Portraits of artists Abook that takes the reader on a unique journey, Faces of Indian Art (edited by Ina Puri, published by Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi) offers an insider’s view of how the artist works in his own private domain — at work in his studio. Nemai Ghosh, celebrated for his stills of Satyajit Ray’s films, captures 52 contemporary Indian artists, including Benodebehari Mukherjee, Jamini Roy, Manjit Bawa, Arpita Singh, Ramkinkar Baij and Dhruva Mistry. Chronologically, the volume traverses half a century, giving fascinating and rare vignettes of the names many an art aficionado is able to identify only through their signatures. Ina Puri and eminent art historians and art critics Geeti Sen, Keshav Malik, R. Siva Kumar and Samir Dasgupta share their collections of their own associations, personal/professional, with the reader. The book captures haunting portraits of Somnath Hore in his last days, M.F. Husain starting and completing a painting during the course of Ghosh’s shoot, Sudhir Patwardhan standing back, inspecting the canvas, Tyeb Mehta, K.G. Surbramanyan, Jogen Chowdhury, Ramachandran, Ram Kumar, Rameshwar Broota, Nilima Sheikh and Madhvi Parekh in various moods of introspection as they are absorbed in their creative processes. This evening, West Bengal governor M. K. Narayanan will launch the book and felicitate Nemai Ghosh. A selection of photographs from the book will also be on display. The release function will be accompanied by an exhibition (which continues till August 14) of works by artists featured in the book. Hosted by Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts. Event: Launch of Faces of Indian Art, featuring photographs of eminents artists by Nemai Ghosh When: Today at 6 pm Where: Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts, 94 Ballygunge Place

ART

Till August 14 (except Sundays & public holidays) at CIMA Gallery, Sunny Towers (2nd floor), 43 Ashutosh Chowdhury Avenue, #2485 8717 / 2485 8509; Mondays: 3 pm - 7 pm, Tuesdays - Saturdays: 2 pm - 7 pm: Summer Show 2010. Featuring works by Manas Acharya, Akhilesh, Rashmi Bagchi Sarkar, Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, Sumitro Basak, Shipra Bhattacharya, Bhuribai, Tapas Biswas, Sakti Burman, Jayasri Burman, Shreyasi Chatterjee, Jogen Chowdhury, Sougata Das, Chandan Das, Meera Devidayal, Anju Dodiya, Debraj Goswami, Ramendranath Kastha, Bhupen Khakhar, Goutam Khamaru, Bimal Kundu, Subrata Kundu, Paresh Maity, Chittrovanu Mazumdar, Asim Pal, Niranjan Pradhan, Mona Rai, Satyajit Roy, Suhas Roy, Sarbari Roy Chowdhury, Kingshuk Sarkar, Ajit Seal, Shakila, Lalu Prosad Shaw, Shuvaprasanna, Mayank Kumar Shyam, Paramjit Singh, T. Vaikuntam, Yusuf and others. Till July 10 at Gallery K2, 35 Lansdowne Terrace; 11 am - 7 pm: Continuing to Dream — an exhibition of recent works by Katayun Saklat. Till July 11 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 2nd floor; 4 pm - 8 pm: Sparsh presents its first group exhibition featuring works by Debasree Mukherjee, Soumi Raj Roy, Bibek Kalyan Roy, Mrinmayee Dey, Santu Mudi, Santanu Chatterjee, Jotish Mistry, Atryee Bhattacharya, Ranjit Das, Ajay Majumder, Amit Deb Nath and Debasis Bera. Till July 12 at Floatel Art Gallery, 9/10 Calcutta Jetty, Strand Road; 12 noon - 10 pm: Windows on the River — an exhibition of paintings on the theme of World Cup Football. Featuring works by Samir Aich, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Debabrata Chakraborty, Arup Das, Sanjay Manna, Prabir Bagchi, Biswajit Paul, Bikash Nath and Arpan Das. Till July 12 at Gallery 79, 79 Raja Basanta Roy Road; 4 pm - 7.30 pm: Shilpa Bhavna presents monsoon exhibition of prints. Till July 14 (except Sunday) at Gallery Nakshatra, 2nd floor, 2/1 Outram Street, #2289 2982; 11.30 am - 7.30 pm: Soundaryam — paintings by eminent artists from south India. Till July 15 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery, 55 Gariahat Road, #2475 2275; 3 pm - 8 pm: Chitrakoot presents an exhibition of doodles, drawings and paintings of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore. Till July 15 at Art Walk, South City Mall; 12 noon - 8 pm: A group exhibition of paintings. Till July 17 (except Sunday) at Aakriti Art Gallery, 12/3A Hungerford Street, #2289 3027/5041; 12 noon - 7 pm: Inscriptions in Bronze: Sculptures of Tapas Biswas. Till July 18 (except Sundays) at Mon Art Gallery, 6 Hungerford Street, Regency - 3rd floor, #2289 5438; 11 am - 7 pm: Abreast Totems — an exhibition of recent paintings by Vasudevan Akkitham, B.V .Suresh, Bhrigu Sharma, Debasree Das, Deepak Kannal, Haraprasad Tripathy, Haresh Dropal, Indrapramit Roy, Kumar Jasakiya, Kundan Mondal, Mayyur Kailash Gupta, Nilotpal Sinha, Pooja Panchal, Rahul Mukharjee, M. Sashidharan, Shivani Bhalla, Susanta Pal and Uday Mondal. Till July 21 (except Sundays) at Akar Prakar, P-238 Hindustan Park, #2464-2617/3843; 2 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition of recent work by S.H. Raza. Till July 24 (except Sundays & national holidays) at Harrington Mansions, Suite 5+25B, 2nd floor, 8 Ho Chi Minh Sarani, #22829220/21; 12 noon - 8 pm: The Harrington Street Arts Centre presents Writing Visuals, an exhibition of drawings curated by Adip Dutta. Featuring works by Vivan Sundaram, Jogen Chowdhury, Partha Pratim Deb, Kishore Chatterjee, Jayashree Chakraborty, Samir Roy, N.N. Rimzon, Dilip Ranade, Alex Matthew, Sudhir Patwardhan, Mithu Sen, Adip Dutta, Debnath Basu, Paula Sengupta and Manisha Parekh. Till July 25 (except Mondays) at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 3 pm - 8 pm: Svikriti, a group exhibition of the works of award winners at the Annual Exhibition 2010 of BAAC. Participating artists: Amit Kr. Debnath, Chandraval Mukherjee, Kalyan Chakraborty, Kaushik Raha, Manidipa Saha, Sayantani Datta, Sujit Das and Sushanta Kumar Maharana.

