Creation and celebration Acommunion of like-minded painters, printmakers and sculptors, the Society of Contemporary Artists has relentlessly striven for the sake of art for more than 50 years. In recent times, the group has contributed to the mainstream of Indian art in diverse, revolutionary and even controversial ways. Its artists have projected the image of man’s search for himself and his insistence of personal freedom through aesthetic medium, but always in an innovative, experimental fashion. It boasts, among its members, some of the best-known figures of contemporary Indian art, including stalwarts Somnath Hore, Nikhil Biswas, Shyamal Dutta Ray, Bikash Bhattacharjee and Ajit Chakraborty. The group launches the celebration of its golden jubilee with the ongoing exhibition of small-format art works in a show that vividly captures the variety and vitality of its contribution to contemporary art. Participants: Amitabha Bhattacharya, Atin Basak, B.R. Panesar, Ganesh Haloi, Lalu Prasad Shaw, Manoj Dutta (a painting by him appears here), Manu Parekh, Niranjan Pradhan, Partho Dasgupta, Sanat Kar, Sunil Das and others. Event: An exhibition of works by a group of contemporary artists When: Till August 23; 3 pm - 8 pm Where: Society of Contemporary Artists Gallery, 398 Rashbehari Avenue- EM Bypass Connector

Art

Till September 9 (except Sunday) at Emami Chisel Art Pvt. Ltd, Emami Towers, 687 Anandapur, E.M. Bypass, #40113182/83; 11 am - 7 pm: Emami Chisel presents Bikash Bhattacharjee: A retrospective exhibition of paintings. Till August 19 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm - 8 pm: Calcutta Sculptors presents its 16th annual sculpture exhibition in celebration of the 75th birthday of eminent sculptor Shankar Ghosh. Till August 21 at Academy of Fine Arts, Central Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Dristikon presents an exhibition of paintings and sculptures by young artists. Participants: I. Leishangthem, M. Thomas Singh, Pinaki Mukherjee, Monidipa Paul, Ashis Dutta, Sujoy Haldar, C. Moirangthem, Debabrata Dey, Sukanta Maurh and N. Bhattacharya. Till August 21 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm - 8 pm: The fifth solo exhibition of paintings and drawings by Sujit Kumar Ghosh. Till August 22 at Masters Collection Art Gallery, G-7 Malayalay Apts, 3 Woodburn Park, #30534053; 11 am - 6 pm: A group exhibition of paintings. Featuring works by Arup Ratan Choudhury, Bibhas Baidya, Indrajit Basu, Manas Mohan Bhaumik, Shuvendu Sarkar and Sushanta Das. Till August 22 at G.C. Laha Centenary Fine Arts Gallery, 7 Chittaranjan Avenue; 3 pm - 7 pm: Bangio Sanskriti Parishad presents Verse on Canvas, an exhibition of paintings by Prakash Karmakar, Bijon Chowdhury, Anita Roychowdhury, Nikhilesh Das, Sushanta Chakraborty, Sushobhan Adhikary, Haren Thakur, Sharmila Thakur, Himadri Ramani, Shilpi Ramani Chowdhury, Prasanta Neogi, Ajit Bikram Dutta, Swati Pasari, Sarmita Das, Ranjoy Roychowdhury, Arkadeb Dutta, Aditya Ghosh, Amrita Ghosh and Aditya Ganguly. Till August 23 at The Promenade Lounge, Taj Bengal; 10 am - 11 pm: A solo exhibition of recent works by Subrata Ghosh. The artist will be painting live from 3 pm to 6 pm. Till August 25 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Presidency Court, 55 Gariahat Road, #2461 8812; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of Arindam Chatterjee’s recent works on paper. Till August 29 at Galerie Karma, P-505 Keyatola Road; 11 am - 7 pm: The 3rd group exhibition of Rangan. Featuring paintings and graphics by Abhijit Paul, Anjana Mukherjee, Hirack Chand, Ruma Bera, Sabyasachi Borah and Sandeep R Chowdhury. Till August 30 (except Mondays) at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 6 pm: An exhibition of paintings, sculptures, drawings and graphics by the awardees at the Annual Exhibition 2009 of Birla Academy. Participants: Amlan Dutta, Anupam Das, Avijit Mukherjee, Debashree Das, Harjit Saha, Manjushree Chakraborty and Sujit Karan. Till September 10 (except Sundays) at Tejas Art Gallery, 11 Mayfair Road, #98300 49825; 1 pm - 7.30 pm: An exhibition of affordable artwork: prints, small canvases, woodcuts, lithos, patachitras, paperworks, etc.

TALK

August 18 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6 pm: Swami Vedaswarupananda will speak in Bengali on Gita. August 18 at Sri Aurobindo Bhavan, 8 Shakespeare Sarani; 6.30 pm: Santosh Kumar Batabyal Endowment Lecture by Dr Ashmita Khasnabish. Subject: Savitri and the Political Sublime. August 18 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Atmabodhananda will discuss in Bengali Sri Sri Mayer Katha. August 18 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra, DD-44 Salt Lake; 7 pm: Vishnupada Jana will speak on Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita Prasanga. August 18 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 7 pm: Discourse on Sri Sri Ma Sarada Punthi by Swami Snehamayananda.

