Inspired by antiquity An artistic search for identity and tradition marks the paintings of Bangladeshi artist Minakshi De. The continuation of a recent show held in the US, Without Boundaries, the ongoing exhibition of her paintings, features 16 works inspired by ancient Indian temple art. Paying solemn tribute to the country’s rich and glorious art heritage, the works on show marvellously recreate primitive relief work depicting deities, floral designs and various religious motifs on temple walls. What is significant about her paintings is the way in which they represent the light-and-shadow effect of temple art, a major portion of the form in semi-darkness with only the face highlighted. Though a few of the works are built upon the theme of man-woman relationships, ancient symbolism plays a vital role in such compositions as well. Mainly done in earth colours, with the sole exception of a bright shade of blue, De’s creations are characterised by a layered, textured effect, recreating the calm and soothing atmosphere of old temple interiors. Event: Paintings by Minakshi De When: Till July 10; 2 pm - 8 pm Where: Samokal Art Gallery, 23 Gariahat Road, Gol Park

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July 7 - August 7 at Masters Collection Art Gallery, G7 Malayalay Apts, 3 Woodburn Park Road; 11 am - 7 pm (weekdays): Creativity Unlimited, an exhibition of recent creations by Anup Giri, Swapan Palley, Sachin Jaltare, Beena Pradhan, Debabrata Chakravarty, Asit Sarkar, Samir Paul, Minakshi De, Sukanata Das, Subrata Das, Dhananjoy Ghosh, Nelson Kennedy, Kajol Mondal, Sutapa Khan, Sibsaday Choudhary and others. Till July 7 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Unlimited Lines, an exhibition of recent paintings by Nilmoni Chatterjee and Basudha Sarkar. Till July 7 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by Ramkrishna Malo. Till July 7 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 8 at Gallery 79, 79 Raja Basanta Roy Road, #2466 2837; 4 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Aninda Sankar Chakraborty, Tanmoy Dolui and Shreeja Chatterjee. Till July 10 at Samokal Art Gallery, Gol Park, #9836276110/9836052232; 2 pm - 8 pm: Without Boundaries — paintings by Minakshi De. Till July 11 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 14 at Artists Circle, 46 Circus Avenue; 2 pm - 7 pm: The second part of Measured Cadences, a group show by artists who live and work in Santiniketan. Till July 15 at Galerie Karma, P 505 Keyatola Road; 10 am - 7 pm: An exhibition of paintings and drawings by Abhijit Guha. Till July 15 (except Sundays) at Nandalal Bose Gallery, Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani; 11 am - 6 pm: Springs in White, an exhibition of works by contemporary Italian artists using different mediums with focus on the theme of the colour white. Organised by the Consulate General of Italy in Calcutta. Till July 18 at Gandhara Art Gallery, 1B Gurusaday Dutta Road, Flat 5A (Palm Spring), #22801790, 22811255; 1 pm - 7 pm: Magic of Monochrome, a group show of drawings and paintings by eminent Indian artists. Participants: Akbar Padamsee, Aditya Basak, Amitava Das, Chandra Bhattacharya, Ganesh Haloi, Jayashree Chakraborty, Jogen Chowdhury, Mona Rai, Paritosh Sen, Partha Pratim Deb, Paula Sengupta, Prabir Gupta, Rameshwar Broota and Sudhir Patwardhan. 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 29 at ArtFolio, 29 Lansdowne Place; 3 pm - 8 pm (Saturday to Tuesday): An exhibition with different participating artists every week, including old Bengal, contemporary Masters etc. Call 9831088469 for details. Other days by appointment. 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 7 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Aneek will stage its latest production, Adventure Kaare Koy. Drama: Amalesh Chakraborty. Direction: Moloy Biswas. July 7 at Madhusudan Mancha & July 8 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Nandiranga presents Amrita, directed by Somnath Mukhopadhyay. July 8 at Academy of Fine Arts; 5.30 pm: Natadha presents Lab-Kush (dir: Shib Mukhopadhyay) and Socrates (dir: Arna Mukhopadhyay). July 9 at Max Mueller Bhavan; 5 pm & 7 pm: The Creative Arts presents Crab Soup, directed by Ramanjit Kaur. Playwright: Arthur Cardozo.

