Composite imagery The art of Sanatan Saha is seldom pre-meditated. It grows in his mind while he busies himself splashing paint on canvases that resonate with his developing thoughts. Though he grew up in an environment far from urban influences, the surprising element in his art is the way in which his complex image-making characterises his art with a cutting-age urbanity. Saha explores life in rural and urban settings always in the same canvas. Thus emerged Complexcity, the ongoing series of paintings by the young artist. A mosaic of broken surfaces, twisted branches and suggestive foliage, geometric division of paint surface and permutation of organic forms, animated vegetation and surreal quadrupeds, snails and insects, birds and bees, appear in his canvases with a subdued presence and in varying measures to help him create an imaginative mindscape of rural life. His present series, in essence, skillfully portrays unsung songs in line and colour that are visually elegant yet intensely cerebral. Event: An exhibition of paintings by Sanatan Saha When: Till May 15 (except Sundays); 11 am - 7 pm, Mondays: 2 pm - 7 pm Where: Galerie 88, 28B Shakespeare Sarani

ART

Till April 30 at Studio21, 17L Dover Terrace, #2486 6735; 11 am - 7 pm: Post Production — an exhibition of paintings and digital prints. Featuring recent works by Sujit Karmakar, Sunil Chandra Pal and Sayak Mitra. Till May 8 (except Sundays and public holidays) at CIMA Gallery; Monday: 3 pm - 7 pm, Tuesday - Saturday: 11 am - 7 pm: Goethe Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan, in collaboration with CIMA Gallery Pvt. Ltd, presents Music From an Unknown Source — paintings by Sigmar Polke. April 27 - May 2 (except May 1) at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 2nd floor; 4 pm - 8 pm: Art Mile presents Thirty Six Degrees — an exhibition of paintings by Amit Kr Dhara, Avisankar Mitra, Bappa Haldar, Barun Pramanik, Basudeb Pal Majumdar, Bhabatosh Sutar, Bharat Das, Biswajit Saha, Kaushik Ghosh, Mallika Das Sutar, Partha Dasgupta, Pradip Das, Priyanka Gupta, Rabin Roy, Samir Roy, Sandip Roy, Soumitra Kar and Subrata Das. Till April 28 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm - 8 pm: The 9th solo show of sculptures by Chandan Das. Till April 28 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South ‘B’ Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: The Soul of Nature, an exhibition of paintings by Santanu Roy. Till April 30 at Gallery Eye on Art, Chandrakunj Building, 3 Pretoria Street; 3 pm - 8 pm: Recent paintings by Rajib Pramanik. Till April 30 at Art Walk, South City Mall; 12 noon - 8 pm: Paintings by Bidula Basu. Till April 30 at Ganges Art Gallery, 33A Jatin Das Road, #24653212; 11 am - 7 pm: Within the Grid, a solo exhibition of Avijit Mukherjee’s work. Till April 30 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road, #98310-05003, 65508418; 10.30 am - 6.30 pm: The Voices of the Canvas, featuring works by Prokash Karmakar, Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, Suhas Roy, Bratin Khan, Subrata Das, Shyamal Mukherjee, Sukanta Das, Samir Paul, Atin Basak and others. Till May 3 at Taj Bengal (By the Way); 11 am - 7 pm: The second solo show of paintings by Pousali Das. Till May 9 at Café The, ICCR, 11 am - 8 pm: A solo exhibition of paintings by Nitai Saha. The artist will be painting live from 3 pm to 6 pm. Till May 15 (except Sundays) at Galerie 88, 28 B Shakespeare Sarani, #2290 2274; 11 am - 7pm, Mondays: 2 pm - 7 pm: Complexcity — an exhibition of the works of Sanatan Saha. Till May 15 (except May 1) at Emami Tower, 687 Anandapur, EM Bypass, #40113182/83; 2 pm - 7 pm: Dakshin-Paschim, an exhibition of contemporary art. Curated by Dr Archana Roy. Till May 31 (except Sundays) at Ahuja Museum for Arts, 26 Lee Road, ground floor; 12 noon - 7 pm: Ancient Love — a series of paintings by Ganesh C. Basu. Till June 1 (except Sundays) at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road, #24484925, 24497931; 11 am - 7 pm: Nature Revisited, curated by Jayashree Chakravarty and Anirudh Chari. Featuring works by Debnath Basu, Nantu Behari, Tapas Biswas, Jayashree Chakravarty, Adip Dutta, Rajan Krishnan, K.S. Radha Krishna, Jagannath Panda, Manisha Parekh, Mithu Sen and Anjum Singh. Till June 5 (except Sundays) at Experimenter, 2/1 Hindusthan Road; #4001 2289 / 2463 0465; 11 am - 7 pm: Who Are You, Defenders Of The Universe? — a solo show by Pakistani artist Mehreen Murtaza, who explores a brand new frontier of consciousness where today’s electronic ether confronts time-honored importance of religion and the sacred foundation of all things created. Featuring digital C prints, video, LED installation, and sound-and-light cube installation.

