Spiritual quest Perhaps one of the finest miniature artists in the country, the miniature landscapes of Bireswar Sen are indeed poems in colour. In the limited space of 2 1/2 inches x 3 1/2 inches (the average dimensions of his works), he has shown infinite distances as well as lofty Himalayan snow peaks resplendent with the chromatic effects of sunset and sunrise. As part of the annual exhibition of the Museum and Art Gallery of the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, the Bireswar Sen Family Trust presents, for the first time in Calcutta, Pilgrim of Eternity, the ongoing show of 100 never-before-seen miniatures in watercolour by Sen. The exhibition symbolises a voyage into the spiritualism that Sen’s art embodies; a rendezvous into the abyss of the unknown and the re-definition of the known. It is this devoutness to his craft that elevates his work to that of mystical masterpieces. Sen was deeply influenced by the celebrated Russian painter, Nicholas Roerich, who propelled his interest in landscape painting. Interestingly, however, in contrast to the paintings of Roerich that are full of the sweep and the majesty of the mountains, Sen painted on a small, almost minuscule, scale but with no absence of grandeur, no loss of stateliness. Event: An exhibition of miniature watercolours by Bireswar Sen When: Till April 23; 10am - 1pm & 2.30pm - 7pm Where: Museum and Art Gallery, Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Gol Park

ART

April 18 - 24 at Taj Bengal, Promenade Lounge; 10am - 11pm: First solo exhibition of recent works by Debasree Mukherjee (Ray). The artist will be painting live from 3pm to 6pm. April 18 - 23 at G.C. Laha Centenary Fine Arts Gallery, 7 Chittaranjan Avenue, 1st floor; 2pm - 7pm: Panart presents its third exhibition of paintings featuring works by Arijit Chowdhury, Asutosh Bhattacharjee, Bilendra Nath Mondal, Debiprasad Basu, Nilotpal Sinha, Pradip Ghosh, Saheb Dey, Saibal Das and Samir Bhattacharya. Till April 20 at Nandalal Bose Gallery, Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani; 11am - 7pm: Ghat by Ghat — a painting exhibition of the ghats of Varanasi by Australian artist Terry Burrows. Till April 20 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South ‘B’ Gallery; 3pm - 8pm: Paintings by Rabindranath Roy. Till April 20 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3pm - 8pm: Joie De Vivre, a solo exhibition by Indrani Sadhukhan. Till April 23 (except holidays) at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture; 10am - 1pm & 2.30pm - 7pm: Annual Art Exhibition: Pilgrim of Eternity, an exhibition of watercolour miniatures by Bireswar Sen. Till April 24 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 3pm - 8pm: 50 Years of Drawings & Paintings by Dr Debasis Bhattacharya. Till April 30 (except Mondays) at Bodhi Tree Monastery of Art, 48/44 Swiss Park, 24246534; 4pm - 7pm: Bodhi Tree Monastery of Art presents Annual Exhibition 2011. Till April 30 (Sundays by appointment) at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road, 65508418; 10.30am - 6.30pm: The Rapture of Form — paintings by Suhas Roy, Prokash Karmakar, Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, Sanatan Dinda, Atin Basak, Bratin Khan, Gourango Beshai, Sibsaday Chaudhuri, Subrata Das, Samir Paul, Sukanta Das and others. Till May 6 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road; 11am - 8pm: The Seagull Foundation for the Arts presents the exhibition, Somnath Hore: Prints, Drawings, Posters. Till May 7 (except Sundays) at Gallery Image Kraft, 56E Block D, New Alipore; 11am - 8pm: An exhibition of paintings by young Bengal painters. Till May 7 (except Sundays & holidays) at Mon Art Gallerie, 6 Hungerford Street, Regency Building, 3rd floor, 22895438; 11am - 7.30pm: Sublime Contours, an exhibition of recent paintings by some of the senior and well as upcoming artists of Andhra Pradesh. Till May 15 (except Mondays) at Kusum Apartments, 11 Gurusaday Road, Flat no. 61, 9903235566; 3pm - 7pm: Shree Art Gallery presents Baishakhi, and exhibition of paintings by B.R. Panesar, Bappa Halder, Pramathesh Chandra, Debabrata Chakrabarty, Dipti Chakraborty, Debendra Laha, Arun Kr Samaddar, Nitya Kundu, Milanendu Mondal, Prabal Roy, Ranjan Sarkar, Ranadip Das, Subrata Das, Samir Paul, Sambhu Saha and others. Till June 9 (except Sundays) at Experimenter, 2/1 Hindusthan Road, 24630465, 40012289; 11 am - 7pm: The Young Man Was... (a few chapter): Naeem Mohaiemen.

