Sketches and silhouettes A penchant for experimenting with monochromes and light-and-shadow distinguishes the art works of Priyanka Majumdar and Amrita Bagchi. These two young artists are part of Asthir, an art collective started by a group of friends who want to showcase their works in various cities across the country. Described as “art on the move”, the ongoing show features a series of photographs by Majumdar and a number of pen-and-ink portraits by Bagchi. Majumdar’s photographs focus largely on the use and interplay of shadows on normal, mundane objects most people would not notice. The series Din (meaning, day) consists of photographs of sunlight and shadows playing off old staircases, a shadowy, yet striking outline of a cycle-rickshaw and some interesting photographs of the photographer’s own shadow caught on bamboo stalks. Bagchi’s series of paintings, which has been digitally coloured and grain rendered, comprises unusual graphics of women and androgynous figures set against stark, bold backgrounds. Her works deal with themes of urban alienation and restlessness, and offer melancholic or poignant images that startle the viewer into realisation. lEvent: An exhibition of digital art works by Amrita Bagchi and Priyanka Majumdar lWhen: Till March 18 (except Sunday and holidays); 11am - 7pm; Monday, 3pm - 7pm lWhere: Studio21, 17L Dover Terrace

ART

Till March 18 (except Sundays & public holidays) at Studio 21, 17L Dover Terrace, 24866735; Monday: 3pm-7 pm, Tuesday-Saturday: 11am - 7pm: Asthir: Art on the move, an exhibition of recent digital works by Amrita Bagchi and Priyanka Majumdar Till March 31 (except Mondays) in the Portrait Gallery of Victoria Memorial; 10am - 5pm: To celebrate the birth centenary of Mother Teresa, Victoria Memorial Hall hosts twenty 20 Paintings, an exhibition of paintings on Mother by M.F. Husain and Sunita Kumar. Till March 13 at Taj Bengal; 10 am - 11 pm: A solo exhibition of paintings by Suman Dey. Till March 13 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 4th floor; 4pm - 8pm: Bindaas presents an exhibition of art and sculpture. Participating artists: Prabhat C. Sen, Anjan Sengupta, Goutam Kundu, Sekhar Das, Manas Jana, Manik Lal Seal and Subhajit Talapatra. Till March 13 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 4pm - 8pm: An exhibition of paintings hosted by Roop-Aroop. Till March 14 (except Sunday) at Ganges Art Gallery, 33A Jatin Das Road, 24653212; 11 am - 7 pm: Liberation, an exhibition of recent works by Shahabuddin Ahmed. Till March 15 at Town Hall; 11am - 6pm: An exhibition of sculptures by Haru Midday, an eminent artist of Santiniketan. Till March 15 at ECA Art Walk, South City Mall; 12 noon - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Kalyan Sundar Gupta, Dr Jakir Hossain, Gopinath Basu and Rana Roy. Till March 17 at Shobhaghar, Bharatiyam Sanskriti Angan, IB 201, Sector 3, Salt Lake; 11am - 5pm: To mark Tagore’s 150th birth anniversary, Eastern Zonal Cultural centre presents an art exhibition, Rabindra Srishtitey Nari. Till March 18 at The Spanish Café, 7 Sudder Street; 10 am - 8 pm: An exhibition of prints and paintings by Babita Das. Till March 26 at Gallery Kolkata, 2nd floor, Duckback House, 41 Shakespeare Sarani, 22873377; 11 am - 7 pm: An exhibition of drawings, paintings and sculptures by Sunil Das. Till March 31 at St Thomas’ Chapel, Bishop’s College, 224 AJC Bose Road; 2 pm - 8 pm: The Seagull Foundation for the Arts, in association with Bishop’s College, Calcutta, presents The Last Supper, a series of reverse paintings on acrylic by Madhvi Parekh. Till March 31 (except Sundays) at Ahuja Museum for Arts, 26 Lee Road, 40034974, 22894745; 10.30 am - 7 pm: World Art – with a focus on France, an exhibition of paintings by artists from France, Argentina, Brazil, the UK, Congo, Italy, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Singapore and the US from the Museum’s collection.

DRAMA

March 11 at South Eastern Railway Headquarters, Garden Reach; 1.30pm onwards: Rail Shilpi Sangha presents two plays, Rojnamta and Nayan Kobirer Pala. Till March 12 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Nandipat presents Narir Mancha, a festival of plays by women directors. Today: Theatre Art, Dhaka presents Aamina Sundari. Direction: Rokeya Rafique Bebi. March 11 at Rabindra Sadan; 6 pm: West Bengal government’s department of information & cultural affairs presents the Minerva Natyasamskriti Chanrcha Kendra production, Raja Lear, with Soumitra Chatterjee in the lead role. Direction: Suman Mukhopadhyay. March 11 at Kala Mandir; 7.30pm: Jet Airways presents Black Comedy, an English comedy directed by Namrata Goyal. Original play written by Peter Shaffer. March 11 at Purbashree, EZCC, IB 201, Sector III, Salt Lake; 6 pm: Tagore’s Jogajog, produced by Paschimbanga Natya Academy. Direction: Ashok Mukhopadhyay. March 11 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Bratyajan will stage its two new productions: Canvasser (based on a story by Bibhutibhusan Bandyopadhyay) and Byomkesh (based on a story by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay). Direction: Bratya Basu. March 11 at Max Mueller Bhavan; 6.30pm: Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan presents Jhakkas!, an adaptation of the play Creeps by Lutz Hubener, translated into English by Jyotika Dalal. Direction: Jayati Bose, Sutrapat. March 11 at Girish Mancha; 6.30pm: Spandan Kolkata presents Fingerprints 26/11, a play by Sangram Guha. March 12 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3pm: Ballygunge Swapnasuchana will stage Kanyadaan, directed by Bratya Basu. The cast includes Meghnad Bhattacharya, Swatilekha Sengupta, Sohini Sengupta, Bijoy Mukherjee and Bratya Basu. March 12 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Nehru Children’s Museum will stage a full-length drama, Luxemberger Lakshmi, directed by Late Rama Prasad Banik. March 12 at Academy of Fine Arts; 7 pm: Rangakarmee presents its latest production, Manasi (in Bengali). Concept & direction: Usha Ganguli.

