Sketches that speak Writing is a symbolic expression through words that make up language while drawing is a structural expression of perception appearing in the form of motifs used almost like visual alphabets. When these two are creatively put together, they create a sense of language, more essentially, a visual language. The whole idea of Writing Visuals, the ongoing group show, is to present the act of drawing as a form of language. The show attempts to present a sensibility that quintessentially centres around drawing. Many of the visuals in this show are translations of drawings into material. The works indicate scripts, texts, narration and much more, and an emergence of the images from the extensive practice of writing. The exhibition also attempts to establish the relationship between writing and drawing. In some works, the journey has been from visuals to alphabet while in others it has been the other way round. Its showcases painting, relief (sculptural) works that retain the elements of drawing to a great extent. The drawing here resembles a painting or a sculpture, but essentially remains a drawing. Participants: Vivan Sundaram, Jogen Chowdhury, Partha Pratim Deb, Kishore Chatterjee, Jayashree Chakraborty (a drawing by her appears here), Samir Roy, N.N. Rimzon, Dilip Ranade, Alex Matthew, Sudhir Patwardhan, Mithu Sen, Adip Dutta, Debnath Basu, Paula Sengupta and Manisha Parekh. Event: An exhibition of drawings by well-known artists When: Till July 24; 12 noon - 8 pm Where: Harrington Mansions, Suite 5+25B, 2nd floor, 8 Ho Chi Minh Sarani

ART

Till August 14 (except Sundays & public holidays) at CIMA Gallery, Sunny Towers (2nd floor), 43 Ashutosh Chowdhury Avenue, #2485 8717 / 2485 8509; Mondays: 3 pm - 7 pm, Tuesdays - Saturdays: 2 pm - 7 pm: Summer Show 2010. Featuring works by Manas Acharya, Akhilesh, Rashmi Bagchi Sarkar, Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, Sumitro Basak, Shipra Bhattacharya, Bhuribai, Tapas Biswas, Sakti Burman, Jayasri Burman, Shreyasi Chatterjee, Jogen Chowdhury, Sougata Das, Chandan Das, Meera Devidayal, Anju Dodiya, Debraj Goswami, Ramendranath Kastha, Bhupen Khakhar, Goutam Khamaru, Bimal Kundu, Subrata Kundu, Paresh Maity, Chittrovanu Mazumdar, Asim Pal, Niranjan Pradhan, Mona Rai, Satyajit Roy, Suhas Roy, Sarbari Roy Chowdhury, Kingshuk Sarkar, Ajit Seal, Shakila, Lalu Prosad Shaw, Shuvaprasanna, Mayank Kumar Shyam, Paramjit Singh, T. Vaikuntam, Yusuf and others. Till August 14 (except Sundays & public holidays) at Studio 21, 17L Dover Terrace, #2486 6735; Mondays: 3 pm - 7 pm, Tuesdays - Saturdays: 11 am - 7 pm: Monsoon Mix — an exhibition of prints and sculptures. Featuring works by Gauri, Sourav Chatterjee, Sougata Das, Sambaran Das, Goutam Khamaru, Sujit Karmakar, Anup Mondal, Sayak Mitra, Harish Ojha, Sunil Chandra Paul, Anand Prakash, Hemant Rao, Satyadheer Singh and Rahul B. Wagh. Till July 21 at Academy of Fine Arts, South ‘A’ Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Academy of Fine Arts presents Om-Ma-Maya-Mukti, a solo exhibition of original paintings based on Vedantic lores by Dipankar Mani. Till July 21 at Akar Prakar, P-238 Hindustan Park, #2464-2617/3843; 2 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition of recent work by S.H. Raza. Till July 21 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Panihati Artist Forum presents an exhibition of paintings and sculptures. Till July 21 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery, 55 Gariahat Road, Presidency Court; 3 pm - 8 pm: The latest paintings of Eungthip Chatterjee. Till July 22 at Gaganendra Pradarshashala; 2 pm - 8 pm: Prativa presents its 11th group art exhibition. Till July 25 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 3 pm - 8 pm: Svikriti, a group exhibition of the works of award winners at the Annual Exhibition 2010 of BAAC. Participating artists: Amit Kr. Debnath, Chandraval Mukherjee, Kalyan Chakraborty, Kaushik Raha, Manidipa Saha, Sayantani Datta, Sujit Das and Sushanta Kumar Maharana. Till July 25 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 4th floor; 4 pm - 8 pm: Mood presents an exhibition of watercolours by Arup Lodh. Till July 31 at Art Walk, South City Mall; 12 noon - 8 pm: Impression of Minds — an exhibition of paintings by Shyamal Sikdar. Till July 31 (except Sunday) at Ahuja Museum for Arts, 26 Lee Road, #40034974, 2289 4745; 12 noon - 7 pm: Indian Masters II — works by Ashoke Mullick, Biren De, Gagendranath Tagore, Ganesh Haloi, Gopal Sanyal, Jamini Roy, Kanchan Dasgupta, Katayun Saklat, L.M. Sen, Nandalal Bose, Nikhil Biswas, Paritosh Sen, Partha Pratim Deb, Prakash Karmakar, Rabin Mondal, Samir Aich, Sanat Kar, Shipra Bhattacharya, Subrata Saha, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Suhas Roy, Sunil Das and Wasim Kapoor. Till August 5 (except Sundays) at Ganges Art Gallery, 33A Jatin Das Road, #24653212; 11 am - 7 pm: In Search of the Exquisite — contemporary miniature art from Pakistan. Till August 8 (except Mondays) at Shree Art Gallery, 11 Gurusaday Road, Kusum Apartment, Flat no. 61, #30222040; 3 pm - 7 pm: Monsoon Melodies — an exhibition of paintings by renowned artists. Till August 14 (except Sundays) at Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts, 94 Ballygunge Place; 10 am - 7 pm: An exhibition of artworks by 52 leading contemporary artistes featured in the book, Faces of Indian Art, through the lens of Nemai Ghosh.

