Uncommon art A technique that fuses coloured glass powder onto a metal surface under high temperature, enamelling has originally been associated with jewellery and ecclesiastical items. Amal Ghosh’s engagement with enamels is, however, an extremely diverse and specialised one, encompassing a wide range of styles, textures and themes. His works are a fundamental expression of his artistic ideas, eloquently speaking to the audience through a consistent and coherent visual vocabulary. Peter Daglish’s incisive linocuts hark back to the graphics of Hogarth and Daumier. Brimming with the fineness and foibles of the human condition, his works are both perceptive and funny. Exploring the earthy and the quotidian as a contrast to the spiritual, he is able to perceive incongruous relationships and express them pointedly. Ultimately, they offer a relentless scrutiny of the world, ranging from scathing social commentary to opulent ornamentalism. At the ongoing show of their works, Ghosh and Daglish showcase themes like humour, lost time, youthful beauty and eternal desire, stimulating the visual and intellectual appetite of the art lover. Event: An exhibition of enamels by Amal Ghosh and linocuts by Peter Daglish When: Till January 31 (except Sunday); 11 am - 7 pm Where: Ganges Art Gallery, 33A Jatin Das Road

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Till January 24 (except holidays) at CIMA Gallery; 2 pm - 7 pm: Review, an exhibition of artworks that aspires to redefine our perception and understanding of art of the 20th century. Participating artists: Abir Karmakar, Alok Bal, Debraj Goswami, Farhad Hussain, Jogen Chowdhury, Kingshuk Sarkar, Mayank Kumar Shyam, Mithu Sen, Paresh Maity, Partha Pratim Deb, Rashmi Bagchi Sarkar, Samit Das, Santosh More, Sumitro Basak and Swarna Chitrakar. Till January 22 at Asutosh Birth Centenary Hall, Indian Museum; 12 noon - 8 pm: The 7th All India Art Exhibition 2008-09, organised by Manab Jamin. Till January 22 at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road, #24484925; 11 am - 8 pm: Balaka Bhattacharjee’s exhibition of paintings, ...sidesteps — a personal piece as well as a narrative on the emotional state of a city. Till January 22 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road; 2 pm - 8 pm: The Seagull Foundation for the Arts presents Small Things — an exhibition of paintings by Nisreen Moochhala. Till January 23 at Gaganendra Pradarshashala; 3 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Sugata Sen, Swarupendra Ray, Soumendranath Mandal and Bratin Halder. Organised by Catharsis. Till January 24 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: A solo exhibition of paintings by Sajal Kanti Mitra. Till January 24 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South ‘A’ Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by Subhash Pal. Till January 24 at Galerie Karma, P-505 Keyatola Road, #24636731/32: The Winter of 2009, works by leading artists of Bengal. Till January 31 at Aakriti Art Gallery, 12/3A Hungerford Street, #22893027: Nature paintings by Kazi Ghiyasuddin.

DRAMA

January 20 - 22 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Mukhomukhi presents Soumitra 75, a festival of plays and programme starring Soumitra Chatterjee. Today: Homa Pakhi. Till January 24 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Durgadas Natyotsav 2009, organised by Durgadas Smriti Sangha. Today: Dournama, produced by Sayak and directed by Meghnad Bhattacharya. January 23 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Sanglap Kolkata will stage Lathi Kando, based on a novel by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay. Drama & direction: Kuntal Mukhopadhyay. January 23 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Rang Roop will stage its latest production, Jal Chhabi. Direction: Seema Mukhopadhyay. January 23 at Madhusudan Mancha, 6.30 pm; January 26 at Academy of Fine Arts, 3 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. January 23 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Sansriti will stage Phataru, directed by Debesh Chattopadhyay. January 24 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Gandhar presents Kachher Manush, with Debsankar Halder and Bijoylakshmi Barman in the lead. Direction: Filmmaker Gautam Haldar. January 24 at Syhampark; 6.30 pm: Nandikar presents two plays for children: Indian Idol (Drama & direction: Debsankar Halder) and Satyi Rajputra (Story: Sunil Gangopadhyay; Direction: Sohini Sengupta). January 23 at Tollygunge Club; 7.30 pm: Stagecraft presents Agatha Christie’s The Unexpected Guest. Direction: Rohit Pombra.

