Light out of darkness Artists with originality and inner passion often build up a spontaneity of expression that is markedly different from the studied and polished styles of formally trained ones. The naiveté of expression of Sumana Ghosh’s paintings brings them close to the concept of ‘pure invention’. Exploring Darkness, the ongoing exhibition of her paintings and drawings, showcases images that bear traces of expressionist vigour and, at the same time, are touched with mystic serenity. Her intrinsic innocence, wonder and awe appear to guide the young artist into transforming the reality around her into art. Apart from linear forms with a few splashes of watercolour, Ghosh has mainly worked with tempera on hand-made paper and canvas. The two paintings in oil pastel on black pastel paper explore darkness as a means of exposing the loneliness of the self. This exploration then becomes the key that leads her on to extract light out of darkness in most of her paintings. Event: Paintings and drawings by Sumana Ghosh When: Till March 9; 2 pm - 7 pm Where: Chemould Art Gallery, 12F Park Street

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Till March 9 at Chemould Art Gallery, 12F Park Street; 2 pm - 7 pm: Exploring Darkness, paintings and drawings by Sumana Ghosh. Till March 9 at Artspace India, 7 Deodar Street; 12 noon - 7 pm: Paintings and sculptures by Danville Chadbourne. Till March 10 at Galerie 88, 28B Shakespeare Sarani; 3 pm - 7 pm: Galerie 88 presents B / W (drawings, paintings, photographs and book) by Samit Das. Till March 10 at Gallery Kanishka’s, 2/1 Hindustan Road; 11 am - 8 pm: Black & White — an exhibition of the works by Akbar Padamsee, Ganesh Haloi, Gurcharan Singh, K.R. Subbanna, Paritosh Sen, Partha Pratim Deb, Rabin Mondal, Ramananda Bandhyopadhyay, Senaka Senanayake, Shuvaprasanna and Wasim Kapoor. Till March 10 at Domus Art Gallery, 28/B Shakespeare Sarani; 11 am - 6 pm: An exhibition of Indian contemporary art. Till March10 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Maati, the first solo show of watercolours by Sandip Roy. Till March 10 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Beauty and the Void: A Sculptor and Four Painters. Featuring works of sculptor Asim Basu and painters Chandra Sekhar Acharya, Goutam Sarma, Prangopal Ghosh and Ratan Banerjee. Till March 11 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 4 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by Pradip Pradhan and Runu Misra Banerjee. Till March 13 (except Sunday) at Akar Prakar, P238 Hindustan Park; 3 pm - 8 pm: Art in Itself — works of K.M. Adimoolam, P. Gopinath, Achuthan Kudallur, V. Viswanadhan, R.M. Palaniappan and Akkitham Narayanan. Till March 13 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Sculptures by Bidhu Bhusan Chowdhury. Till March 14 at Samokal Art Gallery, Gol Park; 4 pm - 8 pm: Lines & Strokes: Contemporary Bengal. Works of Partha Pratim Deb, Suchibrata Deb, Shakti Chakraborty, Barnali Das, Debabrata Hazra and others. Till March 17 (except Sunday) at CIMA Gallery; 3 pm - 7 pm (Monday) & 2 pm - 7 pm (Tuesday - Saturday): Charged Figures — the art of Jatin Das.

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March 9 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Samstab presents its latest production, Eai Ghum. Dir: Dwijen Bandopadhyay. March 10 at Rabindra Sadan-Nandan premises; 3 pm: Theatre Spandan presents Shial Ponditer Goppo. March 10 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3.15 pm: Gandhar presents Satyaasatya. Dir: Shyamal Chakraborty. March 10 & 11 at Max Mueller Bhavan auditorium; 6.30 pm: Agunmukho, the Bengali adaptation of Marius von Mayenburg’s German play Feuergesicht (Fireface), will be performed by Tritiyo Sutra and directed by Suman Mukhopadhyay. March 10 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Natyaranga presents Chhotku. Dir: Swapan Sengupta. March 10 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.45 pm: Kathakriti presents Chandraloke Agnikanda. Dir: Sanjib Ray. March 11 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3.15 pm: Scud Theatre presents Kuhu Jamini. March 11 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Sayak presents its latest play, Dildar. Dir: Meghnad Bhattacharya. March 11 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Bohurupee presents Pati-Paksha. Dir: Tarapada Mukherjee. March 11 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Nandikar presents Jaha Chai.... Dir: Rudraprasad Sengupta & Goutam Halder. March 11 at Padatik Buildwell Theatre; 6.30 pm: Padatik and BrainChild Theatre present Late Lateef (in Hindi). Dir: Kunal Padhy.

