Ideas and images A student of art before he ventured into photography, Nikhil Bhandari has been successful in using the latter as a medium to create images that are unique and autonomous. His photographs are not only works of art on their own, but, more importantly, are made possible only through an innovative use of photographic technique. The Camera with the Third Eye, the ongoing show of his recent photographs, finds Bhandari producing images that bear little resemblance to any real subject, whether an object or a human form; his images are powerful visions on their own. The artist transposes images one above the other and then amalgamates them into an independent image much like a painter lays coats of paint in layers. Through this, he achieves not merely a new hue or sheen, but a completely original perception. His colours, remarkable for their clarity and brilliance, seem to float in the background and stand free in a space of their own along with the image. Liberated from the vestiges of what can be seen and recorded, his photographs are aesthetic emblems of his fantastic creative designs. Event: Exhibition of photographs by Nikhil Bhandari When: Till September 3; 2 pm - 7 pm Where: Akar Prakar, P238 Hindustan Park

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Till September 1 at Starmark, South City Mall; 11 am - 8.30 pm: Art on Easel featuring the works of Nina Das. Till September 1 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South A gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Ranadip Das, Dipankar Chanda, Binith Sinha and Dewashish Das. Till September 1 at Academy of Fine Arts, West gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Naba Kr. Chakrabarty and Suprabhat Bhaduri. September 1 - 4 at Academy of Fine Arts, South gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Silpam presents an exhibition of paintings by its young members of the age group three-and-a-half years to 18 years. September 1 - 6 at Chemould Art Gallery, 12F Park Street; 2 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition of paintings and sculptures by Dipak Roy, Pradip Mondal and Shankar. September 1 - 7 at Gallery Art Visual, 1/1W Gariahat Road (South), 2nd floor, Jodhpur Park; 3 pm - 8 pm: The inaugural exhibition features works by Bipul Roy, Dipankar Bhowmik, Mihir Biswas, Somnath Raha, Somnath Bhattacharjee, Subhendu Barman and Sukhen Mondal. Till September 3 at Gallery Exposure, 54B Mahanirban Road, #4003 1668; 3 pm - 8 pm: The Monsoon Show — an exhibition of paintings by Anirban Khamaru, Bijoy Basak, Chandranath Saha (Tilak),Dwijen Gupta, Diptajit Das, Dipankar Pahari,Gautam Sarkar, Madhumati, Nirmalendu Mandal, Pratyusha Mukherjee, Sudipta Dutta, Sujata Kar Saha, Subhabrata Bose, Tohidul Islam and others. Till September 4 at Ganges Art Gallery, 33A Jatin Das Road, #2465 3212; 11 am - 7 pm: Constructing the Present — featuring the works by Manjari Chakravarti, Tapati Chowdhury, Chhatrapati Dutta, S. Gopinath, Jehangir Jani, Mahbubur Rahman, Rajeswara Rao, Partha Shaw, Deepak Tandon, Tanmoy Samanta and Babu Xavier. Till September 4 (except Monday) at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 3 pm - 8 pm: Affordable Art, an exhibition of the works by various artists. Till September 7 at Artists Circle, 46 Circus Avenue, #2283 3176; 2 pm - 7 pm: View from the Edge, an exhibition celebrating Independence Day. Featuring works by Alok Bhattacharya, Animesh Nandi, Bijon Chowdhury, Biswapathi Maity, Chanchal Mukherjee, G.A. Dandekar, M. Senathipathy, Nilesh Kinkale, Partha Pratim Deb, Partha Bhattacharya, Prafulla Dhanuka, Prakash Karmakar, R.M. Palaniappan, Ram Lal Dhar, S.G. Vasudev, Sam Adaikalaswami, Suhas Roy, Sunil Das and Yusuf Arakkal. Till September 8 at Angan Art Gallery, 11 Fern Place , #2460 8899; 2 pm - 8 pm: Forms and Feelings, an exhibition of paintings and sculptures. Till September 10 (except Sunday) at Gallery Kanishka’s, 2/1 Hindustan Road, #2463 0465; 11 am - 8 pm: Occupying Silence, an exhibition of graphic verse by Devashish Makhija. Till September 10 (except Sunday) at Tejas Art Gallery, 11 Mayfair Road, #98300 49825; 1 pm - 7.30 pm: Krishna Katha, a solo show of drawings and paintings of Krishna by Siddhartha SenGupta. Till September 13 (weekdays) at Masters Collection Art Gallery, G7 Malayalay Apts, 3 Woodburn Park Road, #30534053; 11 am - 7 pm: 4th Dimension, an exhibition of sculptures by Bipin Goswami, Shankar Ghosh, Niranjan Pradhan, Manik Talukdar, Anil Sen, Tapas Sarkar, Gopinath Roy, Bimal Kundu, Chandan Roy, Sudarson Pal, Somnath Chakraborty, Kinkar Saha, Banamali Sharma, Koushik Pal, Ruma Sharma and Subhamita Dinda. Till September 30 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road, #6550 8418; 10.30 am - 7 pm: The Persistence of Form, featuring works by Suhas Roy, Prakash Karmakar, Shyamal Mukherjee, Aditya Basak, Bratin Khan, Sanatan Dinda, Gourango Beshai, Swapan Das, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Sibsaday Chaudhuri, Atin Basak and others.

