Mighty rhythm of nature Love for nature is a favourite, recurrent theme among artists, who have portrayed for us endless images of its lush, idyllic and bounteous beauty. Young artist Madhumati is essentially a nature painter, but with a difference. Trained in the visual arts at Kala Bhavana, Santiniketan and with an awareness of the romantic symphonies in Western music, she combines and converges her diverse skills and knowledge to produce works of art that reflect the archetypal flux, cadence and balance in nature. What is most interesting about her works is the way in which they simultaneously convey the constancy and change in the natural world, a truth which contains in itself one of the universe’s most enduring mysteries. In her works, the earth and its flora and fauna are found to be violently tossed by tumultuous storms, sometimes appearing dim and blurred through the darkness of the night or the haze of clouds and dust that obliterate the sun. Luminescence, the ongoing solo show of her recent oils on canvas, celebrates the rhythms of nature in motion. Displaying no trace of fear at the fury of the elements, she also makes her viewers enjoy the swirling gyration of wind-tossed and weather-lashed land and vegetation. Painting powerful strokes with bold swipes of her brush, she brings forth colours and tones that both express the awe-inspiring ferocity of nature as well as the natural, diurnal alternating of light and darkness. Event: An exhibition of paintings by Madhumati When: Till March 19; 4 pm - 8 pm Where: Gallery Paramhansa on the Vivada Cruise, Millennium Park

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Till March 28 (except Sunday & public holidays) at Studio 21, 17L Dover Terrace, #2486 6735; Monday (3 pm - 7 pm), Tuesday - Saturday (11 am - 7 pm): Fractals — Works by Anital Gopal. Till March 17 at Samokal Art Gallery, 23 Gariahat Road; 4 pm - 8 pm: Transcendental Bondage —an exhibition of paintings and drawings by Sumana Ghosh. Till March 18 at Academy of Fine Arts, Central Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: A group exhibition of paintings by Partha Kabiraj, Sushanta Roy, Shrea Ghosh, Srimanta Das, Subhabrata Bose and Tusar Kanti Pradhan. Till March 19 at Chemould, 12F Park Street; 2 pm - 7 pm: Tejas Gallery presents Adekha Dekha, an exhibition of paintings by Dhiren Sasmal. Till March 20 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South ‘B’ Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Masterstroke — recent works by Ananda Das. Till March 21 (except Sunday) at The Indian Society of Oriental Art, 5th floor, Apeejay House, 15 Park Street; 4 pm - 8 pm: Spring at Part Street — a group exhibition of paintings. Participating artists: Tanmoy Biswas, Kuntal Dutta, Krishnapriya Dasgupta, Arup Ghosh, Ujjwal Goswami, Sourav Jana, Ramendranath Kastha, Tamal Krsna, Chinmoy Mukherjee, Santanu Mitra, Prabal Sengupta and Soumitra Sengupta. Till March 21 at Metropolitan Art Salon, Suite 18, 7 Jawaharlal Nehru Road, #2228-9719; 2 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Salil Biswas. Till March 22 at Galerie Karma, P-505 Keyatola Road, #2463 6731/32; 11 am - 7 pm: Fourth Dimension presents Inner Space, an exhibition of paintings and sculptures by Mahuya Bhattacharya, Sukla Bhattacharyya, Sumana Biswas and Ranjan Paul. Till March 22 at Proscenium’s Art Centre, 46 AJC Bose Road; 4 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by a group of young, talented artists. Till March 26 (except Sunday) at Gallery Kolkata, Duckback House, 41 Shakespeare Sarani; #2287 3377/88; 11 am - 7 pm: Gallery Kolkata presents nav-Ratna, an exhibition of paintings, drawings, etching and lithographs. Participating artists: K.G. Subramanyan, Akbar Padamsee, Jogen Chowdhury, Suhas Roy, Prakash Karmakar, Dipak Banerjee, Kartick Chandra Pyne, Sunil Das and Shuvaprasanna. Till March 26 at Genesis Art Gallery, 8B Middleton Street, #2229 3886/2837; 2 pm - 7 pm: Expanding Horizons — an exhibition of paintings featuring works by Suhas Roy, Bhagat Singh, K. Salve, Harish Kumar, Ghulam Rasul, Shyamal Mukherjee, B.R. Panesar, Ashish Kabasi, Gautam Mukherjee, Nitya Kundu, Asit Mondal, Bratin Khan, Jiban Biswas, Joy Bhaduri, Sukanta Das, Dipankar Chanda, Dhananjay Mukherjee and others. Till March 27 (except Sunday) at Ganges Art, 33A Jatin Das Road, #2465 3212; 11 am - 7 pm: Joie de Vivre — an exhibition of the works of Dhaneshwar Shah and Sunanda Khajuria. Till March 28 (except Monday) at Gallery Nakshatra, 2/1 Outram Street, 2nd floor, #22892982; 11.30 am - 7.30 pm: Bronze sculptures by Tapas Sarkar. Till April 5 (except Monday) at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 3 pm - 8 pm: Birla Academy of Art & Culture presents Navarasa, an exhibition of the works of nine Delhi artists: Kalicharan Gupta, Niren Sengupta, Jay Zharotia, Amrut Patel, Nand Katyal, Shobha Broota, Prem Singh, Jagadish Chander and Suhas Nimbalkar.

