Life after war Written during legendary French existentialist philosopher-author Jean Paul Sartre’s most creative period just after World War II, The Aftermath of War is a collection of fascinating writings covering post-war America, the social impact of the war in Europe, contemporary philosophy, race and avant garde art. Its essays range across Sartre’s reflections on collaboration, resistance and liberation in post-war Europe, his thoughts and observations after his extended trip to the US in 1945, an examination of the failings of philosophical materialism, his analysis of the new revolutionary poetry of “negritude,” and his meditations on the visual arts, with essays on the work of Giacometti and Calder, both of whom Sartre knew well. This evening, Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi will launch Chris Turner’s translation of the book. To be followed by a dramatised reading of excerpts from it by Jayant Kriplani. Hosted by Seagull Books. Event: Launch of Jean-Paul Sartre’s The Aftermath of War followed by reading When: Today at 6.30 pm Where: Kala Kunj (Kala Mandir basement)

art

November 5 at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road, #24484925/24497931; 6.30 pm: Inauguration of Beyond the Dark — Recent works: Mixed Media and Sculptures by Shuvaprasanna. On view till November 29 (except Sunday), 11 am to 8 pm. Till November 5 at Artists Circle, 46 Circus Avenue, #2283 3176; 2 pm - 7 pm: Different Approach — an exhibition of Rita Rakshit’s works. November 5 - 20 at Anant Art Gallery, 18A Alipore Road; 11 am - 7 pm: Fieldsoflabour — an exhibition of paintings by Pradeep I. Mishra. Till November 8 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Sudhangsu. Till November 8 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Symphony in Space — a group show of paintings by Budhaditya Biswas, Kanika Biswas and Sukla Bhaumik. Till November 8 at Galerie Karma, P-505 Keyatala Road, #2463 6731/32; 11 am - 7 pm: Chandak — an exhibition of paintings and sculptures by master artists Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, Jogen Chowdhury, Partha Pratim Deb and Manas Roy, and contemporary artists Anjan Bhattacharya, Bageshree Dutta, Atanu Pramanik, Saswati Sengupta, Kaushik Bhowmik, Pratyusha Mukherjee, Sudipta Basu, Raj Rishi Mukherjee and Debashish Dhar. Till November 9 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 4th floor, AC Gallery; 4 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of wood engraving prints by Chandan Das. Till November 10 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery, 55 Gariahat Road, #2475 2275, 2461 8812; 3 pm - 8 pm: Of Unheard Melodies and Choreographed Dreams — an exhibition of Arun Goswami’s recent paintings in oil. Till November 10 (except Sunday) at Akar Prakar, P-238 Hindustan Park, #2464 2617; 2 pm - 7 pm: Missed Call — an exhibition of recent works by C. Douglas. Till November 10 at Silpi Art Gallery, 32A Judges Court Road, #2479 2004; 1 pm - 8 pm: Spiritual Quest in Colour — an exhibition which attempts to capture the spiritual and aesthetic insight of a number of contemporary artists. Curated by Prasanta Daw. Till November 10 at The Halo Heritage Art Gallery, 26 Ritchie Road, #2419 0133; 2 pm - 8 pm: Durga, the Icon — an exhibition of paintings and sculptures by well-known artists. Till November 10 (except Sunday) at Tejas Gallery, 11 Mayfair Road, #4007 6042; 1 pm - 7.30 pm: Devi-II — Twenty-five artists’ impressions of Goddess Durga. Till November 14 at Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts, 94 Ballygunge Place, #2460 4245; 11 am - 7 pm: Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts presents Glasscapes — its first anniversary show of glass sculptures, paintings, photography and object d’art. Participating artists: Debashish Chakraborty, Tandra Chanda, Sanjeet Chowdhury, Partha Pratim Deb, Chhatrapati Dutta, Srila Mukherjee, Shyamal Mukherjee, Chandrashekhar Patil, Anuj Kumar Poddar, Suhas Roy, Ketaki Roy Choudhury, Sisir Sahana, Katayun Saklat, Sk. Sahajahan and Foram Thakore. Till November 15 at Masters Collection Art Gallery, G7 Malayalay Apts, 3 Woodburn Park Road, #3058 4060/62; 11 am - 7 pm (weekdays): Larger Perspective, a show of large format contemporary artworks by eminent artists. Till November 16 at The Promenade Lounge, Taj Bengal; 10 am - 11 pm: A solo exhibition of recent works by Kanchanmala Ghosh. The artist will be painting live from 3 pm to 6 pm. Till November 16 (except Monday) at Spectrum Art Gallery, 4 Lake West Road, Santoshpur; 2 pm - 8 pm: Rainbow — an exhibition of paintings and sculptures by eminent masters and contemporary artists. Till November 19 (except Mondays & November 13) at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, #2466 6802/2843; 3 pm - 8 pm: Nature Invited — an exhibition of sculptures by Manik Talukdar. Till November 22 (except Sunday) at Galerie 88, 28B Shakespeare Sarani, #2290 2274; 11 am - 7 pm; Monday (2 pm - 7 pm): Recent works by Chandra Bhattacharjee. Till November 23 at Gallery Kolkata, 41 Shakespeare Sarani, Duckback House, 2nd floor, #2287 3377; 11 am - 7 pm: An exhibition of creative art furniture, installation and sculptures. Till November 24 at Shree Art Gallery, 11 Gurusaday Road, Kusum Apartment, Flat no. 63, #30222040: Festive Hues, an exhibition of paintings by well-known artists. Till November 25 at Genesis Art Gallery, 8B Middleton Street, #2229 3886/2837; 2 pm - 7 pm: A solo exhibition of paintings by Phalguni Dasgupta. Till November 28 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road, #6550 8418; 10.30 am - 6.30 pm: The Voices of the Canvas — an exhibition of the works of 20 well-known artists. Till November 30 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road (#24556942/43) and at 46 Satish Mukherjee Road (near Rashbehari crossing); 2 pm - 8 pm: The Seagull Foundation for the Arts presents Suranjan Basu: A Retrospective, an exhibition of Basu’s works (1957-2002).

