Art: Past and present Indian art, with its emphasis on minutely-crafted forms and intricate designs is distinctly different from Western art, which is dominated by massive, larger-than-life structures. Over the years it has undergone gradual transformation, the art of each era bearing traces of its historical and social influences. Yet, traditional approaches to art remain to this day. As its name suggests, Stylistic Variations, the ongoing exhibition of paintings by eminent artists, presents works in two diverse styles, traditional and contemporary. Featuring works on eternally relevant themes like nature, love, religion and man?s quest for the infinite, it provides interesting stylistic parallels that offer an important insight into the evolution of Indian art. Participating artists include Bijon Chowdhury, D.N. Brahma, Haren Das (one of his paintings appears above), Paritosh Sen, Prokash Karmakar, Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, Ratan Acharya, Sanat Kar, Santi Ranjan Mukherjee and Sudhansu Prasad Ghosh. Event: An exhibition of paintings When: Till June 30, 11 am - 8 pm Where: Gallery Kanishka?s, 2/1 Hindustan Road

Art

Till June 22 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by Chandrima Roy. Till June 24 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Annual Art Exhibition 2006, by students of College of Visual Art. Till June 25 at Metropolitan Art Salon, Suite 18, 3rd floor, 7 J.L. Nehru Road; 2 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by Anirban Ghosh. Till June 27 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by Madhu Dhanuka and Sankari Mitra. Till June 30 at Gallery Nakshatra, 2/1 Outram Street, 2nd floor; 12 noon - 7 pm: The Summer: Content and Discontent, featuring the works of celebrated Indian painters, including Bijon Chowdhury, Prakash Karmakar, Jatin Das, and Subrata Gangopadhyay. Till June 30 (except Sunday) at Chemould Art Gallery, 12F Park Street; 2 pm - 7 pm (10 am - 3 pm, Saturday): Paintings on Rajasthan by Nitai Saha. Till June 30 at Vikalp Art Shop, Swabhumi; 4 pm - 8 pm: New Signatures, featuring works of promising young artists like Anirban Seth, Arindam Chakraborty, Biswajit Mukherjee, Debarati Roy, Gauranga Beshai, Kakoli Misra, Mrinal Mandal, Palash Bhaduri, Pranab Roy, Santanu Roy and sculptures in porcelain by Debojit Chakraborty. Till July 8 (except Mondays) at Gallery Rasa, 828/1 Block P, New Alipore; 4 pm - 8 pm: Sculptures: The Bengal Connection, sculptures by Jamini Roy, Ramkinkar Baij, Chintamoni Kar, Sankho Chaudhuri, Kamala Das Gupta, Somenath Hore, Uma Siddhanta and others. Till July 8 (except Mondays) at Anant Art Gallery, 18A Alipore Road; 11 am - 7 pm: Anant Art Gallery presents Summer Exhibition 2006.

drama

June 22 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Mangalik presents Manush Bhoot. Direction: Samir Biswas. June 22 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Renaissance presents its latest Hindi play, Karnakatha. Direction: Aloke Chakravorty. June 22 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Hattamela presents Rakshasbadh Pala. Direction: Gurudas Bandyopadhyay. June 22 at Padatik?s Buildwell Theatre; 6.30 pm: Visually impaired artistes of Annya Desh present Jakhon Andha Prakriti Chandalika, based on Tagore?s Chandalika. June 23 at Padatik?s Buildwell Theatre; 6.30 pm: Tritiyo Sutro Performance Company presents Kangal Malshat. Direction: Suman Mukhopadhyay. June 23 at 6 National Library Avenue; 5 pm: The Creative Arts presents a children?s play I?m The Best. Direction: Ramanjit Kaur. June 23 at Bharatiyam Purbashree auditorium, Salt Lake, June 24 at Madhusudan Mancha & June 25 at Tapan Theatre; 6.30 pm: Naba Mayukh Nattya Sangstha presents Waarish. Direction: Rishi Mukhopadhyay. June 24 at Padatik Little Theatre- I; 7 pm: Padatik and Rikh present a new play in Hindi, Ho Sakta Hai Do Aadmi Do Kursiyan. Direction: Vinay Sharma. June 25 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Theatre Passion presents Satyajit Ray?s Anukool. Direction: Romaprasad Banik. June 25 at Pyarimohan Library Hall; 6.30 pm: Ethic presents its latest production, Punosthapan. Direction: Debashis Sengupta. June 25 at Padatik?s Buildwell Theatre; 7 pm: Padatik and Brainchild Theatre present the Hindi play, Thaneer Thaneer. Design and direction: Kumal Padhi.

PERFORMING ARTS

June 22 at Bharatiyam Cultural Multiplex, IB-201 Salt Lake; 6 pm: Nritya Bahar, an evening of creative folk and fusion dances. Choreography: Dhiman Shankar. June 23 at Calcutta School of Music, Sandre Hall; 6.30 pm: Thiri PoSaw presents Baz Luhrman?s recent hit, Moulin Rouge, for the Musical Theatre Club.

talk

June 22 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Swami Sarvabhutananda will speak in Hindi on Sri Sri Narada Pancharatram. June 22 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19 A&B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Samshuddhananda will speak in Bengali on Valmiki Ramayana.

photographs

Till June 30 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Museum & Art Gallery: Image 2006, an exhibtion of photographs by Debatosh Sengupta.

homage

June 23 at Keoratala Crematorium; 7.45 am: Floral tributes will be offered to Dr Shyamaprasad Mukhopadhyay on the occasion of his 53rd death anniversary.

reception

June 23 at Sri Aurobindo Bhavan, 8 Shakespeare Sarani; 6.15 pm: Vikas Shridhar Sirpurkar, Chief Justice, Calcutta High Court, will ceremonially receive a portrait of Sri Aurobindo from eminent painter, Shankar Singh Vaghela of Aurobindo Nivas, Baroda.

rath yatra

June 27 - July 4 at Swabhumi: On the occasion of Rath Yatra, Utkala will host a week-long Orissa festival. Featuring Geeta Govinda Festival of different classical dances, Odissi music, traditional theatre, folk dance and music of Orissa, along with display of Orissa handicraft and handloom. Also, a quiz on Orissa (July 1), vocal music, dance and painting competition (July 2) and painting workshop for schoolchildren.

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