Art from the orient Vietnamese art reflects a mixture of diverse influences: Vietnamese traditional art, influences from China and influence of French art during colonial times. Since as far back as the 3rd or 4th century BC, Vietnamese master craftsmen and artists have mastered techniques of lacquer painting, a unique style of painting where artists use hot lacquer to draw the outline of a picture after which colours are applied one by one, layer upon layer. Contemporary art of Vietnam also includes paintings done in oil, silk or gouache. The ongoing exhibition of paintings by four artists from Vietnam features works with depth and a touch of freshness where East meets West. Their art appears familiar and at the same time exotic, with a touch of Eastern mysticism. Among them, Do Duy Tuan, in town for the show, will paint live at the exhibition venue till August 8. One of the most talented artists in Vietnam today and a profound Zen thinker, he mostly paints feminine figures, portraying his subjects in sombre and dreamlike moods, using mixed media as his material. Event: An exhibition of paintings by artists from Vietnam When: Till August 12; 3 pm - 6 pm Where: By The Way, Taj Bengal

art

Till August 8 at By the Way, Taj Bengal; 3 pm - 6 pm: Works of four reputed painters from Vietnam: Nguyen Thanh Binh, Do Duy Tuan, Do Xuan Doan and Nguyen Dinh. Till August 9 at Gallery 79, 79 Raja Basanta Roy Road, 1st floor; 4 pm - 8 pm: My Mother...My Earth, an exhibition of 25 watercolours by Nila Majumdar. Till August 11 at Chemould Art Gallery, 12F Park Street; 2 pm - 7 pm (weekdays) & 10 am - 3 pm (Saturday): Paintings by Rajib Sur Roy and Utpal Ghosh. Till August 11 at G.C. Laha Centenary Fine Arts Gallery, 7 Chittaranjan Avenue, 1st floor; 1 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition of sculptures from a dokra workshop, some tapestries and ceramics. Till August 11 at Kanvas Art Gallery, 53 Syed Amir Ali Avenue, Shivam Chamber, 2nd floor; 3 pm - 7 pm: Paintings by Sanjib Roy. Till August 12 at Artists Circle, 46 Circus Avenue; 2 pm - 7 pm: Aranya, paintings by eminent artists, inspired by a visit to the Sunderbans. Participants: Biswapathy Maiti, Geeta Maiti, Sekhar Roy, Sekhar Kar, Ramlal Dhar, Sohini Dhar, Amitabha Sengupta, Dewashish Das, Ashoke Mullick, Biswajit Mondol and Diptish Ghosh Dastidar. Till August 12 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 4th floor gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Tranquil Nature, an exhibition of paintings and collages by Avanti Mohta. Till August 15 (except Sunday) at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road; 11 am - 8 pm: Moghul miniature works by Mahaveer Swami and Ariana Mercier. Till August 20 at Angan Art Gallery, 11 Fern Place; 4 pm - 8 pm: Tribute to Ganapati, an exhibition of works by Manoj Mitra, Ekta Singha, Bagesree Dutta, Dipti Chakraborti, Nirmalendu Mondal, Subrata Choudhury, Jayanta Ghosh, Anup Ray and others. Till August 25 at Genesis Art Gallery, 8B Middleton Street; 2 pm - 7 pm: Born Free, an exhibition of paintings by Ajay De, Asit Kumar Patnaik, Avijit Dutta, Bratin Khan, Bikash Poddar, Gautum Mukherjee, Sanatan Dinda, Shyamal Mukherjee, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Siddharth, S.K. Shahjahan, Saptarishi Naskar and Wasim Kapoor and others. Till August 25 (Sundays by appointment only) at Gallery Kolkata, 2nd floor, Duckback House, 41 Shakespeare Sarani; 2 pm - 7 pm: Signature Images — works by Paritosh Sen, Akbar Padamsee, Suhas Roy, T. Vaikuntam, Sunil Das, Jogen Chowdhury, Jatin Das, Prakash Karmakar and Shuvaprasanna. Till August 30 (except Sundays) at Mon Art Gallerie, 6 Hungerford Street, Regency Building, 3rd floor; 11 am - 7 pm: Embracing Modernity, a solo exhibition of paintings by Ramesh Gorjala of Andhra Pradesh.

