Aesthetic impressions by young artists Six alumni of Rabindra Bharati University come together with their works in Young Bengal, the ongoing exhibition of paintings, drawings and graphics. Uncluttered, their works speak about their childhood experiences, the life around them, their fantasies and changing social norms. Amit Manna depicts how human vices like greed and selfishness lead to self-destruction. Ankan Chakraborty’s etchings try to seek out beauty from the “unconventional beauty” of his subjects — animals, birds and nature. Nature is also the subject of Anirban Khamaru’s graphic creations through which he attempts to portray the conflict between nature and man-made objects. Satavisha Hazra’s (a painting by the artist appears here) works, focussing on inanimate objects, reflect the artist’s sense of alienation from the materialistic world. Essentially figurative, the works of Anjan Modak and Soma Das capture nuances of everyday life. Modak flashbacks to his carefree childhood days as if to derive comfort from his memories, even as he grapples with the complexities of contemporary life. Das, on the other hand, delicately portrays everyday life, be it on the streets, in the classroom, in her neighbourhood or at the railway station, using a miniature styling by which she has been deeply influenced. Event: An exhibition of paintings by six young artists When: Till November 28; 3 pm - 8 pm Where: Gallery Exposure, 54B Mahanirban Road

Art

November 27 - 29 CIMA Gallery; 11 am - 8 pm: CIMA Art Mela — paintings, sculptures, ceramics, graphics, oleographs and prints. Works by Jogen Chowdhury, Ganesh Pyne, Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, Ganesh Haloi, Shuvaprasanna, Lalu Prosad Shaw, Rabin Mondal, Suhas Roy, Veena Bhargava, Partha Pratim Deb, Paresh Maity, Samir Aich, Jayashree Chakravarty, Jaya Ganguly, Shipra Bhattacharjee, Siddhartha Ghosh, Chandra Bhattacharjee, Jayasri Burman, Rashmi Bagchi Sarkar, Pinaki Barua, Aditya Basak, Sumitro Basak, Shreyasi Chatterjee, Shakila, Swarna Chitrakar, Ramlal Dhar, Sohini Dhar, Ramendranath Kastha, Bimal Kundu, Ashoke Mullick, Shyamal Roy, Kingshuk Sarkar, Ajit Seal, Atin Basak and others including portrait artists and caricaturists. Original artworks ranging from Rs 500 to Rs 25,000. From 3 pm to 8 pm: Interactive discussions, special food stalls and lots of adda. November 27 - 30 at Bengal Gallery, RTC, ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani; 11 am - 7 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Victoria Ileana Dragomirescu and Sanda Butiu, two eminent artists of Romania. Inauguration today at 6.30 pm Till December 5 (except Sunday) at Aakriti Art Gallery, 12/3A Hungerford Street, #2289 3027/5041; 12 noon - 7 pm: Time’s Whirlwind — Art of Satish Gujral. Till November 28 at Ganges Art Gallery, 33A Jatin Das Road, #2465 3212; 11 am - 7 pm: T(HERE) and the space between..., an exhibition of works by Kiran Chandra. Till November 29 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 3 pm - 8 pm: Astonishment of Being, an exhibition of the works of eminent artists from various parts of India. Exhibits include paintings, sculptures, photographs, installations and video. Curated by Deeksha Nath. Till November 29 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 4 pm - 8 pm: 38th group exhibition of Painters ’80. Participating artists: Amit Chakrabarti, Amitava Dhar, Alik Das, Bhabatosh Sutar, Debasish Chakraborty, Dipankar Dutta, Pradosh Paul, Tarun Dey and Tanmoy Biswas. Till November 29 at The Halo Heritage Art Gallery, 26 Ritchie Road, #24190133; 2 pm - 8 pm: Different Strokes — a group exhibition by Swapno to raise funds for offering merit scholarship to the needy students. Till November 30 at Chemould, 12F Park Street: Paintings by Subir Kr Banerjee. Till November 30 at Gandhara Art Gallery, 1B Gurusaday Road, #22801790, 22811255: Narratives Now! — works of Chandrima Bhattacharya, Kazi Nasir, Farhad Husain, George Martin, Nantu Behari Das, Pradip Patra, Rupa Paul, Saikat Surai and T.M. Azis. Till November 30 (except Sunday) at Gallery K2, Supra Court, 35 Lansdowne Terrace, #2465 1444; 11 am - 7 pm: A solo show of recent works by Tapas Kanti Mitra. Till November 30 at 26 Lee Road, ground floor; 11.30 am - 7.30 pm: The inaugural exhibition of Ahuja Museum for the Arts features over 1000 works from the museum’s collection. Till December 2 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South ‘B’; 3 pm - 8 pm: Recent works of Tanima Bhattacharya and Arup Lodh. Till December 2 (except Sunday) at Akar Prakar, P 238 Hindustan Park, #2464 2617; 2 pm - 7 pm: Recent work by Hugo Bonamin. Till December 2 (except Sunday) at 94 Ballygunge Place, #24613145; 10 am - 7 pm: Windmills of the Mind — an exhibition of paintings by Ketakee Roy Choudhury. Till December 2 at Academy of Fine Arts, South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Recent works by Bappa Halder and Sudip Chandra. Till December 6 at Taj Bengal Promenade Lounge: Celebrating Love — an exhibition of paintings by Dhiren Sasmal, based on the love theme found in ancient classics of Bengali literature. Till December 20 at Sanskriti Art Gallery, 5C Alipore Park Road: An exhibition of sculptures by Debabrata De. Till December 28 at Starmark, South City Mall; 11 am - 8 pm: Paintings by Nina Das. Till January 3 (except Monday) at Bose Pacia, Stephens Court, 18 Park Street, #40010148; 11 am - 7 pm: B-Swarga — new works by Jayanta Roy. Till January 16 (except Sunday) at 2/1 Hindusthan Road; 11 am - 7 pm: Experimenter presents Freedom is Notional — works of three of South Asia’s finest artists: Shilpa Gupta, Bani Abidi and Naeem Mohaiemen.

