Expedition through art Showcasing the works of five members of the Ash family, Journey Continues, the ongoing exhibition of paintings, presents a range of art works spanning over six decades. Tracing the evolution of art over the years in terms of theme and style, it offers valuable visual evidence of the dominant trends of artistic expression in each generation. Expounding a frank desire to convey the value of uncompromising artistic sincerity, the paintings of Gobardhan Ash (a painting by him appears right) are conceptual in nature, demonstrating eloquent mastery over diverse styles, techniques and mediums. Displaying equal competency in both material and abstract art, Nirban Ash uses the colour black in prolific measures as a symbolic tool. Deborshi Ash paints figurative themes, with lonely women symbolising freedom in his paintings. The creative genius of Jyotirmoy Ash finds expression in geometrical forms and structure. The works of young artist Chinmoy Ash reveal an interesting blend of impressionism and expressionism. Event: An exhibition of paintings by the five artists of the Ash family When: Till May 10; 1 pm - 7.30 pm Where: Tejas Art Gallery, 11 Mayfair Road, ground floor

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Till May 5 at Mon Art Gallery, 6 Hungerford Street, Regency, 3rd floor, #22895438; 11.30 am - 7 pm: Shizen, an exhibition of recent paintings by Prabir Sen, Krishnendu Chaki and Nilanjan Banerjee. Till May 5 at Gallery with Difference, Avishek Point, 2nd floor, 152 S.P. Mukherjee Road: Black and White Lines, an exhibition of paintings by Nabyendu Chatterjee. Till May 5 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm - 8 pm: The fifth group exhibition of Trayee, a group of young artists. Participants: Soumya K. Chakraborty, Supriya Polley, Sukanta Bakshi, Mrinmoy Mondal, Chanchal Khan, Chandan Bhowmick and Shivkumar R. Pundkar. May 5 - 11 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Gallery Exposure presents Fantasy in Reality, an exhibition of paintings by Jahar Dasgupta. Inauguration today at 5 pm by Russi Mody. May 5 at Chemould Art Gallery; 6 pm: Inauguration of an exhibition of paintings by Mihir Maitra. The show continues till May 10. Till May 7 at Emami Tower, ECA, EM Bypass, 687 Anandapur; 11 am - 7 pm: Emami Chisel art presents the art expo, Art Now - A Glimpse, an exposition of 10 contemporary artists’ works. Till May 9 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road, #6550 8418; 10.30 am - 6.30 pm: Figurative Expressions, an exhibition of the works by Kamalaksha Gangopadhyay, Sanatan Dinda, Subrata Pal, Shyamal Mukherjee, Prakash Karmakar, Suhas Roy, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Sibsaday Chaudhuri, Gourango Beshai, Bratin Khan and Ramananda Bandyopadhyay. Till May 10 at Tejas Art Gallery, 11 Mayfair Road, #98300 49825; 1 pm - 7.30 pm: Journey Continues — an exhibition of paintings by Gobardhan Ash, Nirban Ash, Deborshi Ash, Jyotirmoy Ash and Chinmoy Ash. Till May 10 at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road; 11 am - 7 pm: The Street, an exhibition of paintings by Yusuf Arrakel. Till May 12 at Halo Heritage, 26 Ritchie Road, near Maddox Square, #98300 50568; 12 noon - 9 pm: Oil paintings on canvas by Hari Sadhan Dey. Till May 15 (except Sundays and public holidays) at Gallery K2, 35 Lansdowne Terrace; 11 am - 7 pm: Beyond Figuration, an exhibition of works by Sunando Basu, Vishal Bhand, Susmit Biswas and Shilajit Ghosh. Till May 15 at Genesis Art Gallery, 8B Middleton Street, #2229 3886; 2 pm - 7.30 pm: Endless Resonances — an exhibition of recent paintings by Ajay De, Amit Bhar, Ashish Gupta, Asit Kumar Patnaik, Arpan Bhowmick, Arunabha Karmakar, Bhagat Singh, Bratin Khan, Dewashish Mukherjee, Dhananjay Mukherjee, Dipankar Chanda, Gautam Mukherjee, Gosto Kumar, Hari Sadhan Dey, Harish Kumar, Jyotirmoy Ash, Jiban Biswas, K. Salve, Nitya Kundu, Nishit Dey, Priyanka Gupta, Prithvi Soni, Pulak Ghosh, Rajesh R, Saptarshi Naskar, Sanatan Dinda, Sangita Pathak, Shyamal Mukherjee, Shubhamita Dinda, Sekhar Roy, Subhendu Kumar Porel, Sukanta Das, Subrata Das, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Sudip Roy and T. Vaikuntham. Till May 17 (weekdays) at Masters Collection Art Gallery, G7 Malayalay Apts, 3 Woodburn Park Road; 11 am - 7 pm: Stretch of Imagination: A show of exclusive artworks by 30 well-known artists. Till May 25 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road, #2455 6942/43; 2 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of the works by Somnath Hore.