drama

August 7 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6 pm: To mark the 80th anniversary of the late theatre personality, Jnanesh Mukhopadhyay, Jnanesh Smriti Sansad, Barrackpore presents Aajker Rahumukta, based on Biru Mukhopadhyay’s Rahumukta. Direction: Chandan Sen. Lead actors: Paran Bandyopadhyay, Meghnad Bhattacharya, Soumitra Basu, Mousumi Saha, Dilip Topadar, Rina Topadar and Tarit Baran Topadar. August 7 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Giribala (Marathi), a dramatic adaptation of Tagore’s short story by the same name by Awishkar, Mumbai. Direction: Chetan Datar. August 7 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Drishyapat presents Aguner Barnamala. Performance: Debshankar Halder and Rita Dutta Chakraborty. Direction: Anirban Bhattacharya. August 8 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Shailik Natya Sanstha will stage Amla Madhur. Direction: Pradip Dasgupta. August 10 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Rang Roop presents Mukhosh Nritya. Direction: Seema Mukhopadhyay. August 11 at Tapan Theatre; 6.30 pm: Purba-Paschim presents Girish Karnad’s Agnijal. Translated and directed by Bibhas Chakraborty. August 12 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Greenpark Avijan presents Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice, an adaptation in Bengali, directed by Prof. Prasanta Ghosh.

PERFORMING ARTS

August 7 at Bangla Akademi Sabhaghar; 5.30 pm: Bangla Kabita Abritti Utsav, organised by Abritti Tirtha. August 8 at Bangla Akademi Sabhaghar; 5.30 pm: Chakrateertha presents Bela Abela Kalbelay Rabindranath, an evening of reading and recitation from Tagore’s work. Featuring readings of poems by Pranab Chattopadhyay, Amal Kar, Ashis Giri and Rina Giri; recitation and reading by Bijoylakshmi Barman, Ratha Mitra, Pranati Tagore, Suparna Basu, Dipti Sinha, Tarun Bandyopadhyay, Ashok Gupta, Eshona Gupta, Indudipa Sinha, Debjani Basu, Amit Choudhury and Subhranshu Pal; duet recitation by Kingshuk Roychowdhury and Aparajita Pal, and sruti-natak (audio play) by Arumoy Bandyopadhyay and Swati Bandyopadhyay. Compere: Madhumita Basu and Koushik Sen. August 10 at Tapan Theatre; 6.30 pm: Sravasti and Reliance Mobile present Hey Mohajibon - Baishe Srabon Smarane, a collage of audio-visual montages, dramatised readings and Rabindrasangeet to mark Tagore’s death anniversary. Performers: Agnimitro Ghosh, Sujoy Prosad Chatterjee, Aniruddha Singha, Debashish Roychowdhury, Rohini Roychowdhury and Chaitali Dasgupta. Concept & direction: Chaitali Dasgupta.

PHOTOGRAPHS

Till August 12 at Seagull Arts & Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road; 2 pm - 8 pm: The sixth and final exhibition from Tasveer Season 1 — Memories of India and An Indian from India: Phorographs by Annu Palakunnathu Mathew.

talk

August 7 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Sitanath Goswami will speak in Sanskrit on Bhagavad-Gita. August 7 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Atmabodhananda will discuss in Bengali on Sri Sri Mayer Katha.

exhibition

Till August 7 at Artisana, 13 Chowringhee Terrace; 11 am - 7 pm: A collection of bags, durries, stoles, terracotta, bed and table linen, saris and other handicraft items. Till August 8 at Koushik Hall, Nari Seva Sangha, 1/1/2A Gariahat Road; 11.30 am - 8 pm: An exhibition of batik, kantha stitch, hand-painting, applique work, saris, tops, dress materials, costume jewellery and dry foods.

WORKSHOP

August 7 - 12 at 45A Raja Basanta Roy Road; 4.30 pm - 7.30 pm: YES (Youth Empowerment Seminar) course for age group 14-18 years. It involves interactive sessions, games, pranayam and loads of fun. Details at #9831136860. August 25 at Kornash - The Lifestyle Management School, 139B Rashbehari Avenue; 11 am - 4 pm: A workshop on Effective Relationship Skills in Marriage, aiming at divorcing the old marriage and beginning a new one - with the same partner. To register, call #9830149919.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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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