Eastern expressions As part of its centenary celebrations, Tata Steel hosted an art camp in Jamshedpur with artists from Bengal, Bihar, Orissa and Jharkhand. Art and Industry, the ongoing exhibition, features their works in an attempt to capture a unique part of the east Indian artistic experience. Wide in range of practice, some of the works on show are inspired and informed by nature, while others depict everyday events, people and places. Some are prophetic in tone, while others emphasise the human side of life in this part of the country. Animal, real and imaginary, are popular subjects. Expressing their vision through paint, metal, fibreglass and other mediums to fashion a world that is both fantastic and familiar, the artists speak of the joy and freedom they find in creation as well as of the compulsion to express themselves. Approaching their art with an intoxicating abandon and awe-inspiring devotion, their works, besides being a celebration of the art of eastern India, help understand the story of a land and its artists. Participants include: Kamal Mitra and Partha Pratim Deb (West Bengal), Shyam Sharma and Milan Das (Bihar), Shashikant Sahoo (a painting by him appears here) and Manas Jena (Orissa), Badal Pramanik and Niranjan Pradhan (Jharkhand). Event: An exhibition of paintings and sculptures by artists of eastern India When: Till July 7 (except Sunday); 11 am - 7 pm Where: Gallery K2, 35 Lansdowne Terrace

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Till July 3 at Kanvas Art Gallery, 53 Syed Amir Ali Avenue, Shivam Chamber, 2nd floor, #98318 21507; 3 pm - 7 pm: Colorscapes — magical brushstrokes by Sanjib Roy. Till July 5 at CIMA Gallery, Sunny Towers, 43 Ashutosh Chowdhury Avenue, #2485 8717/8509; Mondays: 3 pm - 7 pm, Tuesdays - Saturdays: 2 pm - 7 pm: Summer Show featuring works by Jayasri Burman, Rashmi Bagchi Sarkar, Rameshwar Broota, Jogen Chowdhury, Rini Dhumal, Ramendra Nath Kastha, Paresh Maity, Uday Mondal, Santosh More, Rm. Palaniappan, Manu Parekh, Ganesh Pyne, Malay Saha, Dilip Kumar Samanta, Kingshuk Sarkar, Shambhavi, Lalu Prosad Shaw, Mayank Kumar Shyam, Sanjeev Sonpimpare and others. Till July 5 at Chemould Art Gallery, 12F Park Street; 2 pm - 7 pm: The sixth group exhibition of the works of Shekhar Biswas, Sujata Chakraborty, Pranab Roy Choudhury, Prabir Das and Debasish Poddar. Till July 6 at The Promenade Lounge, Taj Bengal; 10 am - 11 pm: An exhibition of recent works by Niladri Shekhar Majumder. The artist will be painting live from 3 pm to 6 pm. Till July 6 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3.30 pm - 8 pm: Artinox presents Creativity: Turning Imaginations into Reality, an exhibition of paintings and sculptures. Participating artists: Prabhat C. Sen, Anjan Sengupta, Goutam Kundu, Indranil Ghosh, Prasanta Basu, Sreejib Ganguly, Apurup Ukil, Arup Mukherjee, Anjan Chakraborty, Puja Sarkar and Manik Lal Seal. Till July 6 at Arti Visual Art Gallery, 1/1W Gariahat Road (South), #92318 51160; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by World Art Society. Participants: Sekhar Biswas, Mitali Dey, Joyanto Kumar Das, Hemanta Sur, Suparna Choudhury and Mantu Mondal. Till July 6 at Shree Art Gallery, 11 Gurusaday Road, Kusum Apartment, Flat no. 61, #30222040; 3 pm - 7 pm: Monsoon Collections — paintings by Ashok Mondal, Asimava Dutta, Chandidas Bhattacharya, Dhiren Sasmal, Pramathes Chandra, Ratan Acharya, Shilpi Acharya, Subrata Das and others. Till July 7 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Ramkrishna Malo. Till July 7 (except Sunday) at Gallery K2, Supra Court, 35 Lansdowne Terrace, #24651444; 11 am - 7 pm: Art and Industry, an exhibition of works by artists from West Bengal, Bihar, Orissa and Jharkhand. Till July 11 (except Sunday) at Emami Tower, ECA, EM Bypass, 687 Anandapur; 11 am - 7 pm: Emami Chisel Art presents the art expo, Art Now-a-Glimpse, featuring works by contemporary artists of Bengal. Till July 12 at Tejas Art Gallery, 11 Mayfair Road, #98300 49825; 1 pm - 7.30 pm: Summer Workshop: Acrylic and charcoal works, inspired by the Bengal countryside, by Dhiren Sasmal, Ashok Ganguly, Arunava Mondol, Biswarup Garai, Avijit Mukherjee, Tarun Chakravorty, Malay Chandan Saha, Debasish Sen Gupta and Subrata Sen. Till July 25 (except Sundays) at Aakriti Art Gallery, Orbit Enclave, 1st floor, 12/3A Hungerford Street, #2289 3027/5041; 3 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition of paintings by various artists. Till July 26 at Gallery Exposure, 54B Mahanirban Road; 3 pm to 8 pm: Art Mela, an exhibition of affordable art featuring the works of about 50 artists from Calcutta and Santiniketan. Till July 30 (except Sundays) at Gallery Kanishka's , 2/1 Hindusthan Road, 11 am - 8 pm: Confronting Masters – an exhibition of paintings featuring the works of Paritosh Sen, F. N. Souza, Ram Kumar, Amit Ambalal, Ganesh Pyne, Kartick Pyne Ganesh Haloi, Rabin Mandal and Shyamal Datta Ray. Till July 31 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road, #6550 8418; 11 am - 7 pm: In the Realms of Fantasy, — works by Sanatan Dinda, Prokash Karmakar, Suhas Roy, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Sibsaday, Samir Paul, Subrata Pal, Gouran-go Beshai, Bratin Khan, Kamalaksha Gangopadhyay, Ramananda Bandyopadhyay and others. Till July 31 (except Sundays) at Ganges Art Gallery, 33A Jatin Das Road, #2465 3212; 11 am - 7 pm: Installation Photographs Video Art. Participating artists: Jayashree Chakravarty, Aditya Basak, Chhatrapati Dutta, Paula Sengupta, Sanjeet Chowdhury, Debnath Basu, Tapati Chowdhury and Adip Dutta. Curated by Jayashree Chakravarty.

