Personal compositions Coincidentally united by their common location and gender identity, eight women artists from Santiniketan showcase their works in the ongoing exhibition, Intimate Thoughts ... Pristine Fables. All participants operate on distinctly individual ideological and thematic preferences, presenting unique thoughts and perspectives in accordance with their personal experience. Incorporating embroidery in her works, Rima Kundu consciously uses it as a new artistic medium rather than as a conventional feminine activity. Shrabani Roy combines her painted figures on transparent PVC sheets with forms woven in raw silk fibres executed with rare painterly vision. The paintings of Mini Sivakumar (Lady of the Rings; picture right) reveal an entirely intuitive, spontaneous creative process, portraying naive, yet lyrical forms, in bright, gorgeous, decorative style. Pampa Panwar works with premeditated precision, the repetition of forms on her painted canvas being her characteristic mode of expression. Also featuring paintings by Manjari Chakraborty, Chandana Hore, Mahjabin Majumdar and Chandrima Bhattacharyya. Event: Paintings by artists from Santiniketan When: Till June 24; 2 pm - 7 pm Where: Akar Prakar, P 238 Hindustan Park

art

June 22 - July 1 at Gallery Exposure, 54B Mahanirban Road, Triangular Park; 3 pm - 8 pm: The second solo exhibition of paintings by Ekta Singha. Inauguration by Wasim Kapoor at 6 pm. Till June 23 at Chemould Art Gallery, 12F Park Street; 2 pm - 7 pm, Saturday: 10 am - 3 pm: Pranay Gatha, an exhibition of paintings by Nikhil Biswas. Till June 23 at Galerie 88, 28B Shakespeare Sarani; 3 pm - 7 pm: Bronzes by Debabrata Chakraborty. Till June 24 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 4 pm - 8 pm: Fourth Dimension, paintings by Arnab Mukherjee, Chandra Nath Saha, Soumitra Chatterjee, Shubhabrata Bose, Sudipta Dutta, Sujata Kar Saha and Utpal Datta. Till June 25 at Academy of Fine Arts, South (A) Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of drawings and paintings by Tapan Chattopadhyay. Till June 25 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South Gallery-II; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by the artists of Kolkata Canvas. Participants: Ranjan Mitra, Malay Chandan Saha, Aloke Kr Sardar, Akhilendu Bhowmik, Anirban Seth and Biswarup Halder. Till June 25 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: 6th group exhibition by Scarlet. Participating artists: Biplab Kar, Dhruba Ghosh, Pramit Parna Paul, Santanu Chakraborty, Sudipta Mazumder and Umakanta Das. Till June 26 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Apurba Debnath, Nirmal Kanti Chakrabarty, Pradip Bhowmick, Sakti Karmakar, Ashis Mondal, Pintu Biswas, Aishwariya Rajlaxmi, Nidhi Passary and Jiban Biswas. Till June 30 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Tradition - Modern: Bengal Art — Kalighat and Jamini Roy. An exhibition of paintings and drawings. Till June 30 (except Sunday) at Gallery Kanishka’s, 2/1 Hindusthan Road; 11 am - 8 pm: Monologues, paintings by Sudipto Dutta. Till June 30 (except Sunday) at Mon Art Gallerie, 6 Hungerford Street, Regency, 3rd floor; 11 am - 7 pm: Confronting Globalization, artworks by Arun Bain, Barun Chowdhury, Debashish Manna, Debnath Basu, K. Prasun Roy, Kazi Nasir, Rabin Roy, Rajib Chowdhury and Rathin Kanji. Curated by Mrinal Ghosh. Till June 30 (except Sunday) at Domus Art Gallery, Showroom 7B (ground floor), Neelambar Building, 28/B Shakespeare Sarani; 11 am - 6 pm: Colours of Nature, an exhibition of watercolours by Milanendu Mondal. Till July 2 at Artists Circle, 46 Circus Avenue; 2 pm - 7 pm: Artists Circle presents Celebration of Nature, a group show on environment by senior artists. Participants include Indra Dugar, B.R. Panesar, Surya Prakash, Nirmal Dutta, Sukti Subhra Pradhan, Anirban Seth, Sudipta Roy, Ajit Baksi, Biraj Kr Paul, Anjan Mazumder, Shamal Baran Saha, Susmita Ghosh, Rina Mustufi, Bandana Rai, Tushar Kanti Pradhan, Ananta Mondal and Partha Kabiraj. Till July 10 at Gallery Nakshatra, 2/1 Outram Street, 2nd floor, #22892982; 12 noon - 7.30 pm: Art Today: Trends and Talents in Indian Contemporary Art; a Tale of Four Cities. Works of painters from Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Calcutta. Participating artists: Avijit Dutta, Anil Naik, Chippa Sudhakar, Diptish Ghosh Dostidar, Kiran Chopra, Laxman Aelay, Prasenjit Sengupta, Sunil Lohar and Vinod Goswami. Till July 28 (except Sundays and public holidays) at CIMA Gallery; Mondays: 3 pm - 7 pm, Tuesdays - Saturdays: 2 pm - 7 pm: Summer Show featuring about 50 artworks from across India. Till July 28 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road; 10.30 am - 7.30 pm: The Masters of Imagination, an exhibition of paintings by renowned artists.