PERFORMING ARTS

March 17 at Rabindra Sadan; 6 pm: Anandi (Dakshindnari) presents an evening of Rabindrasangeet by its artistes. Also, a solo recital of Tagore songs by Rahul Mitra. March 17 at Jibanananda Sabhagriha; 5.30 pm: Kabita O Kathay Dui Bangla — a programme of poetry-reading and recitation by artistes of West Bengal and Bangladesh. March 18 & 19 at Gyan Manch; 7 pm: Padatik Dance Centre presents E-Mo-Ko (Who am I? - A Quest for Self). Choreographed by Chetna Jalan, the Zen dance inputs are by Dr Sun Ock Lee. Scenography: Sanchayan Ghosh. Dancers: Souvik Chakraborty, Ritusri Chowdhuri, Anirban Pramanik, Payel Mallik, Debjaya Sarkar and Suman Saha. March 20 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Ananda Shankar Centre for Performing Arts will present a choreographers’ festival, Metamorphosis, by the students of the Centre. March 20 at Gyan Manch; 7 pm: Priyadarshini Ghosh and Mohana Iyer premier their first choerographic dance presentation, Hiranya Garbha, the Golden Womb. It is an interactive performance based on the principles of yoga with an objective of managing our lives better, communicating in a very contemporary approach. Natyanova Performing Arts Centre’s inaugural presentation in association with Open Doors. March 21 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6 pm: A jugalbandi by Ganesh Mohan (sitar) and Pradeep Barot (sarod) with Ujjwal Bharati on the tabla. March 22 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 9.30 am - 10 pm: Banyan Tree Events, in association with Birla Sun Life Insurance, hosts the grand finale of Teen Prahar, a day-long Indian classical music festival where the musicians present the ragas of different time zones (prahars). Participants (9.30 am - 2 pm): Rupak Kulkarni (flute), Kaushiki Desikan (vocal) and Tajendra Narayan Majumdar (sarod); (5 pm - 10 pm): Ganesh-Kumaresh (violin duet), Pandit Anindo Chatterjee (tabla) leading Taal India, a percussion ensemble of folk and classical drums, and Ustad Shujaat Khan (sitar).

DRAMA

March 17 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Jadiyo Galpo — Theatre Workshop’s latest production, directed by Ashok Mukhopadhyay. March 17 at Sisir Mancha; 6.30 pm: Bhownapur Natnati presents Ekti Asamapto Gappo. Direction: Shyamal Mitra. March 18 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Howrah Dakshinayan presents Hawa Badal. Drama & direction: Kunal Mukhopadhyay. March 18 at Madhusudan Mancha, 6.30 pm: Institute of Factual Theatre Arts presents Path... the Waterfall (Tagore’s Muktadhara). Design & direction: Debasish Dutta. March 19 at Academy of Fine Arts & March 22 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Ajnatobass — Nandikar’s latest production, directed by Sumanta Gangopadhyay. Story: Sukanta Gangopadhyay. The cast includes Sohini Sengupta, Sumana Mukherjee, Swatilekha Sengupta, Sumanta Gangopadhyay, Swajan Srijan Mukherjee and Rudraprasad Sengupta. Directorial adviser: Rudraprasad Sengupta. March 19 at Tapan Theatre; 7 pm: Rangakarmee presents Mukti. Design & direction: Usha Ganguli. March 20 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Bratyajon presents Ruddha Sangeet. Playwright & direction: Bratya Basu. March 20 at Madhusudan Mancha, 6.30 pm & March 21 at Academy of Fine Arts, 3 pm: Nandipat will stage its latest production, Aapad. Direction: Bimal Chakraborty.

PHOTOGRAPHS

Till March 20 at Abanindranath Tagore Gallery, Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani: Lights of the Ganga — an exhibition of photographs by Alain Daniélou and Raymond Burnier. Till April 14 (except Sunday) at Boi-Chitra, College Street Coffee House, 2nd floor, #22416845; 3 pm - 7.30 pm: A retrospective of rare photographs by C. Guha. This exhibition brings to life a forgotten era of old world grace, elegance and artistry in studio photography.

SYMPOSIUM

March 17 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 5.30 pm: Symposium (in English, Bengali and Hindi) on Life and Teachings of Sri Ramakrishna. Participants: Swami Tyagarupananda, Swami Prasannatmananda, Swami Chaitanyananda, Swami Ishtatmananda and Swami Tattwavidananda. Opening song by Swami Stavapriyananda. Swami Sarvabhutananda will preside.

EXHIBITION

Till March 21 at 5/1 Anil Moitra Road, Ballygunge Place, #2440 8926/27; 9.30 am - 6.30 pm: Weavers Studio presents a summer collection of wearable textiles and saris in pastel hues. Also, chiffon, maheswari, cotton, kota and more. Till March 21 at Central Cottage Industries Corporation of India Ltd, 7 Jawaharlal Nehru Road: An exhibition of kantha-stitch items. Till March 21 at Nupur’s Boutique, 5/2 Cornfield Road, #24604734, 9830039836; 11 am - 8 pm: Nupur Boutique’s summer collection comprises Madhuboni kalamkari hand-painted saris, as well as cotton, kota and block-printed ones. Till March 28 at Finesse Gallery, 11/1B New Road; 11 am - 7 pm: A riot of colours: Cotton maheshwari/kota/tussar saris, hand-woven and block-printed from the looms of Madhya Pradesh, Bengal and Bihar. Till April 15 (except Sunday & holidays) 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.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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Time out, The Telegraph, 6, Prafulla Sarkar Street, Calcutta-700 001;
Fax: 2234-8244