Sundays) at Gallery Nakshatra, 2nd floor, 2/1 Outram Street, #2289 2982; 11.30 am - 7.30 pm: Soundaryam — an exhibition of paintings by eminent artists from south India. Till July 15 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery, 55 Gariahat Road, #2475 2275; 3 pm - 8 pm: Chitrakoot presents an exhibition of doodles, drawings and paintings of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore. Till July 17 (except Sundays) at Aakriti Art Gallery, 12/3A Hungerford Street, #2289 3027/5041; 12 noon - 7 pm: Inscriptions in Bronze: Sculptures of Tapas Biswas. Till July 18 (except Sundays) at Mon Art Gallery, 6 Hungerford Street, Regency - 3rd floor, #2289 5438; 11 am - 7 pm: Abreast Totems — an exhibition of recent paintings by Vasudevan Akkitham, B.V .Suresh, Bhrigu Sharma, Debasree Das, Deepak Kannal, Haraprasad Tripathy, Haresh Dropal, Indrapramit Roy, Kumar Jasakiya, Kundan Mondal, Mayyur Kailash Gupta, Nilotpal Sinha, Pooja Panchal, Rahul Mukharjee, M. Sashidharan, Shivani Bhalla, Susanta Pal and Uday Mondal. Till July 24 (except Sundays & national holidays) at Harrington Mansions, Suite 5+25B, 2nd floor, 8 Ho Chi Minh Sarani, #22829220/21; 12 noon - 8 pm: The Harrington Street Arts Centre presents Writing Visuals, an exhibition of drawings curated by Adip Dutta. Featuring works by Vivan Sundaram, Jogen Chowdhury, Partha Pratim Deb, Kishore Chatterjee, Jayashree Chakraborty, Samir Roy, N.N. Rimzon, Dilip Ranade, Alex Matthew, Sudhir Patwardhan, Mithu Sen, Adip Dutta, Debnath Basu, Paula Sengupta and Manisha Parekh. Till July 31 (except Sundays) at Ahuja Museum for Arts, 26 Lee Road, #40034974, 2289 4745; 12 noon - 7 pm: Indian Masters II — works by Ashoke Mullick, Biren De, Gagendranath Tagore, Ganesh Haloi, Gopal Sanyal, Jamini Roy, Kanchan Dasgupta, Katayun Saklat, L.M. Sen, Nandalal Bose, Nikhil Biswas, Paritosh Sen, Partha Pratim Deb, Prakash Karmakar, Rabin Mondal, Samir Aich, Sanat Kar, Shipra Bhattacharya, Subrata Saha, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Suhas Roy, Sunil Das and Wasim Kapoor.

PERFORMING ARTS

July 2 at Rabindra Sadan; 5.30 pm: As a prelude to Tagore’s 150th birth anniversary celebrations, Meghdoot Ballet Troupe presents Adhora Camelia. Choreography & dir: Subhashis Dutta. July 2 at Crossword, Elgin Road; 6.30 pm: Mohabishwe Mohakashey: Albert Einstein and Rabindranath Tagore — A shared philosophy. Featuring Sudeshna Basu (Tagore songs) and Barun Chanda (readings). Concept & script by Sudeshna Basu. July 3 at Geeta Bithika, 65 Ballygunge Gardens; 6 pm: Geeta Bithika presents Tribute — an evening of Indian classical music to celebrate the birth anniversary of Late Pandit A.T. Kanan. Featuring classical vocal recitals by Sohini Roy Chowdhury and Uttama Das.

DRAMA

July 1 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Swapnasuchana will stage Tagore’s Bodnam. Drama & direction: Sudipta Sarkar. July 1 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Natyaranga presents Binodini Katha. Drama: Surajit Bandyopadhyay. Direction: Swapan Sengupta. July 1 at Tapan Theatre; 6.30 pm: Niva Arts presents Samaresh Bose’s Shastha Writu. Direction: Biplab Bandyopadhyay. July 2 at Academy of Fine Arts & July 3 at Minerva Theatre; 6.30 pm: Nandipat will stage Shriwantu Comrades. Direction: Bibhas Chakraborty. July 2 at Minerva Theatre; 6.30 pm: Mangalik presents Manush Bhoot, directed by Samir Biswas. July 2 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Blank Verse will stage its latest production, Bhootum Bhagaban, written and directed by Raja Bhattacharya. July 3 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Ekush Shatak will stage Rater Fashion House. Drama & direction: Suvashis Gangopadhyay. July 3 at Academy of Fine Arts; 7 pm: Rangakarmee will stage its first multi-lingual production, Bhor. Drama & direction: Usha Ganguli. July 4 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Purba Paschim will stage Patol Babu Film Star, based on a story by Satyajit Ray and directed by Ramaprasad Banik. July 4 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Sundaram will stage Ja Nei Bharatey. Drama, direction & performance: Manoj Mitra. July 4 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Bohurupee presents its latest production, Chaitanya. Drama: Alakh Mukhopadhyay. Direction: Tarapada Mukhopadhyay.

FILM SHOW

Till July 2 at Nandan-II; 4 pm & 6 pm: Nandan, West Bengal Film Centre & Tapan Sinha Foundation jointly present a retro on Debaki Kumar Bose. Today: Bhagaban Shrikrishna Chaitanya; Sagar Sangame.

TALK

July 1 at Ramakrishna Mission Insititute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Swami Prasannatmananda will speak in Bengali on Devavani. July 1 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math; 7 pm: Swami Samshuddhananda will speak on Srimad Bhagavad. July 1 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 7.10 pm: Swami Vamanananda will speak on Practice of Spirituality and Meditation.

IN MEMORIAM

July 1 at Bijon Theatre; 6 pm: Theatre Commune pays tribute to noted theatre personality Neelkantha Sengupta through remiscences by Arun Mukhopadhyay, Dwijen Bandyopadhyay, Kheyali Dastidar, Murari Roychowdhury and Soumitra Basu, to be followed by the staging of the play, Jin-Ghatito, written by Mainak Sengupta and directed by Neelkantha Sengupta.

WORKSHOP

July 2 onwards at Objet ‘D’Art; 11 am - 5 pm: A 15-day workshop on diamond grading, jewellery designing, gemstone, jewel CAD/Rhino and manufacturing jewellery sessions. For details, call 98312 00077. July 9 - 11 at Senator Hotel, 15 Camac Street; 9 am - 6 pm: Workshop on Basic Clinical Hypnotherapy, conducted by California Hypnosis Institute of India. Learn how the mind works, how we block ourselves with our limiting belief systems and how to overcome them. Advance registration is required. Contact 9830129292.

EXHIBITION

Till July 10 at Astha, 19 Lake Road; 10.30 am - 7.30 pm: Exhibition of Lakhnawi chikan saris, suit material, kurtits, tops, etc. Till July 17 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road; 11 am - 8 pm: The Art of the Book: Digital collages by Sunandini Banerjee.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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