Landscape art in India Aesthetic theories in the West as well as in the East gave the highest status to works that required the most imagination from artists. In the West this was history painting, but in East it was imaginary landscape. A major contrast between landscape painting in the West and the East has been that while in the West it occupied a low position in the accepted hierarchy of genres till the 19th century, in the East the classic Chinese mountain-water ink painting was the most prestigious form of visual art. However, with the invention of photography in the 19th century, landscape painting became the “chief artistic creation” of Europe, as well as its “dominant art”, with the result that in the following period, people assumed that the appreciation of natural beauty and the painting of landscape were a normal and enduring part of spiritual activity. Underlying artistic ways to convert the complexity of landscape to an idea were four fundamental approaches: an acceptance of descriptive symbols, a curiosity about the facts of nature, the creation of fantasy to allay deep-rooted fears of nature, and the belief in a Golden Age of harmony and order, which might be retrieved. In the following century, artists engaged themselves with one or two, sometimes all four, of these criteria while composing their thoughts and visions in line and colour. Art of the Land & Land in Art (Part 1) aims to showcase such activities as practised in India during the last 100 years. A total of 80 artworks by 40 artists from Jamini Roy and Hemendranath Majumdar to young artists like Sanjay Bhattacharya and Jyotirmoy De are on display. Curator: Arun Ghose. Event: Art works by 40 artists of India over the last 100 years When: Till August 14 (except Sunday); 11 am - 7 pm, Monday: 2 pm - 7 pm Where: Galerie 88, 28B Shakespeare Sarani

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. Till August 14 (except Sundays & public holidays) at Studio 21, 17L Dover Terrace, #2486 6735; Mondays: 3 pm - 7 pm, Tuesdays - Saturdays: 11 am - 7 pm: Monsoon Mix — an exhibition of prints and sculptures. Featuring works by Gauri, Sourav Chatterjee, Sougata Das, Sambaran Das, Goutam Khamaru, Sujit Karmakar, Anup Mondal, Sayak Mitra, Harish Ojha, Sunil Chandra Paul, Anand Prakash, Hemant Rao, Satyadheer Singh and Rahul B. Wagh. August 4 at Aakriti Art Gallery, 12/3A Hungerford Street, 22893027; 6 pm: Inauguration of Transcending Popular Paintings of P.R. Narvekar. The show will continue till August 28, except Sundays, between 12 noon and 7 pm. Till August 4 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South ‘B’ Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exposition of visual art by Pradip Muhuri, Saptarshi Das, Bivas Bhattacharjee and Susant Nayak. Till August 4 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Prakash Maji and Prateep Ghosh. Till August 4 at Academy of Fine Arts, Central Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings and sculptures by a gro Till August 5 at Ganges Art Gallery, 33A Jatin Das Road, #24653212; 11 am - 7 pm: In Search of the Exquisite — contemporary miniature art from Pakistan. Till August 8 at Shree Art Gallery, 11 Gurusaday Road, Kusum Apartment, Flat no. 61, #30222040; 3 pm - 7 pm: Monsoon Melodies — an exhibition of paintings by renowned artists. Till August 8 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 4 pm - 8 pm: Reflection presents a group show of paintings and sculptures. Participating artists: Sanjib Sen, Sanjay Das, Dipak Roy, Manik Kandar, Rajib Mitra, Indranil Ghosh, Ananda Das, Bibhas Baidya, Subhas Roy, Sharmistha Roy, Lakshman Bagdi and Chanchal Krishna Dey. Till August 10 (except Saturdays) at Galerie la Mère, 3 Regent Park, #24712612; 4 pm - 8 pm: Sri Aurobindo Institute of Culture presents Voice of Freedom, a group exhibition of paintings and drawings by well-known artists. Curated by Jogen Chowdhury. Till August 10 (except Sunday) at Eye on Art Gallery, 3 Pretoria Street, Chandrakunj Building, 2nd floor; 4 pm - 8 pm: The first solo exhibition of paintings by Probal Banerjee. Till August 16 at Art Walk, South City Mall; 12 noon - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Subrata Ghosh. Till September 4 (except Sundays) at Experimenter, 2/1 Hindusthan Road, #4001 2289 / 2463 0465; 11 am - 7 pm: This is Unreal, a contemporary art exhibition by Raqs Media Collective, Susanta Mandal and Yamini Nayar.

drama

August 4 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Pratikriti presents Manik Bandyopadhyay’s Padma Nadir Majhi. Performance: Shyamal Sarkar, Parthapratim Deb and Chhanda Chatterjee. Direction: Alok Deb. August 4 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Aneek presents Lal Ghasey Neel Ghora. Drama: Mikhail Shatrov. Adaptation: Amalesh Chakraborty. Direction: Malay Biswas. August 5 at Sisir Mancha; 6.30 pm: Little Thespian presents Katha Collage comprising four stories: Shesher Ratri by Rabindranath Tagore, Bade Bhaisahab by Premchand, Bajjia Tum Kyon Roti Ho by Prof. Muzaffar Hanafi, and Suiyonwali Bibi by Iqbal Majid. Design & direction: Uma Jhunjhunwala. August 6 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Shohan will stage the satiric play, Helmet, written by Rajat Ghosh and directed by Anish Ghosh. August 7 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Naye Natua presents two plays: Missed Call (play: Debshankar Halder; direction: Goutam Halder; acting: Goutam Halder, Debshankar Halder and Dyuti Ghosh) and Borda Borda (direction & acting: Goutam Halder).