DRAMA

July 2 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Spandan IPTA presents Anticlock, written and directed by Sangram Guha. July 2 at Tapan Theatre; 6.30 pm: Niva Arts and Lok-krishti presents Krishna Gahwar. Drama, direction & acting: Bratya Basu. July 2 & 3 at Gyan Manch; 7 pm: Playhouse, a student performance group, presents its first theatrical production, Boomerang. The cast includes students from several city schools. July 3 at Sisir Mancha; 6.30 pm: Nat-Peeth presents Janani Baisha. Drama & direction: Manab Brata Mukhopadhyay. July 3 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Taki Natyam presents its latest production, Good Morning Nishikanta. Drama & direction: Ramaprasad Banik. July 3 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Charbak presents Chalo Patol Tuli. Drama, music & direction: Arindam Ganguly. July 4 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Pratyay presents Girish Karnad’s Nagmandal. Adaptation: Swapan Majumdar. Dir: Tapas Singha. July 4 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Natadha presents Tagore’s Rakta-Karabi, directed by Shib Mukhopadhyay. July 4 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.45 pm: Ajantrik presents Bhusindir Mathey. Story: Parasuram. Direction: Sujit Chatterjee. July 5 at Academy of Fine Arts & July 6 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.45 pm: Gandhar presents Kachher Manush, a play by Dr Sirish Atawala, directed by Gautam Haldar. Translated by Kamal Sanyal and Bijoylakshmi Barman.

PERFORMING ARTS

July 4 at Kala Kunj; 5 pm: The students of Pankaj Mullick Academy of Music & Art present Tapur Tupur, celebrating monsoon with Rabindrasangeet, Bengali Adhunik, Bengali and Hindi film songs and melodies of Pankaj Mullick along with orchestral presentation and dances. July 6 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6 pm: Bhavna Records and cassettes presents an evening of Tagore songs and dance-drama. Participants: Chandana Chowdhury, Mrinmoy Roy and Enakshi Chattopadhyay in solo recitals, and chorus by the artistes of Sunandan. Also, dance-drama Shyama, to be presented by Madhuri (Santiniketan) under the direction of Swastika Mukhopadhyay.

TALK

July 2 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 6 pm: Swami Shastrajnanandaya will speak on Vivek Chudayamoni. July 2 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Bhupendra Nath Seal will speak in English on Swami Vivekananda: His Quest of Freedom. July 2 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Buddhatmananda will speak in Bengali on Bani O Bichar. July 2 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 7.15 pm: Swami Jitatmanandaji Maharaj will speak on Worship of Kali by Sri Ramakrishna Deva.

PHOTOGRAPHS

Till July 2 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Sentre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road; 2 pm - 8 pm: Under Development: Singur, an exhibition of photographs that make an attempt to show the real and far-reaching consequences of development in a place where, for generations, there has been no alternative to agriculture as a means of livelihood. Till July 19 at Galerie 88, 28B Shakespeare Sarani; #2290 2274: Mark Him (Second Half) — a project on Indian football by Riyas Komu.

EXHIBITION

Till July 3 at Ice Skating Rink; 10 am - 8 pm: Aakarshan 2008, an exhibition-cum-sale in aid of charities. Featuring renowned designers and artists showcasing their exemplary craft in an eclectic mix of fashion and art of India. Organised by Inner Wheel Club of Calcutta Mahanagar. Till July 6 at Shoppers Stop, Elgin Road, City Centre & South City Mall: Rims & Dials — the sunglasses and watches fest.

WORKSHOP

July 2 at Pailan World School; 10 am - 2 pm: Eminent music composer Debjyoti Mishra conducts a music workshop. July 2 onwards at Kornash, The Lifestyle Management School: Anger Management Course. Details with Alka Lohia, #98300 32232 (10 am - 5 pm). July 5 onwards at Mad Science Activity Centre, B 184 Survey Park: Mad Science of Kolkata offers two after school science-enrichment programmes for children (6 yrs to 12 yrs). The programmes are in eight-week modules and will be held every Saturday. For details, call #2416 4342, 98306 27921 or visit www.madscienceofkolkata.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

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