A woman’s perspective A contemporary Iranian artist who is preoccupied by women and their role in present day Iran, Shadi Ghadirian is a photographer with a difference. As opposed to the work of women photographers from the Middle East who live and exhibit their works in the West, her images do not play on Western sensitivities but stand on their own. The photographs at the ongoing show belong to various series: Qajar, Out of Focus, West By East, Like Everyday, My Press Photo, Be Colorful and Ctrl+Alt+Del. In her desire to define a style that is original, questioning and nationalistic, Ghadirian has found a language that expresses the conflict between the modern and the traditional as the experienced identity of her generation. Her photographs question the tradition of the veil and at the same time question the futility of modern technology to liberate women from the veil. They depict women with scratch marks, in Qajar dress, in the Chador, with blurred bodies and faces, with a Coke tin, a vacuum cleaner, a clothes press, a cycle, a newspaper and a frying pan. Censorship, gender stereotyping of jobs, routineness and obliteration of identity are manifested in her photographs. Hosted by The Seagull Foundation for the Arts. Event: An exhibition of photographs by Shadi Ghadirian When: Till April 19; 2 pm - 8 pm Where: 46 Satish Mukherjee Road

Art

Till April 18 at CIMA Gallery; 2 pm - 7 pm: Through the Eye of a Needle — recent works by Shreyasi Chatterjee. Till April 18 at Studio 21, 17L Dover Terrace, #2486 6735; 11 am - 7 pm: Intersection — works by Anand Prakash, Satyajit Roy and Sougata Das. Till April 15 at Gallery 79, 79 Raja Basanta Roy Road, 1st floor, #24662837; 3 pm - 7 pm: A solo exhibition of collages and artworks by Tania Hazra. April 15 - 25 at Artists Circle Gallery, 46 Circus Avenue, #2283 3176; 3 pm - 8 pm: Parampara — an exhibition of recent works by Anita Roy Chowdhury and Subhendu Sarkar. Till April 18 at Emami Chisel Art Pvt. Ltd, 687 Anandapur EM Bypass, #40113182/3; 11 am - 7 pm: Art Against Terrorism, an exhibition of paintings and sculptures. Till April 18 at Chemould Art Gallery, 12F Park Street; 2 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Dilip Kumar Das, Indira Halder, Partha Shree Chanda and Pradipta Shankar Das. Till April 18 at Shree Art Gallery, 11 Gurusaday Road, Kusum Apartment, Flat no. 61, #30222040; 3 pm - 7 pm: Colours of Spring — an exhibition of paintings by well-known artists. Till April 19 at Taj Bengal; 10 am - 11 pm: Adekha Dekha — an exhibition of paintings by Dhiren Sasmal. Till April 19 at Bose Pacia, 18 Park Street, #40010148; 11 am - 7 pm: The works of Hema Upadhyay. Till April 21 (except Sunday) at Aakriti Art Gallery, Orbit Enclave, 1st floor, 12/3A Hungerford Street, #22893027; 12 noon - 7 pm: Chisel Crafts Pvt. Ltd presents Khoj Kolkata: Art Against Terrorism. Participating artists: Abhijit Gupta, Chhatrapati Dutta, Sanjeet Choudhury, Dr Paula Sengupta, Tamal Mitra, Dipyaman Kar, Srikanta Paul and Saikat Surai. Till April 30 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road, #65508418; 10.30 am - 7 pm: The Rhythm of Colour — works by Subrata Gangopadhyay, Suhas Roy, Prakash Karmakar, Shyamal Mukherjee, Samir Paul, Bratin Khan, Sanatan Dinda, Gourango Beshai, Sibsaday Chaudhuri, Atin Basak and others. Till April 30 at Genesis Art Gallery, 8B Middleton Street; 2 pm - 7 pm: Connoisseurs’ Choice — an exhibition of paintings by Arpan Bhowmik, Arunabha Karmakar, Bratin Khan, Dewashish Das, Hari Sadhan Dey, Partha Pratim Deb, Sanatan Dinda, Shyamal Mukherjee, Subhendu Porel, Subrata Das, Suchismita Sahoo, Suhas Roy, Sukanta Das, Sutapa Khan and sculptures by Banasri Khan. Till May 20 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road; 2 pm - 8 pm: The Seagull Foundation for the Arts presents Somnath Hore: Bronzes, Drawings, Watercolours — an exhibition of the works of Somnath Hore.

DRAMA

Till April 15: 17th Sanglap Natyotsav ’09. Today at B.D. Hall, Salt Lake; 6.30 pm: Astaraag, a Sanglap Kolkata production. Drama & direction: Kuntal Mukhopadhyay.. April 15 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Sundaram presents Galpo Hekim Saheb. Drama, direction & acting: Monoj Mitra. April 15 at Minerva Theatre; 6.30 pm: Howrah Dakshinayan presents Hawa Badal. Drama & direction: Kunal Mukhopadhyay.

