Idiom of modern art Traditional notions of culture and social protocol have undergone an intense and rapid transformation due to the influence of globalisation and the experience of electronic media in our daily lives. Myth, Metaphor and Allegory, the ongoing show, features works by four artists born in the 1970s and staying in Baroda and, as such, bears distinctive traces of the major influences of that generation. Three of the participants being originally from Calcutta, their works consequently carry a multitude of idioms that are homespun and also picked up from their second home. The works of Pappu Bardhan, Prithwiraj Mali (a painting by him appears here) and Sharmi Chowdhury offer scope to study the nature of the idioms that have fused so finely in their renditions, improvising on an already established visual language particular to Baroda. What is also important in understanding their works is a tendency to move along a specific trajectory. K Prasun Roy’s paintings show a marked tendency to deconstruct the aura of the transcendental, which currently pervades our social environment. • Event: An exhibition of paintings by young artists of Baroda and Calcutta • When: Till May 29 (except Sundays); 11 am - 7 pm • Where: Mon Art Gallerie, 6 Hungerford Street, 3rd Floor

ART

Till May 29 (except Sundays & public holidays) at Studio 21, 17L Dover Terrace, #2486 6735; Monday: 3 pm - 7 pm, Tuesday - Saturday: 11 am - 7 pm: Prints 21 — an exhibition of recent works by Srikanta Paul, Dhrupadi Ghose, Jaysree Basak, Santanu Chakraborty, Riddhi Narayan Nandy, Sujay Mukherjee and Annabel Schenck. May 11 at Gallery Eye on Art, 3 Pretoria Street, Chandrakunj Building, 2nd floor; 5 pm: Inauguration of the first solo exhibition of modern contemporary art by Anant Manot. The show will continue till May 20, except Sunday, between 12 noon and 8 pm. Till May 12 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm - 8 pm: Self, a platform for young contemporary artists, presents Rabi O Chhobi — a group show of paintings based on Tagore’s creations. Featuring works by Sougata Chattopadhyay, Nibedita Sen, Sibshankar Kundu, Rajib Deyashi and Anup Bandyopadhyay. Till May 12 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South ‘B’ Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Sixth Sense — a group exhibition of painting and sculpture. Featuring works by Basudev Sarkar, Ujjwal Debnath, Rajib Sur Roy, Sujit Kumar Ghosh, Kushal Mukherjee, Indranil Ghosh and Debjyoti Purakayastha. Till May 12 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm - 8 pm: Contrivance’s 32 annual group show. Till May 15 at Galerie 88, 28 B Shakespeare Sarani, #2290 2274; 11 am - 7pm, Monday: 2 pm - 7 pm: Complexcity — an exhibition of the works of Sanatan Saha. Till May 15 at Art Walk, South City Mall; 12 noon - 8 pm: Paintings by Prabal Roy. Till May 15 at Emami Tower, 687 Anandapur, EM Bypass, #40113182/83; 2 pm - 7 pm: Dakshin-Paschim, an exhibition of contemporary art. Curated by Dr Archana Roy. Till May 28 at Gallery Nakshatra, 2/1 Outram Street, #2289 2982: Lluvia — an exhibition of recent paintings by Raj Sekhar Aich. Till May 29 at Mon Art Gallerie, 6 Hungerford Street, 3rd floor: Of Myth, Metaphor and Allegory, an exhibition of paintings by leading artists of Baroda and Calcutta. Till May 30 (except Sundays) at Ganges Art Gallery, 33A Jatin Das Road, #24653212; 11 am - 7 pm: Fragile Order, a solo exhibition of Anita Gopal’s work. Till May 31 (except Tuesdays) at The Halo Heritage Art Gallery, 26 Ritchie Road, #24190133 / 9836405408; 3 pm - 8 pm: Creation — featuring works by Krishnendu Chaki, Prabir Sen, Subhendu Sarkar, Maloy Das, Rupchand Kundu, Dwijen Gupta, Subroto Chowdhury, Shomi Banerjee, Rehani Akan, Dripta Guha Roy, Chandrashekhar Das and Swapan Jena. Till May 31 (except Sundays) at Ahuja Museum for Arts, 26 Lee Road, ground floor; 12 noon - 7 pm: Ancient Love — a series of paintings by Ganesh C. Basu. Till June 1 (except Sundays) at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road, #24484925, 24497931; 11 am - 7 pm: Nature Revisited, curated by Jayashree Chakravarty and Anirudh Chari. Featuring works by Debnath Basu, Nantu Behari, Tapas Biswas, Jayashree Chakravarty, Adip Dutta, Rajan Krishnan, K.S. Radha Krishna, Jagannath Panda, Manisha Parekh, Mithu Sen and Anjum Singh. Till June 5 (except Sundays) at Experimenter, 2/1 Hindusthan Road; #4001 2289 / 2463 0465; 11 am - 7 pm: Who Are You, Defenders Of The Universe? — a solo show by Pakistani artist Mehreen Murtaza. Featuring digital C prints, video, LED installation, and sound-and-light cube installation. Till June 19 (except Sundays) at Masters Collection Art Gallery, G-7 Malayalay Apts, 3 Woodburn Park Road, #30534053 / 30584060; 11 am - 7 pm: Hyderabad Hues — an exhibition of art works by eminent artists of Hyderabad. Featuring works by Laxma Goud, T. Vaikuntam, Surya Prakash, Sachin Jaltare, Tailor Srinivas, Jagdish Chintala, Chippa Sudhakar, Ramesh Gorjala, Laxman Aelay, Fawad Tamkanat, K.S. Chari, Sreenivas Kurva & others.