PERFORMING ARTS

August 4 at Sisir Mancha; 5 pm: Sonartari Kalakendra presents Sraban Hoye Phirey Aele, an evening of Tagore song and recitation. Participants: Srabani Sen, Manomoy Bhattacharya, Subrata Sengupta, Suchhanda Ghosh, Shikha Dutta, Moushumi Karmakar, Koyel Adhikari, Madhuchhanda Chakraborty, Madhuchhanda Ghatak, Uma Mukhopadhyay, Uma Ghosh, Sutapa Haldar, Bijoydev Bandyopadhyay, Kaberi Dasgupta, Basabi Bagchi, Seema Ghosh and Srikumar Dikshit in songs; and Debashis Mitra, Ishita Das Adhikary, Swapan Ghosh, Mahua Das and Debashis Haldar in recitation. August 4 at Rabindra Sadan; 5.30 pm: Geetayan Sangeet Academy presents Tagore songs by Srabani Sen, Suman Panthi and Debasree Biswas, and shruti-natak by Sudipto Biswas and Sushmita Roy. August 5 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Dakghar presents an evening of Tagore songs featuring Manoj Murali Nair and Manisha Murali Nair. August 8 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6 pm: Bhavna presents Biswa Jatri Rabindranath, a programme of Tagore songs that the Poet had composed while he was abroad. Reading by Sugato Basu and songs by Pramita Mallick. Tickets at hall (11 am - 6 pm) or call 24557845.

drama FESTIVAL

August 6 at Kala Mandir; 2.30 pm onwards: The Annual Inter School Drama Festival hosted by British Council and Central School of Speech and Drama. Six schools — Sri Shikshayatan, Bidya Bharati Girls, Birla High Boys, Techno India Group Public School, St Helen’s School, and Army Public School — will be competing for the finals. The schools will each present a 20-minute performance with a 15-member cast.

PHOTOGRAPHY

Till August 6 at the Art Gallery of Bhasha Bhavan; 10 am - 5 pm: An exhibition of photographs on Acharya Prafulla Chandra Roy on the occasion of his 150th birth anniversary.

TALK

August 4 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 6 pm: Swami Gunamayananda will speak on Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita. August 4 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6.15 pm: Swami Sarvabhutananda will speak in Bengali on Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita. August 4 at Ramakrishna Mancha, Ramakrishna Mission Swami Vivekananda’s Ancestral House and Cultural Centre, 3 Gour Mohan Mukherjee Street; 7 pm: Swami Ritananda will speak on Geetar Aloke. August 4 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19A&B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Buddhatmananda will speak on Bani O Bichar. August 4 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra; 7 pm: Bishnupada Jana will speak on Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita Prasanga.

EXHIBITION

Till August 7 at Sasha shop, 27 Mirza Ghalib Street; 10 am - 7 pm; Sunday (10 am - 1 pm): Sasha presents Out of Africa — African artefacts including a wide range of musical instruments, masks and other interesting crafts. Till August 14 (except Tuesday) at Halo Heritage Art Shop, #24190133; 12 noon - 8 pm: Bastra — exhibition of an exclusive range of traditional textiles.

WORKSHOP

August 4, 6 & 8 at AWE Fitness, 1B Circus Row, Bombay Mercantile Bank Building, 3rd floor; 6 pm - 8 pm: Kettlebell workshop to be conducted by Anwar Wahhab. Fot registration, call 96743 45923. August 7 at 8 Camac Street, Shantiniketan Building; 4 pm - 6 pm: Zee Institute of Creative Arts (ZICA) is organising a workshop on drawing cartoons. For registration, call 22820123 / 9331720675. August 7 at Objet D’ Art, 14/1B Palm Avenue; 11 am - 5 pm: Workshop on precious & semi-precious stones, jewellery designing and manufacturing. For details, call 9831200077.

QUIZ

August 7 at Lake Friends Swimming Club, Gol Park; 4.15 pm: Sportslight 2010, an open sports quiz. QM - Indranil Mukherjee (92319 93632). Registration starts at 3.45 pm. Entry fee for 3-member teams: Rs100. No entry fee for students upto class X.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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