drama

June 22 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Shohan presents Helmet, a comedy directed by Anish Ghosh. June 22 at Padatik’s Buildwell Theatre, 6/7 AJC Bose Road; 7 pm: Little Thespian presents Katha Collage-2, comprising four short stories: Sayeed Premi’s Rihaee (Urdu), Shailendra Srivastava’s Sapne Ki Baat (Hindi), Madhu Kankria’s File (Hindi) and Anis Rafi’s Polythene Ki Deewar (Urdu). Design and direction: Uma Jhunjhunwala. June 22 at Gyan Manch; 7 pm: Patton and Spandan present Koi Ek Raat, a play in Hindi, written, designed and directed by Ashok Singh. June 23 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Hattamela Natyagosthi presents Rakshas Badh Pala. Direction: Gurudas Bandyopadhyay. June 23 at Sujata Sadan; 6.30 pm: Bhraman and Nirbak Abhinoy Academy present Asif Karimbhoy’s play, Nirab Katha. Translated by Suranjana Dasgupta and directed by K.R. Omkar. June 23 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Furrut, a Blank Verse production based on Upendra Kishore Roychowdhuri’s masterpiece. Drama & direction: Raja Bhattacharya. June 23 at Purbashree, Bharatiyam Cultural Multiplex, Salt Lake; 6 pm: To mark the completion of 250 years of the Battle of Plassey, Natadha will stage the first show of its latest play, Plassey. Drama & direction: Shib Mukhopadhyay. June 23 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Bahari presents Red Carpet. Drama & direction: Anupam Roy. June 23 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Aneek presents Punorujjiban. Direction: Amalesh Chakraborty. June 24 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Bohurupee presents Nisiddha Thikana. Direction: Kumar Roy.

PERFORMING ARTS

June 22 at Rabindra Sadan; 6 pm: Kalakhetram’s 21st annual programme features dances by its students. Direction: Sushmita and Subhashish Bhattacharya. June 22 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6 pm: Suratirtha presents an evening of music and dance. June 23 at Padatik’s Buildwell Theatre, 6/7 AJC Bose Road; 7 pm: New Moves, a dance presentation by Rhythmosaic School and Dance Company. Choreography: Mitul Sengupta.

FILM SHOW

June 23 & 24 at Nandan II: The Consulate General of Italy in Calcutta, in collaboration with Federation of Film Societies of India, hosts the creening of a package of Italian films (with English subtitles). June 23: Freshwater Man by Antonio Albanese at 4 pm and The Munchies by Antonio Bocola, Paolo Vari at 6.30 pm. June 24: One Hundred Steps by Marco Tullio Giordana at 4 pm and We Want the Colonels by Mario Monicelli at 6.30 pm.

talk

June 22 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 5 pm: Dhyanesh Narayan Chakrabarti will speak in Bengali on Mahabharater Shantiparva. June 22 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Dr Sasanka Bhusan Bandyopadhyay will speak on Chandogya Upanishad.

EXHIBITION

Till June 22 at Soumya’s Creation, 57/9 Ballygunge Circular Road, #24614887; 10.30 am - 7 pm: Soumya’s Creation presents Monsoon Magic, an exhibition of cottons.

QUIZ

June 24 at Talpukur Girls High School, Satyajit Ray Mancha, Barrackpore; 1 pm: Barrackpore Quiz Club and S-TV are organising a mega cricket quiz for two-member teams. To be conducted by Ashoke Sanyal (#9830190982) and Sofiul Alam (#9433874844).

WORKSHOP

June 26 - 30 at Padatik Dance Theatre, 6/7 AJC Bose Road; 11 am - 6 pm: Kathak workshop (Jaipur gharana) by Pandit Rajendra Gangani (New Delhi).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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