DRAMA

May 11 at Academy of Fine Arts & May 14 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Sundaram will stage Ja Nei Bharatey. Drama, direction & performance: Manoj Mitra. May 12 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Prachya presents Tritiyo Anka, Atayeb. Drama, direction & performance: Soumitra Chattopadhyay. May 13 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Nandikar will stage its latest production, Madhabi. Drama: Bhisma Sahani. Adaptation, music & direction: Swatilekha Sengupta. Cast: Rudraprasad Sengupta, Debshankar Haldar, Parthapratim Deb, Sumanta Ganguly and Sohini Sengupta. May 13 at Minerva Theatre & May 16 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Durgadas Smrity Sangha will stage Amla Madhur, a play by Harimadhav Mukhopadhyay. Direction: Tirthankar Chattopadhyay.

RECORDINGS

May 11 at Sri Aurobindo Institute of Culture, Regent Park; 4.30 pm: Bhaktavatsala — presentation of some rare songs (recorded) by Dilip Kumar Roy.

rabindra jayanti

May 9 - 25 & May 31 - June 6 (except June 2) at Rabindra Sadan & Rabindra Sadan premises: Rabindra Sadan and the I&CA department, Government of West Bengal celebrate Tagore’s 150th birth anniversary. Today at Rabindra Sadan Mukta Mancha, 5.30 pm: Songs, readings & recitation. Participants: Kalabhrit (chorus), Chitralekha Chowdhury, Kumkum Chattopadhyay, Shikha Basu, Sudeshna Sanyal, Damayanti Dutta, Subhashree Roy, Jayanti Ghosh, Mousumi Karmakar, Uttara Chowdhury, Achin Mukhopadhyay, Bibhas Ghosh, Goutam Mitra, Swapan Som, Prabuddha Raha, Debashis Roychowdhury, Abhijeet Guha, Biswarup Rudra and others. At Rabindra Sadan, 6 pm: Biswataner Sandhane (Rajeswar Bhattacharya, Dr Ananyabrata Das & others) presented by Batayanik; Bharat Tirtha (dir: Dr Shruti Bandopadhyay) presented by Shruti Performing Troupe; Nirjharer Swapnabhango (dance dir: Abhay Pal; music: Anushila Basu) presented by Koothambalam Cultural Association; and Bhanusingher Padabali (dir: Molly Roy) presented by Meerachhandam. May 11 at Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics auditorium, Sector 1, Block AF, Salt Lake; 3 pm: Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Calcutta celebrates Tagore’s birth anniversary with Tagore songs by Sraboni Sen and drama Laboratory, to be presented by Lok-krishti.

TALK

May 11 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Swami Chidrupananda will speak in Bengali on Yuganayak Vivekananda. Till May 12 at Sankara Hall, 93 Southern Avenue; 6.15 pm: Discourses on Srimad Bhagawatam by Ananthalakshmi Natarajan. May 11 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 7 pm: Discourse on Sri Ma Sarada Punthi by Swami Snehamayananda. May 11 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra, DD-44 Salt Lake; 7 pm: Bishnupada Jana will speak on Ramakrishna Kathamrita Prasanga.

EXHIBITION

Till May 15 at 8/2 Loudon Street, 2nd floor, #2281 1524: Earthy Myths showcases its signature cotton outfits. Till May 31 (except Tuesdays) at Halo Heritage Art Shop (ground floor), 26 Ritchie Road; 1 pm - 8 pm: Artlife — an exhibition of traditional textiles and home accessories.

WORKSHOP

May 11 onwards at Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts, 94 Ballygunge Place, #2461 3145: Tabla workshop (May 11, 13, 18, 20, 25 & 27; 11.30 am - 1.30 pm) with Arif Khan; Novel/ Book Making workshop (May 11-15, 2 pm - 4 pm) with Kriya; Music Appreciation workshop (May 11, 13, 18, 20, 25, 27, June 1 & 3; 6 pm - 7 pm) with Pradyumna S. Manot; and DJ workshop (May 12, 17, 19, 24, 26 & 31; 4 pm - 6 pm) with DJ Shireen. May 13 - 20 at Calcutta School of Music, 6B Sunny Park; 3 pm - 6 pm: Kidz - Fit Summer Camp, a unique kids programme under Nandini Sinha’s classical aerobics for the age group 2+ onwards. Activities involved are free hand practices — aerobics, yoga, learning dance steps, posture correction, voice modulation, stretching, breathing and more. Parents, too, can join Nandini Sinha’s Classical Aerobics adult’s programme. For details, contact 9831583461 / 9874718117 / 24615375. May 16 at Ranan (ground floor, 8 Sultan Alam Road, Calcutta 700 033); 10 am - 5 pm: Ranan presents Exploring Shakespeare on Your Feet, a workshop led by Rebecca Gould, theatre director and producer based in London. Using Shakespeare’s plays Macbeth and The Tempest as starting points, this day-long workshop explores Shakespeare’s use of language and the ensemble staging of his plays. Suitable for actors, theatre-makers, students, teachers and those interested in the world of Shakespeare. Age group: College students and older. Contact Ranan at rananindia@gmail.com or call 9830468110, 9830943510 to register. May 16 at Aneek Natya Mancha, Salt Lake Stadium, Gate no. 1; 12 noon - 6 pm: Summer magic workshop for children (8 yrs to 16 yrs). For details, call 2321-6734.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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