Eclectic images Bringing together contrasting individual styles that make for a delightful visual experience, Contemporary Perspectives, the ongoing exhibition of paintings, can also lend itself to serious study. Featuring still, figurative and abstract works, it offers an interesting mix that provides enough intellectual stimulus to the discerning art lover. Modern in theme and style of presentation, the works on show, nonetheless, make use of traditional symbolism. Animesh Nandi (a painting by him appears above) has portrayed a young woman with masterly skill. Though realistic, his faces appear enveloped in a halo of spirituality that gives them an ethereal and illusory quality. Biswajit Saha’s life-like painting of a woman with a garland around her neck, attracts attention for its contrasting bright background. Tapas Konar, Atin Basak, Suman Roy and Asit Poddar are all unique in their stylistic treatment and subject interpretations. Soumitra Kar’s still-life representation of a vase reflects his preference for colliding conflicting perspectives. Event: An exhibition of paintings by a group of artists When: Till January 10 (except Sunday), 11 am - 8 pm Where: Gallery Kanishka’s, 2/1 Hindustan Road

art

Till January 5 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: An art exhibition by five artists as homage to Bikash Bhattacharya. Till January 5 at Shrimati Art Gallery, 4 Elgin Road: An exhibition of oil paintings by Dr Pratap Chandra Chunder. Till January 6 at Anant Art Gallery, 11A Alipore Road; 11 am - 7 pm: In A Lyrical Vein, paintings by Ram Lal Dhar. Till January 6 at Galerie 88, 28B Shakespeare Sarani; 3 pm - 7 pm: Black and Beyond Space, paintings by Bibekananda Santra. Till January 6 at Spandan Art Gallery, 87 Park Street; 10 am - 7 pm: Celebration, paintings by Keshav Roy, Anirban Seth, Anada Das and Rajashree Chatterjee.

drama

Till January 5 at Sarat Sadan, Howrah & January 6 at Academy of Fine Arts: Ninth Dwandwik Natyotsav. Today at 5 pm: Salkia Balika Vidyalaya O Shilpasram presents Kshirer Putul and at 6.30 pm: Charbak presents Chalo Patal Tuli. Dir: Arindam Ganguli. January 4 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Rang Roop presents Mukhosh Nritya. Dir: Seema Mukherjee. January 4 at Madhusudan Mancha & January 7 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Sayak presents its latest production Dildaar. Dir: Meghnad Bhattacharya. January 5 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Sundaram presents its latest production, Ranger Haat. Drama and direction: Manoj Mitra. January 5 at Bharatiyam Cultural Multiplex, IB-201 Salt Lake; 6 pm: EZCC’s monthly theatre show features Atahkim Mahayuddha, presented by Chokh. Dir: Abhijit Kar Gupta. January 6 at Girish Mancha; 6 pm: Kasba Arghya presents Bharat Katha. Dir: Manish Mitra. January 6 & 7 at Padatik’s Buildwell Theatre; 6.30 pm: Padatik presents its latest production, Madhavi (Hindi). Dir: Shyamanand Jalan.

performing arts

January 4 at Sisir Mancha; 6 pm: Aarohan presents an evening of Indian classical music with Tarun Nayak (sarod) & Subhankar Banerjee (tabla) and Ajay Ray (sitar) & Arup Chattapadhyay (tabla). January 5 at Bhavan’s Sports Complex, Salt Lake; 4 pm: Inauguration of centenary celebration of Karmayogi Shri Giridharilal Mehta and silver jubilee celebration of Bhavan’s Gangabux Kanoria Vidyamandir features invocation and welcome dance followed by welcome address and felicitation to guests. At 6 pm: Bhajan Sandhya by Vani Jairam and party. January 5 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 5 pm: Nimagna Kathak Dance Institute presents an evening of Indian classical music and dance. Featuring Naresh Mukherjee (pakhawaj recital), Sunando Mukherjee (sarod recital), Sayanee Chavda Banerjee (Kathak recital) and kathak dance by young students of the institute. January 5 at Gyan Manch; 5.30 pm: Odissi Dancer’s Forum of Kolkata presents Parampara, an Odissi dance festival featuring Rukmini Mukherjee, Rajnita Banerjee, Romi Das Gupta, Sayantani Ghosh, Soumita Mukherjee and others. January 7 at Science City auditorium; 6 pm: In celebration of the Grammy nomination of their recent album The Golden Strings of Sarode, a concert featuring duet by sarod maestro Ustad Aashish Khan and tabla wizard Ustad Zakir Hussain. January 11 at Gyan Manch; 6 pm: Bhavna presents an evening of Kathak featuring Madhumita Ray and her students.

talk

January 4 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 6 pm: Dr Bhupendranath Sil will discourse on Sri Sri Ramakrishna Punthi. January 4 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Samshuddhananda will speak in Bengali on Srimad-Bhagavad. January 4 at Oxford Bookstore; 6.30 pm: Prof Subrata Dasgupta will speak on The Bengal Renaissance: Identity and Creativity from Rammohun Roy to Rabindranath Tagore.

seminar

January 4 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 5.30 pm: Opening of three-day national seminar on Exploring Harmony among Religious Traditions in India.

celebration

Till January 7 at Sri Aurobindo Institute of Culture, 3 Regent Park: Aspiration 2007, 32nd anniversary celebrations of Sri Aurobindo Institute of Culture, featuring (today at 6.30 pm) a musical rendering in tribute to Sri Aurobindo and Sree Maa by santoor maestro Pt Tarun Bhattacharya.

memorial meet

January 4 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 6 pm: A meet reminiscing the lives and contributions of renowned painters, Satyen Ghosal and Bikash Bhattacharjee.

photographs

Till January 7 at Boi-Chitra, College Street Coffee House, 3rd floor; 3 pm - 8 pm: Photographs on Calcutta by Arun Gangopadhyay.

exhibition

Till January 15 at Design, 108 Raja Basanta Roy Road; 11 am - 7.30 pm: Paramita Viswanathan presents a hand-picked collection of south Indian silks and tasars and silks in floral and geometric designs.

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