DRAMA

July 10 & 11 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm & 6.30 pm: Theatre Workshop 44. Today, 3 pm: Satyen Mitra Award presentation, Satyen Mitra memorial lecture, and reading from Satyen Mitra’s plays; at 6.30 pm: Chokh stages Ardhek Aakash (dir: Abhijit Kargupta). Tomorrow: Theatre Workshop will stage Jadio Galpo at 3 pm and Juddha Paristhiti at 6.30 pm. Direction: Ashok Mukhopadhyay. July 10 at Rabindra Sadan & July 11 at Minerva Theatre; 6.30 pm: Sayak presents Jnan Briksher Phal. Dir: Meghnad Bhattacharya. July 10 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Purba Paschim presents Patol Babu Film Star, dramatised and directed by Ramaprasad Banik. July 10 at Minerva Theatre; 6.30 pm: Shohan presents Daho. Direction: Anish Ghosh. July 10 at Tapan Theatre; 6.30 pm: Shouvanik presents Matlobi Paasha, directed by Chandan Das. July 11 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Sundaram will stage Ja Nei Bharatey. Drama, direction & performance: Manoj Mitra. July 11 at Sisir Mancha; 6.30 pm: Salt Lake Theatre presents Nirup Mitra’s Chuti Nei (Dir: Hirak Suvra Chatterjee) and Manoj Mitra’s Banojochna (Dir: Pannalal Moitra).

TALK

July 10 at Ramakrishna Mission Insititute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6 pm: Pravrajika Bhaswaraprana will speak in Bengali on Ananya Sri Ramakrishna. July 10 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 6 pm: Swami Atmapriyananda will speak on Kathopanishad. July 10 at Ramakrishna Mancha, Ramakrishna Mission Swami Vivekananda’s Ancestral House and Cultural Centre, 3 Gour Mohan Mukherjee Street; 7 pm: Swami Satyapriyananda will speak on Narada-Bhaktisutra. July 10 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math; 7 pm: Swami Paramatmananda will speak on Mystery of Death. July 10 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra, DD-44 Salt Lake; 7 pm: Swami Purnatmananda will speak on Sri Sri Ramakrishna Anudhyan. July 10 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 7.10 pm: Parimal Kanti Das will speak on Sri Ramakrishna Deva and Ratha-Yatra.

PERFORMING ARTS

July 10 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6 pm: Bhavna presents an evening of Tagore songs and readings. Participants: Paramita Biswas, Bratati Bandyopadhyay, Rakhi Sen, Lopamudra Mitra, Sraboni Sen, Sharmila Basu and Sasha Ghoshal. Tickets at 24557845 & at hall, 11 am - 7 pm. July 10 at Aikatan, EZCC, Salt Lake; 6 pm: Sa re ga ma HMV presents Aei Kotha Boley Pran, an evening of Tagore songs by Sudeshna Sanyal Rudra and Biswarup Rudra. Compere: Madhumita Basu. July 10 at The Regency, 5th floor, 6 Hungerford Street; 6.30 pm: The Harrington Street Arts Centre & Sur Shravan, supported by The Regency Convention Centre, present a vocal recital by Ustad Raza Ali Khan.

PHOTOGRAPHS

Till July 11 at Abanindra Sabhagriha, Charukala Bhavan: Chhayapath, Calcutta is organising 12th Chhayapath International Salon of Photography (Digital) 2010. Various works of the members of Chhayapath, Calcutta is being displayed at Gaganendra Pradarshashala from 2 pm to 8 pm.

WORKSHOP

July 10 at British Council; 2.30 pm - 5.30 pm: (1) Mask Making: A workshop for the age group, 6yrs to 9 yrs. (2) 5 pm - 7 pm: Grow my Mind! A workshop on pwersonality development for the age group 10 yrs - 14 yrs. Both workshops are by registration only. For more information, contact Aparna Bhattacharya on 22825370. July 10 at 8 Camac Street, Santiniketan Building; 4 pm - 6 pm: Zee Institute of Creative Arts (ZICA) is organising a workshop on freehand sketching. For registration, call 22820123 / 9331720675. July 10 at Kriya Studio, 26/3 Ballygunge Circular Road; 8 am - 10.30 am: (1) Click Away Total - Beginners’ photography weekend workshop every Saturday & Sunday. (2) 5.30 pm - 6.30 pm: Salsa - Free trial class by Soviet and Satyaki (Mambo City), Also, basic Latin dancing with Meringue, Cha Cha Cha, Bachata and Afro Cuban movements. For registration & details, call 9830379166. July 12 onwards at Objet ‘D’Art; 11 am - 5 pm: Workshop on diamond grading, jewellery designing, gemstone, jewel CAD/Rhino and manufacturing jewellery sessions. For details, call 98312 00077.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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