art AUCTION

Till November 8 at Emami Chisel Art, Emami Tower, 687 Anandapur, EM Bypass: Auction of Indian contemporary and modern art. The preview and online bidding culminates on November 8 with a floor auction. Works of M.F. Husain, Paritosh Sen, Somnath Hore, Ganesh Haloi, Kartick Chandra Pyne, F.N. Souza, Bikash Bhattacharjee, K.G. Subramanyan and Jogen Chowdhury, amongst others, will go under the hammer. Email: contact@emamichisel.com

DRAMA

November 5 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Drishyapat presents Aguner Barnamala. Performance: Deb Shankar Halder and Rita Dutta Chakraborty. Direction: Anirban Bhattacharya. November 6 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Nandikar presents its latest production, Ajnatobaas. Cast: Sohini Sengupta, Sumana Mukherjee, Swatilekha Sengupta, Sumanta Gangopadhyay, Swajan Srijan Mukherjee and Rudraprasad Sengupta. Directorial adviser: Rudraprasad Sengupta. Direction: Sumanta Gangopadhyay. November 6 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Spandan IPTA presents Anticlock, written and directed by Sangram Guha. November 8 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Pratikriti will stage Manik Bandyopadhyay’s Padma Nadir Majhi. Drama, music & direction: Aalok Deb. November 9 at Padatik’s Buildwell Theatre, 6/7 AJC Bose Road; 7 pm: Little Thespian will stage Katha Collage-4 consisting of two stories: Do Pahar (translated version of Ismail Choonara’s Afternoon) and Ishq Par Zor... (by Prof. Muzaffar Hanfi). Design & direction: Uma Jhunjhunwala.

PERFORMING ARTS

November 5 & 6 at Sujata Sadan, Hazra Road; 6 pm: Himaghna Smriti Sangeet Protiva presents a two-day classical music programme. Today: Santosh Bandopadhyay (surbahar), Sudip Chattopadhyay (violin), and a sitar duet featuring Shyamal Chattapadhyay and Alex Strogonav.

PHOTOGRAPHS

n Till November 23 (except Sunday) at Ganges Art Gallery, 33A Jatin Das Road, #2465 3212; 11 am - 7 pm: Patterns — an exhibition of photographs by Susan Aurinko, Sanjeet Chowdhury, Anirban Das Mahapatra, Gaurav Gangwar, Naquib Hossain, Naveen Kishore, Ameet Mallapur, Mrinal Mandal, Deepak Tandon and Ian Umeda.

INTERACTIVE SESSION

November 5 at ICC Towers, 4 India Exchange Place; 11 am: Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) presents an interactive session on Growth of Indian Steel Industry and Various Other Opportunities in India with Pradip Kumar Amat, hon’ble minister of state (independent charge) for Steel & Mines, Government of Orissa.

FILM SHOW

Till November 5 at Max Mueller Bhavan: Sixth Kalpanirjhar International Short Fiction Film Festival. Today at 3 pm: Short & Sweet-II — animation films from Germany: _grau (_grey), Weiss (White), Mr Schwartz, Mr Hazen & Mr Horlocker, Quercus, Drei Grazien (The Three Graces), Jeanne, à petis pas... (Jeanne, Step by Step...), and Unser Mann in Nirwana (Our Man in Nirvana). At 4.15 pm: Capalbio 2008 at Kalpanirjahr — a selection: Reise zum Wald (A Journey through the Forest) / Germany, Alene Menn Sammen (Lonely Together) / Norway, Smafuglar (Two Birds) / Iceland, Il cuoro all’improvviso (Miranda’s Journey) / Italy, El estrado del miedo (The State of Fear) / Argentina, and La deuxieme vie du sucrier (The Second Life of the Sugar Bowl) / France. At 6.30 pm: GenNext-III - International selections from Film Schools: Dhin Tak Dha / India, L.H.O / Germany, Video 3000 / Germany, Wunderlich Privat / Germany, and Haravalele Indradhanushy (The Lost Rainbow) / India. At 7.30 pm: Announcement and presentation of Patton Award for best Indian entry to be followed by screening of closing films.

TALK

November 5 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 5.30 pm: Sitanath Goswami will speak in Sanskrit on Bhagavad-Gita. November 5 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Buddhatmananda will speak in Bengali on Bani O Bichar.

MEMORIAL LECTURE

November 6 at Buddhadeva Bose Sabhaghar, Faculty of Arts, Jadavpur University; 5 pm: Buddhadeva Bose Memorial Lecture by eminent Hindi writer Dr Gangaprasad Vimal. Topic: India, Indian Literature & Buddhadeva Bose. Hosted by Buddhadeva Bose Centenary Committee.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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