DRAMA

April 28 at Minerva Theatre; 6 pm: Eso Natak Shikhi presents two one-acts, Dalchhut (The Strays) and Maranastra (The Lethal Weapon). Direction: Dr Tapas Das. April 28 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Swaspnasandhani will stage its latest play, Bhoy. Direction & performance: Koushik Sen. April 28 at Sujata Sadan; 7 pm: Durgadas Smrity Sangha presents Khelaghar, a play by Ramaprasad Banik and directed by Tirthankar Chattopadhyay. April 29 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Nandikar will stage its latest production, Madhabi. Drama: Bhisma Sahani. Adaptation, music & direction: Swatilekha Sengupta. Cast: Rudraprasad Sengupta, Debshankar Haldar, Parthapratim Deb, Sumanta Ganguly and Sohini Sengupta. April 29 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Renaissance presents its new Hindi production, Baal-Bhagwan. Direction: Aloke Chakravorty. April 29 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Pratyay presents Nagmandal. Drama: Girish Karnad. Direction: Tapas Singha. April 29 at Tapan Theatre; 6.30 pm: Rashbehari Srishti will stage two short plays, Simul O Balai and Akashi Akangsha. Written and directed by Amit Sarkar. April 30 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: PLT will stage Kirat Parbo, written by Utpal Dutt and directed by Asit Basu. April 30 at Gyan Manch; 6.30 pm: Little Thespian presents ? (question mark), a play dedicated to the Godhra victims. Design & direction: S.M. Azhar Aalam. April 30 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Nat-Ranga will stage its new production, Snuopoka. Direction: Sohan Bandyopadhyay. April 30 at Minerva Theatre; 6.30 pm: Kathakriti presents Shraman, based on the novel, Siddharth, by Dr Hermen Hess. Playwright: Nirup Mitra. Direction: Sanjib Ray.

PERFORMING ARTS

April 30 at Rabindra Sadan; 6 pm: Baitalik’s annual programme features Rabindranath Tagore’s Bhanga Gaan. Participants: Debarati Som, Mithu Ghosh, Swapan Som, Shuvashis Mukhopadhyay, Tamas Ranjan Bandyopadhyay and artistes of Baitalik. Direction: Debarati Som. April 30 at Kala Mandir; 5.15 pm: Dancers’ Guild, Calcutta presents She Said (choreography: Ranjabati Sircar; direction: Jonaki Sarkar), to be followed by the play, Bismillah (playwright: Sumana Kanjilal; scenic designing: Anjan Kanjilal), produced by Green Room Theatre, New Delhi. May 2 at Rabindra Sadan; 10 am: In association with Sa Re Ga Ma, Utsaha-Udbhas presents Aaye Aaye Re Pagol, a performance of Tagore songs by Rahul Mitra with recitation by Soumitra Chattopadhyay.

PHOTOGRAPHY

Till April 27 at 36C, S P Mukherjee Road; 2 pm - 8 pm: The Seagull Foundation for the Arts and Tasveer present Faith, an exhibition of photographs by Fawzan Hussain.

TALK

April 27 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6.15 pm: Swami Sarvabhutananda will speak in Hindi on Manas Me Sri Rama Ka Charitra. April 27 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra; 7 pm: Seema Chatterjee will speak on Sri Sri Mayer Padaprantey. April 27 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math; 7 pm: Swami Atmabodhananda will speak on Sri Sri Mayer Katha.

SCREENING

Till May 1 at Max Mueller Bhavan; 6.30 pm: Film screenings “The Roving Eye”. All German films have English sub-titles. Today: The Color of Money. Dir: Martin Scorsese; 1986, colour, 119 min., English.

WORKSHOP

Till April 27 at West Bengal State Music Academy premises; 11 am - 2 pm & 4 pm - 7 pm: Contemporary dance workshop with eminent choreographer Gianin Loringett from France. April 28 - May 6 at Aban Gallery, Govt College of Art & Craft, Calcutta: Seminar on Reunderstanding East Asian Ink-Brush Tradition and a seminar on the same topic on May 3 at 2 pm. May 2 at Eduzone, 112 Southern Avenue; 11 am: Free introductory workshop and one-hour diagnostic test with free correction and followup for SAT, TOEFL, IELTS, GRE and GMAT. Pramila scholarships for students securing over 85 per cent in the test. For details, visit www.eduzoneindia.com or call 9830020277, 9230613528. E-mail to register at eduzoneindia@gmail.com

EXHIBITION

Till April 29 at Netaji Indoor Stadium; 11 am - 8 pm: Texvision 2010 — textile fair hosted by The Chamber of Textile Trade & Industry.

MEDITATION

April 28 - May 9 at Vipassana Centre, Dhamma Ganga, Harish Chandra Dutt Road: Vipassana Meditation residential courses. For details, call 25532855, 25833910, 22424561 or visit www.vri.dhamma.org

LAUNCH

April 28 at Rabindra Sadan; 3 pm: Music 2000 hosts the launch of the DVD, Puja & Swadesh, the first of the three-part series of Audio Gitabitan, along with solo performances by all participants. Also, Dwijen Mukherjee, Pradip Ghosh, Maya Sen and Sumitra Sen will be honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award for their contribution to Tagorean art and culture.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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