Of countenances In an age where good drawing seems to have become unfashionable, the paintings of Sabita Dhar offer a welcome departure from the trend. A self-taught artist, she declares that her extensive travels around the world have allowed her the opportunity to see works by great masters and imbibe from her experiences. Deeply influenced by Rembrandt as well as by the Impressionists, her style reveals a combination of realism and impressionism. Fascinated by the myriad expressions on people’s faces, she paints portraits that reflect the diverse nuances and shades of human character with great maturity and subtlety. Painting with great attention to symmetry and anatomical correctness, her fluid brush strokes convey a life-like impression of her subjects. Legends and Other Portraits, the ongoing solo show of portraits by Dhar, features works in two categories: celebrities and unknown women. Developed on the theme of beauty, the faces in the latter category mirror a thousand emotions and portray her vision of both physical and inner beauty. Event: An exhibition of portraits by Sabita Dhar When: Till October 18; 3 pm - 8 pm Where: Chitrakoot Art Gallery, 55 Gariahat Road

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October 15 - November 28 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road, #6550 8418; 10.30 am - 6.30 pm: The Voices of the Canvas — an exhibition of the works of 20 well-known artists. October 15 - 19 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 4th floor; 4 pm - 8 pm: Budhaditya Banerjee makes his debut with a solo exhibition of paintings, based on the Indian style symbolising Indian shastra and philosophy. n Till October 17 at Academy of Fine Arts (New South Gallery); 3 pm - 8 pm: Bengal Fine Arts College, Chandpara, North 24 Parganas presents the 7th Annual Art Exhibition 2008 featuring works by its students. Till October 18 at Galerie Karma, P-505 Keyatala Road, #2463-6731/32; 11 am - 7 pm: Second Self — an exhibition of illustrations and paintings by artists from Bengal’s leading dailies. Till October 18 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Legends and other portraits — a solo exhibition of portraits by Sabita Dhar. Till October 18 at Chemould Art Gallery, 12F Park Street; 2 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition of drawings and sketches by Biswajit Guha Roy. Till October 19 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 1st floor; 3 pm - 8 pm: West Bengal Correctional Services presents an exhibition of paintings and sculptures by the inmates of correctional homes of West Bengal. Till October 22 at Artists Circle, 46 Circus Avenue, #2283 3176; 2 pm - 7 pm: Inspiration — a show by senior artists. Participants: Adimoolam, Anita Roychowdhury, Bijon Chowdhury, Ganesh Haloi, Gautam Mukherjee, Laxma Goud, Palaniappan, Paritosh Sen, Prakash Karmakar, R.B. Bhaskaran, Sekhar Roy, Shipra Bhattacharya, Subroto Chowdhury, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Suhas Roy and Surya Prakash. Till October 30 (except Sunday) at Aakriti Art Gallery, 1st floor, Orbit Enclave, 12/3A Hungerford Street, #2289 3027; 12 noon - 7 pm: GenNext III, the annual show of Aakriti Art Gallery featuring an exhibition of paintings, sculptures, prints, textiles, video and photographs by contemporary artists below 40 years of age, including foreign participants from different continents. Till October 31 at Gallery K2, Supra Court, 35 Lansdowne Terrace, #2465 1444; 11 am - 7 pm: Contemporary Art on Display — works by Partho Pratim Deb, Paresh Maity, S. Pranam Singh, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Shilajit Ghosh, Nabendu Roy, Sudipto Karmakar, Saumya Kanti Mukhopadhyay and others. Till October 31 (except Sunday) at Ganges Art Gallery, 33A Jatin Das Road, #2465 3212; 11 am - 7 pm: Art Fair 2008 — a collection of affordable art. Featuring works by Manoj Dutta, Munindra Rajbongshi, Chandana Hore, Parag Adhikari, Anup Giri and Madhuri Jalan. Till November 1 at Bose Pacia, Stephens Court, 18 Park Street, #4001 0148; 11 am - 7 pm: Bose Pacia, Calcutta presents latest works of Rao Kodanda (Baroda) and Basist Kumar (Santiniketan). Till November 10 (except Sunday) at Tejas Gallery, 11 Mayfair Road, #4007 6042; 1 pm - 7.30 pm: Devi-II — Twenty-five artists’ impressions of Goddess Durga.

DRAMA

October 16 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Natasena presents Gorur Garir Headlight, written and directed by Saroj Roy. October 16 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Theatre Workshop presents Bhagaban Ja Karen Ta. Drama & direction: Ashok Mukhopadhyay. October 16 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Abhaash Dakshin Kolkata will stage its latest production, Bhalobasa Bharatbarsha, based on litterateuer Vaikam Muhammad Bashir’s three stories in Malayalam. Drama, direction & acting: Shekhar Samaddar. October 17 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Natyaranga presents Dadu Chaye Nati Chaye. Drama: Surajit Bandyopadhyay. Direction: Swapan Sengupta. October 17 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Kalyani Natyacharcha will stage Meyeti, directed by Kishore Sengupta. Acting: Goutam Halder and Bindia Ghosh. October 18 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Sayak presents Chandan Sen’s Daibaddha. Direction: Meghnad Bhattacharya. October 18 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Sansriti will stage Surjo Pora Chhai. Drama & direction: Debesh Chattopadhyay. October 19 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Sayak will stage two short plays, Bneche Thaka and Swarnochampa. Dir: Meghnad Bhattacharya. October 19 at Tapan Theatre; 6.30 pm: Mukhomukhi and Niva Arts present Atmakatha. Drama: Mahesh Elkunchwar. Bengali adaptation & direction: Soumitra Chattopadhyay. The cast includes Soumitra Chattopadhyay, Lily Chakraborty, Poulami Basu and Damini Mukherjee.