pERFORMING ARTS

March 11 at Tapan Theatre; 6.30pm: Niva Arts presents Ujaniar Gaan, a performance by Ujana, the folk band, and Mahuler Abritti — recitation of poems of Tagore, Sukumar Ray and other contemporary poets by the recitation band, Mahul. March 11 at Rabindra Okakura Bhavan; 7pm: Aabhog, Bidhannagar presents Shanto Surer Santwana, a music programme based on Tagore’s Shapmochan. March 11 at Padatik’s Buildwell Theatre, 6/7 AJC Bose Road; 7pm: Padatik Dance Centre presents Ramaprosad Chattopadhyay in a solo Kathak dance recital. March 12 & 14 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.15 pm: Manipuri Nartanalaya presents Rabindra Samaroha. March 12: Prabhu Aamar Priyo Aamar (Concept: Ashimbandhu Bhattacharjee. Choreography & direction: Ashimbandhu Bhattacharjee and Bimbavati Devi. Vocals by Srikanto Acharya and Jayati Chakraborty) and Totakahini by the inmates of Berhampore Central Correctional Home, direction: Pradip Bhattacharya. March 14: A soiree of Rabindrasangeet and recitation by Pramita Mallick, Aditi Mohsin and Bhashwar Bandopadhyay, to be followed by Mayol…….seedling in bloom (experimental choreographies by upcoming dancers). March 12 at Kala Kunj; 6 pm: The 26th annual cultural function, In-Nichi Bunkasai, the Indo-Japan cultural festival by Nihongo Kaiwa Kyookai Society and Consulate General of Japan, Calcutta. March 12 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6.30pm: To raise funds for the educational sponsorship of children from the backward class, Jodhpur Park Wee presents a sarod recital by Amitabh Majumdar with Bickram Ghosh on the tabla. March 12 at Dr Triguna Sen Auditorium, Alumni Association Building Complex, Jadavpur University campus; 6.30 pm: Members of Alumni Association, NCE Bengal & Jadavpur University will celebrate Tagore’s 150th birth anniversary with a programme, titled Rabindra Natya Anganey - Abhinoye O Gaane. March 13 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.45pm: Kasba Arghya presents a show of Pandavani, to be performed by Teejan Bhai and her disciple Sima Ghosh.

PHOTOGRAPHS

March 11 - 21 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road; 2pm - 6pm: The Seagull Foundation for the Arts & Tasveer, in association with Ganjam, present Transmigrations (Fables and India Song), an exhibition of photographs by Karen Knorr.

TALK

March 11 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Swami Jushtananda will speak in Bengali on Bhagavat Katha. March 11 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra, DD-44 Salt Lake City; 6.30 pm: Swami Achyutananda will speak on Sri Sri Ramakrishna Leelaprasanga.

SEMINAR

March 11 at Tripti Mitra Sabhagriha; 5.30pm: Uhinee Kolkata hosts a seminar on Inspiration in the Play of Rabindranath: Evolution in the Forms (Speakers: Kaushik Chattopadhyay and Shubhashis Gangopadhyay), to be followed by the play, Tagore’s Muktadhara.

SPORT

Till March 12 at CC&FC: Give in to the cricket fever with Royal Challenge presents The Telegraph Cup Cricket 2011 for corporates. Matches start at 5.30 pm.

EXHIBITION

Till March 11 at Ekdalia Banquet, 9836898328; 11am - 8pm: Sampurna presents Spring Fete, a collection of designer saris, kurtis, salwar-suits and costume jewellery. Till March 13 at Zever, The Z Lounge; 11am - 7pm: Exhibition of an exquisite range of diamond jewellery The Cappuccino Collection. Till March 26 at Central Cottage Industries Corporation of India Ltd, 7 Jawaharlal Nehru Road: An indoor exhibition-cum-sale of furniture. Till March 28 (except Sundays) at Azura, CNK Tower, 3 Royd Street, 22272219, 22298651; Monday - Friday: 11am - 6pm, Saturday: 11am - 4pm: Fashion designer Farhana Chowdhury showcases Tunic Bazaar, which includes a range of tunics in intricate cuts and distinct styles in an exclusive colour palette befitting season from floral to abstract tones.

PHOTO COMPETITION

Till March 15 at IIT Kharagpur: Child Rights and You (CRY) has recently announced the second edition of its online photography competition, Focus Right, conducted by the CRY IIT Kharagpur Volunteer Chapter. The theme for Focus Right this year is ‘Mission Education’, which focuses on the aspect of building ‘an educated India’. Participants can register for the event Focus Right 2.0 by visiting http://on.fb.me/dE1JE2. The last date for submission of entries is March 15, 2011. The voting will take place via the Facebook page - http://www.facebook.com/CRY.IITKGP from March 17 - 26, 2011. The winners will be chosen by CRY, eminent photographers and on the basis of maximum number of “likes” on Facebook, and will be declared on April 3, 2011.

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