DRAMA

November 27 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Sanglap Kolkata presents Lathi Kando. Drama & direction: Kuntal Mukhopadhyay.

FILM SHOW

November 27 at Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute; 4 pm & 6 pm: Cine Central, Calcutta and Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute present the screening of The Hope (Turkey; Dir: Ylimaz Guney) at 4 pm and Postriziny (Czech; Dir: Jiri Menzel) at 6 pm. November 27 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road, #24556942/43; 6.30 pm: The Seagull Foundation for the Arts presents A String of Suppressed Films. Today: Last Tango in Paris (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1973, French and English, 129 minutes).

TALK

November 27 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Swami Chidrupananda will speak in Bengali on Yuganayak Vivekananda. November 27 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra, DD-44 Salt Lake; 6 pm: Pritindra Krishna Bhattacharya will speak on Sarada Mayer Katha. November 27 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Nityaranjan Mandal will speak in Bengali on Sri Ramakrishna Anudhyan.

PHOTOGRAPHS

November 27 - 29 at Emami Chisel Art, Emami Towers (near Ruby Hospital), E.M. Bypass; 3 pm - 8 pm: Dream on Canvas — Sumantra Banerjee’s unique international photography exhibition. Partnered by Nikon and HP, net proceeds to be donated to Future Hope.

PERFORMING ARTS

November 27 at Moulali Yuva Kendra; 3 pm: Rag-Rangam’s 30th anniversary function features Bengali songs, poetry-reading, recitation and instrumental music. Participants: Bani Tagore, Dr Sreekumar Chatterjee, Aalo Mukhopadhyay, Gopal Patra, Anushila Basu, Suchhanda Ghosh, Uma Mukhopadhyay, Manosree Lahiri, Malabika Bhattacharya and Chitra Lahiri and others. November 27 at Rathindra Mancha, Jorasanko Thakurabi; 6 pm: Rathindranath Tagore’s birth anniversary programme, presented by Rabindra Bharati Society, features Tagore songs by Goutam Mitra, Manoj Murali Nair and Manisha Murali Nair; and Gaudiya Nritya directed by Dr Mahua Mukhopadhyay.

BOOK exhibition

Till December 13 at Crossword, Elgin Road: Crossword-Penguin Fest (in association with t2). Attractive offers on Penguin Books for the entire period across five Crossword stores. Till November 29 at the Art Gallery of Bhasha Bhavan: On the occasion of the 60th year to mark the founding of Asutosh Collection, National Library hosts an exhibition of books, documents and pictures. Till December 15 at Starmark (Lord Sinha Road, South City Mall, Mani Square and City Centre); 11 am - 8 pm: Children’s book exhibition offers a wide range of titles.

EXHIBITION

November 27 - 30 at Netaji Indoor Stadium; 11 am - 8 pm: EIJS 2009 (East India Jewellery Show), organised by Exposure with t2 as Print partner. Till November 28 at Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani: Clay Stories hosts its first event of Potter’s Market, a collaboration of contemporary and traditional potters. Presented by Crafts Council of West Bengal. On display: a wide variety of lamps, teapots, mugs, cups, candle-holders and incense sticks. Till November 30 at 218 AJC Bose Road; 10 am - 8 pm: Bombaim’s new line of creative designs: Mallika Mathur’s line of semi-formal and formal wear; funky products by Design Temple; Western wear by Cherie D’s & Him Her & The Apple; and jewellery@Bombaim. Till November 30 at 3/90 Chittaranjan Colony, Jadavpur; 10 am - 8 pm: The Indian Handicraft hosts Shiplo Kotha, an exhibition of brass handicraft. Till November 30 at The Halo Heritage, 26 Ritchie Road; 11.30 am - 8 pm: Soumya’s Creation presents durries and home accessories.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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Time out, The Telegraph, 6, Prafulla Sarkar Street, Calcutta-700 001;
Fax: 2234-8244