PHOTOGRAPHS

Till April 19 (except April 15) at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 4th floor gallery; 4 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of photographs taken by Smita Barooah Sanyal, Suparno Banerjee and Mala Mukerjee. Till April 15 at Academy of Fine Arts, Central Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Enchanting Kolkata — an exhibition of photographs by Dr J.S. Murthy. Till April 17 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: 1st Chhayapath All India Salon of Digital Photography 2009. Till April 19 at 46 Satish Mukherjee Road, Calcutta 26; 2 pm - 8 pm: The Seagull Foundation for the Arts and Tasveer present an exhibition of photographs by Shadi Ghadirian.

PERFORMING ARTS

April 15 at Sri Aurobindo Pathamandir, 15 Bankim Chatterjee Street; 9 am: A programme of reading and songs to mark the Bengali New Year. Participants: Uma Mukhopadhyay, Pranami Basak, Shankar Dutta, Santwana Chowdhury and Shipra Ganguly. April 15 at Rabindra Okakura Bhavan, DD-27A/1 Salt Lake; 5 pm: Salt Lake Cultural Association hosts Barsho Baran, an evening of classical music to mark Poila Baishakh. Participants: Sanjay Ghosh (violin) with Biplab Bhattacharya (tabla), Subhra Chattopadhyay (vocal) with Anirban Dasgupta (tabla) and Babu Bardhan (harmonium), and a sitar-flute duet by Alex Sprovanov (sitar) and Renate Sprovanov (flute) with Biplab Bhattacharya (tabla). April 15 at Kala Mandir; 6.30 pm: Indo Occidental Symbiosis and Academy of Indian Culture present Pachise Bratati — featuring Bratati Bandyopadhyay in a solo recitation of Bengali poems from works of Tagore to contemporary poets. Music arrangement: Kalyan Sen Barat. Direction: Shubho Dasgupta. April 15 at Sri Aurobindo Institute of Culture, 3 Regent Park; 10.30 am: A solo recital of Tagore songs by Shreya Guhathakurta. April 15 at Satyajit Ray Auditorium, ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani; 6 pm: Rangali Bihu Festival of Assam. Organised by Assam Socio-Literary Club. April 15 at Bharatiyam Cultural Multiplex, IB 201 Salt Lake; 6 pm: In collaboration with EZCC, Bidhannagar Municipality will present cultural programmes on Bengali New Year’s Day. April 16 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6 pm: An evening of classical music featuring Arun Bhattacharya (dhrupad) with Ratnankur Mitra (pakhawaj), and Swapan Kumar Ghosh (sitar) with Sandip Ghosh (tabla). April 17, 18 & 19 at Gyan Manch; 6.30 pm: Ranan will present its latest production, Equus, a dance and theatre staging of Peter Shaffer’s landmark play. Direction: Vikram Iyengar.

TALK

April 15 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 6 pm: Swami Narendrananda will speak on Sri Sri Ramakrishna Lilaprasanga. April 15 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 6.50 pm: Navabarsha (1st Baishakh, 1416) - Navabarsha Sammelan (Talk on Bangladesh Visit) by Swami Vamananandaji.

EXHIBITION

Till April 15 at 124A Rashbehari Avenue, #2463 9081; 11 am - 7 pm: Bina Shah showcases party-wear collection of designer saris, salwar suits, kurtis, tops and more. Till April 15 at 108 Raja Basanta Roy Road, #24664315; 11 am - 7.30 pm: Summer show of Paramita Viswanathan’s Design. Items: Silk/tussar print, chiffon/crepe print, kota/tangail print, and south Indian cotton. Till April 15 at Jo’s, P-61 CIT Road, behind Holy Child School, #9831030737; 11 am - 8 pm: Jo’s exhibits kurtas, tunics, kurtis in kantha, kalamkari and vegetable prints. Till April 16 at Gorky Sadan: Gorky Sadan and Forum for Philately jointly present a philatelic exhibition, World of Philately in Celebration of Life, to mark the 35th anniversary of Gorky Sadan. Till April 18 at Finesse, 11/1B New Road, Alipore; 11 am - 7 pm: Calcutta fashion week designer Sujata Sarawgi showcases tussar printed / kantha / woven saris. Till April 18 at 8/2 Loudon Street, 2nd floor, #2281 1524/7840: Earthy Myth presents a Poila Baishakh sari bazaar of kota, organza and chiffons. Till April 19 at The Kolkata Store, City Centre; 10.30 am - 8.30 pm: The Kolkata Store, in association with Aaleya, presents The Kolkata Candle Festival. Featuring a wide array of decorative and aromatic candles created by Bonnya Bose and her team. Till April 20 at Banaraswala, 45/4A Chakraberia Road (S), Bhowanipore, #32911918; 11 am - 8 pm: A collection of Banarasi fabrics. Till April 30 (except Sunday) at Lepakshi Handicrafts Emporium, F-17 Dakshinapan, Dhakuria; 11.30 am - 7.30 pm: Andhra Pradesh Handicrafts Development Corporation presents a collection of saris like Mangalgiri, Gadwal and Chanderi, and handicrafts like Bidris, Kondapally, toys and brass statues. Till April 30 at P-249 Purna Das Road, #24644027; 11 am - 8 pm: Darbari is holding an exhibition, Agomoni, showcasing a summer collection of saris, salwar-suits, kurtis, skirts, accessories and an all-new men’s chic ethnic collection.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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