DRAMA

April 18 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30pm: Shohan presents its latest production, Manbhanjan. Direction: Anish Ghosh. April 19 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30pm: Nat-Ranga presents Beokuf Ek Chand. Drama, direction & acting: Sohan Bandyopadhyay. April 20 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30pm: Nandikar will stage Madhabi. Drama: Bhisma Sahni. Adaptation, music & direction: Swatilekha Sengupta. Acting: Rudraprasad Sengupta, Debshankar Halder, Parthapratim Deb, Sumanta Ganguly and Sohini Sengupta. April 21 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30pm: Gobardanga Shilpayan will stage its new production, Bhoot-Puran. Drama & direction: Ashis Chattopadhyay. April 22 at Academy of Fine Arts; 11 am & 3pm: Rangakarmee will stage Bhor at 11am, and Chandalika at 3pm. Both are designed and directed by Usha Ganguli. April 22 at Minerva Theatre; 6pm: Eso Natak Kori presents Sannyasir Tarbari. Drama: Utpal Dutt. Direction: Manab Roy. April 22 at Tapan Theatre; 6.45pm: Rashbehari Srishti will stage two short plays: Simul O Balai and Akashi Akangsha. Written and directed by Amit Sarkar. April 23 at Tapan Theatre; 6.30pm: Pratikriti will stage Manoj Mitra’s Kenaram Becharam. Direction: Alok Deb.

FILM show

Till April 20 at Nandan-II, April 21 at Nandan-III; 4pm & 6pm: Cine Central, Calcutta and Nandan, West Bengal Film Centre present the 16th European Union Film Festival. Today, 4pm: The Commitments, Ireland. At 6pm: Ricky Rapper, Finland

pERFORMING ARTS

April 18 at Satyajit Ray Auditorium, Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani; 6.30pm: Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR Calcutta presents, in its Horizon series, An Evening of Classical Ragas by Ranajit Sengupta and Shirin Sengupta. April 18 at Kala Mandir; 6.30pm: Alumni of Ballygunge Government High School presents Rabi Pranam, a tribute to Tagore on his 150th birth anniversary. Featuring a dramatised reading from Tagore’s play by Rajatava Dutta and Soumitra Basu, to be followed by Tagore songs by Rezwana Chowdhury Banya, Srabani Sen, Mohan Singh and Abhirup Guha Thakurta. April 19 at the Sandre Hall, 6B Sunny Park; 6pm: Inaugural concert of the Yamaha Grand piano by Spanish pianist Victoria Aja. Entry by invitation only and all donor members of Calcutta School of Music are welcome. April 19 at Satyajit Ray Auditorium, Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani; 6.30pm: Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR Calcutta presents, in its Horizon series, Baul Baulanir Gaan by Rabi Adhikary and Sambiti Poddar. April 20 at Satyajit Ray Auditorium, Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani; 6.30pm: Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR Calcutta presents, in its Horizon series, Emotions from Kerala (Mohiniyattam – the dance of feminine moods and emotion) by Mom Ganguly. April 21 at Vivekananda Hall, Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture; 6pm: Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture and Bhavna jointly present Surer Bandhaney: Bishnupur and Jorasanko. Participants: Shantanu Bandyopadhyay (classical vocal) and Manoj Murali Nair (Tagore songs). April 21 - 23 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6pm: Sangeet Ashram presents The Jnana Pravaha Music Festival 2011. Featuring Shubha Mudgal (vocal), Debojyoti Bose (sarod) on April 21; Subhra Guha (vocal), Kala Ramnath (violin), Venkatesh Kumar (vocal) on April 22; and Meeta Pandit (vocal), Rupak Kulkarni (flute) on April 23.