PERFORMING ARTS

March 9 at Rangmanch, EZCC, Salt Lake; 5 pm: Rabichhaya presents Ananda Basanta Samagame, a programme of Tagore songs, recitation and dance. Participants include Rajeshwar Bhattacharya, Swapan Gupta, Sreeradha Bandyopadhyay, Debarati Shom, Sraboni Sen, Pubali Debnath, Anushila Basu, Chandrabali Rudra Dutta, Sanatan Das Baul, Malabika Sur, Jayati Ghosh, Suchhanda Ghosh, Irabati Basu, Esha Mitra, Sudeshna Sanyal and others in songs; Soumitra Mitra, Jagannath Basu, Chitra Lahiri, Chhaya Chatterjee, Ishita Das Adhikary in reading; and Polly Guha, Poushali Chatterjee and Prasun Banerjee in dance. Choral songs by artistes of Kalabhrit and Ananda Dhara. March 9 at Gyan Manch; 6.45 pm: Samskritiki Shreyaskar presents an evening of Kathak by Sohini Debnath, senior disciple of Rani Karnaa. March 10 at Kala Kunj; 6 pm: Nihongo Kaiwa Kyookai, an association of Japanese language teachers and students, presents the 22nd annual cultural function, In-Nichi Bunkasai, in cooperation with the Consulate General of Japan, Calcutta. Featuring Indian dance, skit in Japanese, sitar recital, Kathak dance, Japanese song, Japanese dance, drama Kaiinu Ni Te O Kamareta, Bon Odori (Japanese folk dance), group song and NKK song. March 11 at Bharatiyam, IB 201 Salt Lake; 6 pm: Odissi Sandhya — an evening of Odissi dances by the artistes of Odissi Ashram. Direction: Guru Giridhari Nayak.

DRAMA COMPETITION

March 9 - 18 at Bijon Theatre; 6.30 pm: Sayak hosts a full-length drama competition. March 9: Bijolibalar Mukti (dir: Adrija Dasgupta) by Uhinee, Calcutta. March 10: Ramanimohan (dir: Prakash Bhattacharya) by Nandipat, Calcutta. March 11: Krishna Ranga (dir: Loknath Bandyopadhyay) by Ekush Shatak, Calcutta. March 12: Satya Shylock (dir: Ashis Chattopadhyay) by Gobardanga Shilpayan. March 13: Gahwar (dir: Soumitra Basu) by Sandarva, Calcutta. March 14: Galpo Hekim Saheb (dir: Dipankar Roy) by Udeechi, Jalpaiguri. March 15: Kanya Daan (dir: Jayanta Ghosh) by Aajker Theatre, Burdwan. March 16: Ghare Baire (dir: Pradip Bhattacharya) by Prantik, Behrampore. March 17: Ak Rashik Doubarik (dir: Romaprasad Banik) by Barasat Anushilanee. March 18: Rather Rashi (dir: Koushik Chattopadhyay) by Shantipur Sanskritik.

talk

March 9 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6 pm: Swami Swatantrananda will speak in Bengali on Hindu Utsaver Vaishista.

INTERACTION

March 9 at The Topaz, Hotel Hindusthan International; 5.30 pm: An interaction with Dr Philip M Nichols, associate professor of legal studies and business ethics, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, on Business Ethics in the Changing Corporate Landscape. Hosted by Pen Club India and Rotaract Club of Calcutta Chowrenghee.

EXHIBITION

Till March 11 at Bidhannagar Sports Complex, opp. Bikash Bhavan, Salt Lake; 11 am - 8 pm: North East Crafts Fair, a collection of handicrafts, handloom products, hand-printed household textiles, sarees, Assam cane furniture and bamboo basketry items. Till March 14 at Sasha shop, 27 Mirza Ghalib Street; 10 am - 7 pm; Sunday (10 am - 1 pm): Rhythm n Blues, an exhibition of contemporary and traditional blue pottery, utility and decorative studio pottery, silk handbags and lacquer ware from Vietnam, colourful stuffed cotton hangings and beaded jewellery from Gujarat and scarves and stoles from Sasha groups.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