DRAMA

July 20 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Nandikar will stage Ajnatobaas. Story: Sukanta Gangopadhyay. Direction: Sumanta Gangopadhyay. Cast: Swatilekha Sengupta, Sumanta Gangopadhyay, Sohini Sengupta and Rudraprasad Sengupta. July 20 at Minerva Theatre & July 23 at Sisir Mancha; 6.30 pm: Anya Chetana presents Haribansha. Direction: Sankar Bhattacharyya. July 22 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Little Thespian will stage its latest production, Patjhad (Hindustani adaptation of Tennesse Williams’ The Glass Menagerie). Adaptation, design & direction: S.M. Azhar Alam. July 22 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Theatre Passion presents Bhyablai Bhalo. Drama, direction & performance: Ramaprasad Banik. July 23 at Kala Mandir; 6.30 pm: Concern India Foundation, in association with Anamika Kala Sangam, will stage Love Letters, a play in English by Rage Productions (Mumbai). Directed by Rahul da Cunha, the play stars Shehnaz Patel and Rajit Kapur. Presented in aid of Concern India Foundation. Donor passes (Rs 500, Rs 350 & Rs 250) available at 2/3C Keyatola Road, Kala Mandir and Starmark (Lord Sinha Road & South City Mall). July 23 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Sayak will stage Jnan Biksher Phal, based on Tolstoy’s Fruits of Culture. Playwright: Chandan Sen. Direction & performance: Meghnad Bhattacharya.

PERFORMING ARTS

July 20 at Madhusudan Mancha; 5.45 pm: Samaroh presents Barsha Utsav, an evening of Tagore songs and recitation. Participants: Sreeradha Bandyopadhyay, Swagatalakshmi Dasgupta, Sraboni Sen, Arjun Chakraborty, Manomoy Bhattacharya, Achin Mukhopadhyay, Suchhanda Ghosh and Unmana Dutta in songs, and Arunava Biswas in recitation. July 20 at Girish Mancha; 5.45 pm: Nabateertha presents Tagore songs by Sanghamitra Chakrabarti and Arnab Roy; recitation by Biswajit Mondal, Rosy Ghosh and Natasha Dasgupta; and Geetialekshya Ritu-Ranga. July 20 at Sree Satyananda Devayatan, 1 Ibrahimpur Road, Jadavpur, #24120769: Devayatan Foundation Day programme at 11 am; and devotional songs by Purnima Chowdhury, Meena Banerji, Archana Sengupta, Nupur Chakraborty, Sumita Adhikari, Swapan & Ratna Mukherji at 6.30 pm. July 24 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6.30 pm: SAIL presents Bhoomi’s 11th anniversary concert. Also featuring Sraboni Sen.

ODISHA FESTIVAL

July 20 at the Urban Area, Swabhumi: At 7 pm: Valediction & prize distribution to competition winners; programme by Odissi Cultural troupe (Govt of Odisha); Ramahari Das & Bijoy Jena - vocal, Dhaneswar Swain - madala, Mohini Mohan Pattnaik - flute, and Umesh Kar - tabla.

TALK

July 20 at Ramakrishna Mission Insititute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6 pm: Pravrajika Amalapranaji will speak in Bengali on Sri Ramakrishner Matribhav Vikashe Saradadevir Bhumika. July 20 at Ramakrishna Mancha, Ramakrishna Mission Swami Vivekananda’s Ancestral House and Cultural Centre, 3 Gour Mohan Mukherjee Street; 7 pm: Swami Ritananda will speak on Geetar Aloke. July 20 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra, DD-44 Salt Lake; 7 pm: Bishnupada Jana will speak on Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita Prasanga. July 20 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math; 7 pm: Prof. Samir Kumar Basu will speak on Man O Manus.

EXHIBITION

July 20 - 23 at 70A Block ‘D’, New Alipore, 2nd floor, 9836090947, 9831255658: Lollipop presents an exhibition of kidswear like tunics, lehngas, saris, salwar suits, and party frocks. Also, Lollipop Jewelz showcases costume jewellery and accessories like hairclips, bracelets, earrings and gift items. Till July 24 at 78 Manoharpukur Road, mezzanine floor, #9903643844, 9831323299; 11.30 am - 8.30 pm: Swati Guha’s exhibition of exclusive saris, cotton block prints, tangail and jamdani, tasar, muslin, tasar print, pashmina, crepes and chiffon. Till August 7 at Sasha shop, 27 Mirza Ghalib Street; 10 am - 7 pm; Sunday (10 am - 1 pm): Sasha presents Out of Africa, an exotic range of African artefacts including a wide range of musical instruments, masks and other interesting crafts.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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