PERFORMING ARTS

July 7 at Sisir Mancha; 5.30 pm: Sanjna presents Tagore songs by Debarati Shome, Suman Panthi, Dr Tania Das, Debasree Biswas, Rima Mitra and others; recitation by Biplab Chakraborty, Krishnakali Basu, Sarbani Dawn, Selim Durrani Biswas, Chaitali Ghosh and Tapas Nag; and audio-play by Swapan Ganguly and Papia Chakraborty. July 9 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Samskar Bharati presents theatre songs by Prashanta Bhattacharya, to be followed by the drama, Krantikaal, directed by Bikash Bhattacharya July 11 at Padatik’s Buildwell Theatre, 6/7 AJC Bose Road; 7 pm: Padatik Dance Centre presents a solo Kathak recital by Soma Sen. July 12 at Calcutta School of Music; 7 pm: An ITC SRA concert of classical Hindustani music with Joyeeta Sanyal on the sitar and Sandip Kumar Ray Chaudhuri on the tabla.

TALK

July 7 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 6 pm: Swami Idyananda will speak on Sri Sri Mayer Smritikatha. July 7 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Swami Yuktatmananda will speak in English on The Principles of Vedanta. July 7 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Prof. Amalendu Chakraborty will speak in Bengali on Paschatye Swami Abhedananda. July 7 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra, DD-44 Salt Lake, #2334 9265; 7 pm: Asit Ranjan Saha will speak on Swamiji’r Bani O Rachana.

PHOTOGRAPHS

Till July 12 at Sri Aurobindo Bhavan, 8 Shakespeare Sarani; 3 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition of photographs to mark the centenary year of Alipore Bomb Case. Till July 19 at 46 Satish Mukherjee Road (behind Kalighat tram depot) and at Seagull Arts & Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road; 2 pm - 8 pm: Tasveer and The Seagull Foundation for the Arts present three exhibitions of photography by (1) Martine Franck (at 46 Satish Mukherjee Road), (2) Swapan Nayak (Title: Refugees in Their Own Land and Nowhere People) and (3) Tim Hall (Title: Pilgrimage), both at Seagull Arts & Media Resource Centre. 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 10 at Artisana, 13 Chowringhee Terrace, #2223 9422; 11 am - 7 pm: An exhibition of tribal and traditional textiles and artifacts from Orissa and the magical weaves from Bengal. Till August 15 at Starmark (3 Lord Sinha Road, G-202 City Centre, Salt Lake, and South City); 10.30 am - 8 pm: An exhibition of Penguin Classics Collection covering Greek and Roman works, and Victorian literature and modern classics.

WORKSHOP

July 16 onwards at Bharatiyam Karamshala, EZCC, Salt Lake; 11 am - 1 pm / 3 pm - 5 pm: World Dance Alliance and Kolkata Sanved, in collaboration with EZCC, are organising a week-long workshop on body conditioning, contact improvisation and basics of Western ballet. To be conducted by Ashley Fargnoli (USA). For details, contact Sohini, #92392 64160 (10 am - 5 pm).

READING

July 13 at Srijan Rooftop, 120 Lenin Sarani; 6 pm: A Cloudburst of Prose, an evening of prose-readings in Bengali by Sarat Kumar Mukhopadhyay, Srijato, Dibyendu Palit, Prajit Jana, Rabisankar Bal, Shahzad Firdaus and Swapnamoy Chakraborti; in Hindi by Alka Saraogi, Basant Rungta and Nawal; and in English by Anirban Basu, Anjana Basu, Bashabi Fraser, Rimi B Chatterjee and Vinay Sharma.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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