PERFORMING ARTS

January 22 at Jadavpur University; 5.30 pm: In collaboration with Santal, EZCC will present Monsoon Night Dream – a folk presentation directed by Jean-Frederic Chevallier. January 22 (7 pm onwards) & January 23 - 25 (8.30 pm onwards) at Nazrul Mancha; night-long: The Dover Lane Music Conference hosts its 57 annual conference. Today, 7 pm onwards (night-long): Narendra Nath Dhar (sarod) with Abhijit Banerjee (tabla); Sandip Bhattacharya (vocal) with Ashok Dutta (tabla) and Rupasree Bhattacharya (harmonium); Purbayan Chatterjee (sitar) with Anubrata Chatterjee (tabla); Malini Rajurkar (vocal) with Bharat Kamat (tabla) and Arvind Thatte (harmonium); and Shiv Kumar Sharma (santoor) with Yogesh Samsi (tabla). January 22 at Padatik’s Buildwell Theatre, 6/7 AJC Bose Road; 7 pm: A solo Kathak dance recital by Suroshree Bhattacharya (picture right). January 24 - 31 at Sree Thyagaraja Hall, P-530 Raja Basanta Roy Road: Rasika Ranjana Sabha’s 63rd annual music festival. January 24 at Rabindra Sadan; 5.30 pm: Kingshuk presents an evening of Tagore songs by its artistes, classical music (sitar by Kalyani Roy and sarod by Buddhadev Dasgupta) and dance by Dona Ganguly. January 25 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 11 am - 12.30 pm: Vision of Forever — an Odissi dance production by internationally-acclaimed dancer and choreographer from Malaysia, Ramli Ibrahim, and his dance company, Sutra. Admission free.

LITERARY FORUM

January 22 at Sahitya Akademi auditorium; 5.30 pm: Literary forum on poet Naresh Guha (1923-2009). Speakers: Amiya Dev, Saratkumar Mukhopadhyay, Snigdha Bandyopadhyay and Subhasis Chakraborty.

BIRTH ANNIVERSARY

January 22 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6.30 pm: Sura Kavya Trust celebrates the 112th birth anniversary of Dilip Kumar Roy (Dadaji) with a talk on Dadaji by Shuvaprasanna; a jugalbandi (piano by Sourendro Mullick and vocal by Soumyajit Das); and Dilip Kumar Roy: A Journey Towards Truth and Love — a collage of songs and recitation created and anchored by Pankaj Saha with songs by Haimanti Shukla, Nupurchhanda Ghosh, Pallavi Konar, Mohan Singh and Prabuddha Raha, and reading b y Sujoy Prosad Chatterjee.

TALK

January 22 at Ramakrishna Math, baranagar; 6.10 pm: Swami Vamanananda will speak on Teachings of Gita and application in daily life. January 22 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Gol Park, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Swami Vedaswarupananda will speak in Bengali on Gita. January 22 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Samshuddhananda will speak on Valmiki Ramayana.

EXHIBITION

Till January 22 at 57/9 Ballygunge Circular Road; 10.30 am - 7 pm: Soumya’s Creation offers smartly-styled children’s clothing in cotton and jersey for the age group 2 yrs to 14 yrs. Till January 24 at Weavers Studio, 5/1 Anil Moitra Road, Ballygunge Place; 9.30 am - 6.30 pm: Weavers Studio presents the traditional weave of Bishnupur-Baluchari, on Bishnupuri silk. Till January 31 at Cottage Emporium, 7 Jawaharlal Nehru Road: Cottage hosts an exhibition of shawls procured from all over India.

FESTIVAL

January 22 - 27 at Sree Guruvayurappan Temple, 3/1/1A Nakuleshwar Bhattacharjee Lane, #24633859: 14th Pratishta Anniversary and Dravya Kalasam organised by Sree Guruvayurappan Samajam Calcutta. Today, 5 pm: Acharya Varanam, Mulayidal, Prasada Suddhi, Astra Kalasa Puja, Vaastu Homam, Kalasa Puja, Vaastu Bali, Rakshogna Homam, Sthala Suddhi.

QUIZ

January 24 at Natunpukur Association, Hathkhola More, Barasat; 2 pm onwards: Natunpukur Association and Quiz Maniacs Society of Barasat host an open-to-all quiz for two-member teams. For details, call Subal Pal (98361 70906) or Partha Gupta (98303 18721).

COMPETITION

January 23 at Starmark, South City Mall; 3.30 pm: India Post, in association with Starmark, is organising a letter writing competition for school children in the age groups 10 yrs to 12 yrs, 13 yrs to 14 yrs, and 15 yrs to 16 yrs. Attractive prizes for winners. For details call 99039 85097.

WORKSHOP

January 24 - February 1 at Shanti Nir (Kalahrdaya), 246 Banamali Banerjee Road, Haridevpur: Bharata Natyam dance workshop to be conducted by Dr Saju George, SJ. Details at #2402 0790, 94335 44827.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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