DRAMA

September 1 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Anya Theatre presents Aachhe Aachhe Sthaan. Drama, music & direction: Ramaprasad Banik. Bibhas Chakraborty appears in the main role. September 2 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Theatre Passion presents Bhyablai Bhalo. Drama, direction & acting: Ramaprasad Banik. September 3 at Madhusudan Mancha; 7 pm: Rangakarmee will stage Kashinama. Direction & acting: Usha Ganguli. September 4 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Nandipat presents Kah, directed by Bimal Chakraborty. September 6 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Pancham Vaidic presents its latest production, Narokiyo, inspired by Sartre’s No Exit. Drama & direction: Arpita Ghosh. September 6 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Sansriti will stage Sorjo-pora Chai. Direction: Debesh Chattopadhyay. September 7 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Pratham Paath, an Ajantrik production, written and directed by Ramaprasad Banik. September 7 at Padatik’s Buildwell Theatre, 6/7 AJC Bose Road; 7 pm: Nirbak Abhinoy Academy presents Saradindu Bandyopadhyay’s Monikahini. Drama & direction: Suranjana Dasgupta.

PERFORMING ARTS

September 1 & 2 at Aikatan, IA 290 Salt Lake; 5 pm: EZCC presents Sanskritiki, two evening of music. Sept. 1: Mala Deb Barman (Rabindrasangeet), Debashree Mukherjee (modern Bengali songs), Shib Kumar (hasir gaan/parodies), Sangeeta Dutta (Nazrulgeeti) and Gopal Bandyopadhyay (folk songs). Sept. 2: Anuradha Chattopadhyay (modern Bengali songs), Satinath Bhattacharya (dhrupad), Partha Pratim Roychowdhury (sitar), Chaitali Mondal (Nazrulgeeti) and Adhar Khepa (baul songs). September 4 - 7 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6 pm: 100 Pipers, Showhouse and Sanskriti Sagar present a four-day Indian classical music soiree in tribute to the tabla exponent, Ustad Karamatullah Khan. Participants: Sept. 4: Ustad Ayaan Ali Khan, Partho Bose and Begum Parween Sultana. Sep. 5: Ustad Shujaat Khan, Ustad Rashid Khan and Pandit Satish Vyas. Sept. 6: Pandit Chitresh Das, Pandit Ulhas Kashalkar and Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia. Sept. 7: Arshad Ali Khan, Ustad Sultan Khan, Taufiq Qureshi and Ustad Sabir Khan.

FILM SHOW

September 2 Nandan II: On the occasion of its 23rd anniversary, Nandan presents The World of Kafka featuring Kafka - Steven Soderbergh (US-France, 1991) at 4 pm; In the Penal Colony - Sibel Guvenc (Canada, 2005) at 6 pm; and Metamorphosis - Valery Fokin (Russia, 2002).

TALK

September 1 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 6 pm: Swami Idyananda will speak on Sri Sri Mayer Smritikatha. September 1 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6.15 pm: Swami Vishnudevananda will speak in Bengali on Sri Sri Ramakrishna-Punthi. September 1 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Amalendu Chakraborty will speak in Bengali on Paschatye Swami Abhedananda.

PHOTOGRAPHS

Till September 3 at Akar Prakar, P 238 Hindustan Park, #2464 2617; 2 pm - 7 pm: The Camera with the Third Eye, an exhibition of recent photographs taken by Nikhil Bhandari. September 1 - 7 at Photographers’ Gallery, 59A Southend Park, ground floor; 3 pm - 8 pm: Visual Play: A Journey from Colour to Black-and-White — photographs by Atanu Paul and members of Third Eye.

FESTIVAL

Till September 1 at Ved Bhavan, 50 Lake Avenue, #2463 9049; 6.30 pm: Ved Bhavan Bhajan celebrates Janmashtami Mahotsavam. The concluding day features Garudotsavam - Bhajan.

EXHIBITION

Till September 13 (except Sundays & public holidays) at CIMA Gallery; 3 pm - 7 pm (Mondays) and 2 pm - 7 pm (Tuesdays to Saturdays): An exhibition titled Concepts & Ideas 2008. September 1 - 6 at 10 Dr Sarat Banerjee Road, #2466 1111; 10 am - 7 pm: Kundahar’s exhibition of choicest handloom sarees. September 1 - 7 at Sravasti, 14/97 Golf Club Road, Tollygunge, #24734546; 2 pm - 8 pm: KeyaChaitali’s exclusive fair of t-shirts, photuas, short kurtas, kurtas, salwar-kurtas, wrap-around sets, mekhalas, saradins, nakshikantha, batik, appliqued, block-printed cotton and silk sarees, blouse pieces, costume jewellery and bags. September 1 - 8 at Sreemayee, P-58 Dr Sarat Banerjee Road, #24662238, 24632369; 4 pm - 9 pm: Exhibition of festival collection of designer sarees from tant, silk, tasar to Gujarati silk, batik prints, khari print, kantha stitch, etc. Till September 6 at Sushree, 4RA2/4 Purbachal II, Salt Lake; 12 noon - 8 pm: Sushree showcases its Puja collection of trendy dresses.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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