TALK

April 18 at Turiyananda Hall, Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture; 5.30pm: Sitanath Goswami will speak in Sanskrit on Bhagavad-Gita. April 18 at Shivananda Hall, Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture; 6.30pm: Dr Debiprasad Duari will speak on New View of Our Solar System. April 18 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math; 7pm: Dr Bhupendra Nath Seal will speak on Bharat Premik Swami Abhedananda. April 18 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra, DD-44 Salt Lake; 7pm: Sanghamitra Deb will speak on Srimad Bhagavad Gita.

SEMINAR

April 18 at Bangla Akademi Sabhaghar; 5.30pm: A seminar on Swarnajuger Bangla Gaan O Bangla Band. Speakers: Alok Chattopadhyay and Surajit (Bhoomi). Moderator: Koushiki Bandyopadhyay.

EXHIBITION

April 18 - 23 (except Sunday) at Aakriti Art Gallery (Sculpture wing), Orbit Enclave, 1st floor, 12/3A Hungerford Street, 22893027/5041; 12noon - 7pm: Chisel Arts is exhibiting its handmade furniture. Till April 30 at 175 Block G, New Alipore, 40608060; Weekdays: 11am - 7.30pm, Sunday: 12noon - 6pm: “V” Style Voyage exhibits new summer designer collection of salwar kurta, tunics, dresses. Also, artefacts, home-decor items, tablemats, bags, footwear and accessories.

PHOTOGRAPHS

Till April 20 at Nandan-IV; 4pm - 8pm: A photographic exhibition to commemorate 60 years of making of the film, The River, by Jean Renoir. Till April 19 at National Academy of Photography (NAP), 38 Golf Club Road, 24226360; 12noon - 7pm: Hey Boishakh, an exhibition of photographs by the students of NAP and the members of Persona-International.

CELEBRATION

Till April 18 at Sree Thyagaraja Hall, P-530 Raja Basanta Roy Road, 24638296: Ved Bhavan Bhajan Samaj celebrates 71st Sri Ramanavami Mahotsavam. Today, 9am: Sundarakaanda Parayanam; at 6pm: Anjaneya Utsavam by Kadayanallur K.S. Rajagopala Bhagavatar & party; and at 10.30pm: Lord Rama will be taken back to Sri Raghavendra Math.

WORKSHOP

April 18 - 23 at 836 New Alipore: Cookery workshops on exotic party sazis, low calorie cuisine, coffees, eggless desserts, Italian cuisine & more. Also, cooking classes for kids and teenagers. For more details and enrollment, call 9836090947, 9331059555. April 18 - 26 at Mahila Parishad, 15 Balaram Dey Street, 2259-0347/0489: A classical music-based Bhajan and Sugam Sangeet workshop to be conducted by Shikha Roy Chowdhury, disciple of Girija Devi. April 19 & 20 at 6 Commissriate Road, Hastings; 2pm - 4pm: Mrs Goel’s dessert (eggless) class on April 19 and eggless cake class on April 20. For registration, call 9339096917. April 22 - 24 at Jyotirmai Club, Ballygunge: An image profiling and personality development workshop. Modules include image styling, communication skills, art and music therapy, holistic wellbeing, etiquette, etc. Registration closes on April 21. For details, call 98309 76718. April 22 - 26 at Happy Hours, CD-69 Salt Lake, 9830227778: A five-day workshop on cue, loop, scratching, beats & mixing. To be conducted by DJ Rahul.

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