DRAMA

May 5 at Academy of Fine Arts; 7 pm: Ensemble presents Mahesh Elkunchwar’s Sonata, a play in Indian English. Designed, directed and performed by Sohag Sen. May 6 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Taki Natyam will stage its latest play, Good Morning Nishikanta. Drama & direction: Ramaprasad Banik. May 6 at Madhusudan Mancha & May 9 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Renaissance presents its latest production, Gardish (Hindi). Direction: Avinash Gupta. May 7 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Theatre Workshop presents its latest production, Bhagaban Ja Karen Ta. Drama & direction: Ashok Mukhopadhyay. May 8 at Padatik’s Buildwell Theatre; 7 pm: On the occasion of Rabindra Jayanti, Little Thespian presents Katha Collage-3, consisting of two of Tagore’s short stories to be presented in two languages. Featuring Shesher Ratri (Bengali) and Duraasha (Urdu). Design & direction: Uma Jhunjhunwala. May 9 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Shohan presents Helmet, written by Rajat Ghosh and directed by Anish Ghosh. May 11 at Mukta Angan Rangalaya; 6.30 pm: Shouvanik presents Fakka, directed by Chandan Das. Drama: Ashok Basu.

TALK

May 5 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6.15 pm: Swami Ritananda will speak in Bengali on Sri Sri Ramakrishna Lilaprasanga. May 5 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Prof. Amalendu Chakraborty will speak in Bengali on Paschatye Swami Abhedananda.

PERFORMING ARTS

May 8 at Science City auditorium; 6.30 pm: Indo Occidental Symbiosis and Juhu Cultural Association, Mumbai present Tagore’s Pancha Kanya featuring Kavita Krishnamurthy, Lopamudra Mitra, Sreeradha Bandyopadhyay, Shraboni Sen and Rezwana Choudhury Banya. Compere: Soumitra Chatterjee and Dhritiman Chatterji. May 9 at Science City auditorium; 6.30 pm: Indo Occidental Symbiosis and Juhu Cultural Association, Mumbai present Tagore’s Pancha Putra featuring Nachiketa, Srikanto Acharya, Rupankar, Saheb Chatterjee and Fahim Hussain Chowdhury. Compere: Sreela Majumder and Chaiti Ghosal. May 10 at Bharat Sevashram Sangha, Ballygunge; 6 pm: Bharat Sevashram and Srisundaram present an evening of Indian classical concert featuring Pandit Shyam Sundar Goswami, Ustad Sabir Khan and Ustad Roshan Ali.

FILM SHOW

May 5, 6, 7, 8 & 12 at Gorky Sadan; 6.30 pm: Cinema of Love at the Time of War, dedicated to the 68th anniversary of the victory over fascism in 1941-45. Organised by Eisenstein Cine Club. Today: Nest in the Wind (Estonia), directed by Olev Neuland.

PHOTOGRAPHS

Till May 6 at Gaganendra Shilpa Pradarshashala; 2 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of photographs on nature presented by Focus Five. Participating photographers: Surajit Hari, Subrata Das, Subhas Dutta, Somnath Ghosh and Amlan Dutta. Till May 30 (except Sundays) at Gallery Kanishka’s, 2/1 Hindusthan Road; 11 am - 8 pm: Portraits of a Director — an exhibition of photographs on Satyajit Ray by Asit Poddar. May 6 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6 pm: Well-known photo-artist Benu Sen will inaugurate an exhibition of photographs by the members of Photographic Association of Bengal. The show will continue till May 12 between 3 pm and 8 pm

VARIETY

May 6 at Sisir Mancha; 6 pm: Sunil-dar Sangey Aarai Ghanta, an evening with litterateur Sunil Gangopadhyay. Participants: Swati Gangopadhyay, Soumitra Mitra, Bratati Bandyopadhyay, Rabin Majumdar, Nupur Basu, Sumantra Sengupta, Sovan Sundar Basu, Partha Mukhopadhyay, Siddhartha Mukhopadhyay, Biswajit Mondal, Tandra Biswas, Snigdha Mitra, Chandan Bhattacharya, Sayani Mukherjee, Madhumita Basu, Sulagna Basu, Partha Ghosh, Gouri Ghosh, Pradip Ghosh and Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya.

FESTIVAL

May 5 - 10 at Sankara Hall, 93 Southern Avenue: Sankara Hall and Sankara Institute of Philosophy & Culture hosts Adi Sankarachartya Jayanthi, a series of events to commemorate the advent of the great savant of Indian spiritualism, Adi Sankara. There will be a congregation of Vedic scholars and intellectuals. Today, 6 pm - 8 pm: Inauguration of Sankara Jayanthi celebrations; invocation song, Vedic chanting, stotra chanting, talk on Adi Sankaracharya by Dr Dhirendra Nath Banerji, S. Janakiraman.

WORKSHOP

May 7 onwards at Proscenium Art Centre: Theatrecian hosts a 10-day workshop personality enhancement theatre workshop for school and college students. The certified course includes theatre and film acting, public speaking, play reading, voice modulation, creative writing, introduction to journalism, and critical appreciation on theatre and cinema. Registration on May 5 and 6. Details at # 98302 41007.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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