DRAMA

August 18 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Shohan presents its latest production, Daaho. Direction: Anish Ghosh. August 18 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Gandhar presents Kachher Manush, with Debshankar Haldar and Bijoylakshmi Barman in the lead. Dir: Gautam Haldar, filmmaker. August 19 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Aneek will stage Adventure Kaare Koy. Direction: Malay Biswas. August 19 at Madhusudan Mancha; 7 pm: Rangakarmee presents Boorhi Kaki, directed by Goutam Halder.

PERFORMING ARTS

August 18 at Sisir Mancha; 5.30 pm: Aradhan presents Kabir Surey Praner Katha, a programme of Tagore song and recitation. Participants: Rajeshwar Bhattacharya, Sanghamitra Chakrabarti, Sucharita Bandyopadhyay, Dipankar Pal, Namita Das, Bandana Bandyopadhyay, Shashwati Basu Mallick, Maitreyee Sen, Debashis Kumar Bose and others. August 20 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6 pm: A jugalbandi by Mor Mukut Kedia (sitar) and Manoj Kumar Kedia (sarod) with Subhajyoti Guha on the tabla. August 21 & 22 at Kala Mandir; 6.30 pm: Students of Ananda Shankar Centre for Performing Arts will present their 22nd annual show. August 22 at Calcutta School of Music, Sandre Hall; 7 pm: Ranan and Open Doors present Ankur 2009 - emerging talent in classical dance. Featuring Priyanki Roy (Odissi; Calcutta), disciple of Sharmila Biswas, and Sreelakshmy Govardhanan (Kuchipudi; Thrissur), disciple of Vyjayanthi Kashi.

EXHIBITION

Till August 19 at the AC hall of Anusthan Bhawan, 132 Rashbehari Avenue, near Deshapriya Park, #9831672247; 11 am - 8 pm: Tilottama presents a designer Puja exhibition of embroidered silk and cotton sarees, dress material, salwar suits, kurtas and kurtis, shirts, kidswear, bedcover, costume jewellery, leather bag, perfume, tupperware and homemade food. Till August 20 at 5/2 Cornfield Road, #98300 39836; 11 am - 8 pm: Nupur’s Boutique presents its pre-Puja collection of Madhubani kalamkari sarees, block-print sarees, hand embroidery, dress material and suits. Till August 20 at 23 Raja Santosh Road, Flat 8C Alipore; 11 am - 7 pm: Namrata Kanoi displays a range of handcrafted bags and footwear. Till August 22 at Kausik Hall of Nari Seva Sangha; 12 noon - 7 pm: Nari Seva Sangha’s Puja exhibition of cotton-printed sarees, children’s clothes, woollen garments, handicrafts, eco-friendly carry bags, spices, frozen vegetables and snacks. Till August 22 at 10 Dr Sarat Banerjee Road, #2466 1111; 10 am - 7 pm: Kundahar’s annual display of sarees. Till August 18 at The Hyatt Regency; 11 am - 8 pm: Art Karat presents Vivah (picture right), a collection of designer jewellery by Asha Kamal Modi. Till August 20 at 80G Sarat Bose Road; 11 am - 5 pm: Chandni unveils her new collection of sarees, light and bridal lehengas. Also, diaper cakes and baby arrival bouquets for baby showers and parties. 9831038115, 9339058424. Till August 31 at 5/1 Anil Moitra Road, #2440 8926/27; 9.30 am - 6.30 pm: Weavers Studio presents Khadi Walk, a collection of yardage, dupattas, sarees in a variety of textures and colours by Dastakar from Andhra Pradesh. Till September 16 at 108 Raja Basanta Roy Road; 11 am - 7.30 pm: Paramita Viswanathan presents a Puja collection of exclusive sarees from the South and prints by Design. Till September 24 at Darbari, P-249 Purna Das Road, #2464 4027; 11 am - 8 pm: An exhibition showcasing exclusive hand-embroidered, printed and woven ladies and men’s wear.

FILM SHOW

Till August 21 at Gorky Sadan; 6 pm: Eisenstein Cine Club presents Long Shot - Mid Shot - Close Up, a tribute to the masters of Indian cinema. Today: Khela Ghar (Dir: Ajoy Kar). August 18 - 22 at Nandan II: Federation of Film Societies of India, in collaboration with Nandan, West Bengal Film Centre and Asian Group of International Federation of Film Societies, hosts a Malaysian Film Festival. Today: Mukhsin (Dir: Yasmin Ahmad) at 3 pm; Inauguration to be followed by Flower in the Pocket (Dir: Liew Seng Tat) at 5 pm. August 18 at Max Mueller Bhavan; 6.30 pm: The Calcutta premiere of Billal (story of a boy growing up with parents who cannot see...), directed by Sourav Sarangi.

FOUNDATION DAY

August 18 at CMC House, 91B Chittaranjan Avenue; 7 pm: The 109th Foundation Day celebration of Calcutta Medical Club.

WORKSHOP

August 18 - 23 at 105 Southern Avenue, 2nd floor, #9831197704, 24631018; 6.30 am - 9.15 am: Course on Art of Living (Part I). 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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