PERFORMING ARTS

October 15 at Rabindra Sadan; 5 pm: Mohar Dhara Kanika-Kalakendra pays its tribute to Kanika Bandyopadhyay to mark her 84th birth anniversary (October 12) with an evening of Tagore songs, dance and recitation. Participants: Buddhadev Guha, Srikanto Acharya, Shrabani Sen, Lopamudra Mitra, Anushila Basu, Saikat Mitra, Manomoy Bhattacharya, Saheb Chatterjee, Sumona Ganguly, Dr Tania Das, Sourish Pal, Dolon Mitra and Esha Mitra in songs; Dona Ganguly, Swati Banerjee, Gargi Ghosh Neogy and Mohar Mitra in dance; and Sutapa Banerjee and Bulbul Ganguly in recitation/reading. Also, felicitation to Girija Devi, Ashis Bhattacharya, Bani Tagore, Dr Sreekumar Chattopadhyay and Dr Purnendu Bikash Sarkar. n October 16 at Calcutta School of Music; 6.30 pm: A Spanish guitar concert: Five Centuries of Classical Music by guiatrist Armando Orbòn. October 18 & 19 at Birla Academy; 6 pm: Rhythm presents its 27th annual music concert. Oct. 18: Rosy Dutta Pandit (vocal) with Sujit Saha (tabla) and Ratin Majumder (harmonium); Sandip Chatterjee (santoor) with Sujit Saha (tabla) and Gourab Chatterjee (harmonium); and Bhola Nath Mishra vocal) with Biswajit Dev (tabla) and Khagesh Kirtania (harmonium). Oct. 19: Taal-Bichitra (Dir: Sujit Saha) by the students of Rthythm; Arun Bhaduri (vocal) with Sujit Saha (tabla); and Buddhadev Dasgupta (sarod) with Samar Saha (tabla). October 18 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Utsaha-Udvas presents an evening of reading and Tagore songs. Featuring Joy Goswami in a programme of reading, titled Tumi Jano, Srijatokishor? and Rahul Mitra and Sayan Bandyopadhyay in a programme of Tagore songs, titled Aamaar Chola Nabin Pataye.... October 18 at the Far Pavilion, Tollygunge Club; 7.15 pm: Black Dog and Tollygunge Club, in association with Leather Club and Open Doors, present A Tribute to The Doors. Featuring the city band Insomnia along with singers Rishi Chanda and amidh Mukherjere (both from Hip Pocket) who will relive the magic of Jim Morrison and The Doors with such superhits as LA Woman, Light My Fire, Roadhouse Blues and Love Me Two Times.

PHOTOGRAPHS

Till October 19 at Dum Dum Motijheel College; 5 pm - 9 pm: The 51st International Salon of Photographic Art, hosted by Photographic Association of Dum Dum. Featuring 84 works of 58 photo-artists of 14 countries.

POETRY READING/CONTEST

October 17 at British Council; 7 pm: British Council India, in association with Westland Ltd, is organising an evening of poetry reading by British Asian poet Daljit Nagra, who will also perform from Look We Have Coming to Dover. On the occasion, British Council is holding The Man Who Would Be English! — a contest for young poets in Hinglish or Benglish. It is inspired, as is the title, from Forward Prize winner Nagra’s collection of poetry, Look We Have Coming to Dover. Daljit’s unique Pung-lish sensibility is the springboard for this contest: (1) The poems must be no longer than 25 lines; (2) They should be an original work in Hinglish or Benglish; and (3) Winners will be announced and awarded on the evening of October 17 by Nagra himself. Entries may be submitted to Karabi Basu at karabi.basu@in.britishcouncil.org before October 15.

WORKSHOP

October 17 at British Council; 3 pm - 5 pm: British Asian poet Daljit Nagra will run a workshop for aspiring poets and writers. Those interested should register with Monali Paladi at Monali.paladhi@in.britishcouncil. org by October 15. October 16 - 18 at Swatantra, 26/3 Sahapur, New Alipore; 2 pm - 5 pm: A three-day mime workshop to be conducted by Kamal Naskar. Details at #98300 87267, 2432 7144.

EXHIBITION

Till October 31 (except Sundays & public holidays) at Studio 21, 17L Dover Terrace, #2486 6735; Monday: 3 pm - 7 pm; Tuesday - Saturday: 11am - 7 pm: The New Idyllic — Indigenous art from Madhya Pradesh.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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