Art miscellany The tributaries of visual art are varied and so are its mediums. In spite of the diversity of theme and style of expression, each work of art essentially holds aloft a significant sign of its time, besides providing a window into the mind of its creator. Bringing together the works of 34 artists who create through different methods and in different mediums, Unity in Diversity, the ongoing exhibition of paintings, sculptures and photographs, features a motley collection of art in contemporary times, including works by eminent artists and upcoming talents alike. The works on show have been done in a wide range of mediums like watercolour, oil on canvas, acrylic, pen and ink, etching, collage, mixed media, stoneware and earthenware. Participating artists: B.R. Panesar, Nikhilesh Das, Gopal Sanyal, Harilal Sahu, Debabrata Chakrabarti (a painting by him appears here), Sanatan Dinda, Ranjan Sarkar and others. Also featuring a painting by filmmaker Nabyendu Chattopadhyay. lEvent: A exhibition of paintings, sculptures and photographs by various artists lWhen: Till August 31; 3 pm - 8 pm lWhere: Photographers’ Gallery, 59A Southend Park, ground floor

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Till August 30 at Galerie La Mere, 3 Regent Park; 4 pm - 8 pm: Freedom— an exhibition of the works Amitabha Banerjee, Anita Roychowdhury, Atin Basak, BR Panesar, Bratin Khan, Chandra Bhattacharya, Debabrata Chakraborty, Dhiraj Chowdhury, Isha Mohammad, Jogen Chowdhury, Munindra Rajbongshi, Niranjan Pradhan, Paritosh Sen, Rabin Mondal, Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, Sanatan Dinda, Shanu Lahiri, Somenath Maity, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Suhas Roy, Suktisubhra Pradhan, Uma Siddhanta and others. Till August 30 at Chemould Art Gallery, 12F Park Street; 2 pm - 7 pm: Window of Mind, the third solo exhibition of paintings by Indrajit Ghosh. Till August 30 at the gallery of Society of Contemporary Artists, 398 Rashbehari Avenue &, Bypass Connector Road, Tribarna bus stop, #98300 07871; 3 pm - 8 pm: Monsoon, a show of small format works. Till August 31 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 4 pm - 8 pm: Artmile presents a group exhibition of the works by Somenath Maity, Samir Roy, Alok Sardar and others along with those by a number of upcoming talents. Till August 31 at Galerie Karma, P-505 Keyatola Road, #24636731/32; 11 am - 7 pm: Boundless, an exhibition of recent works of Partha Pratim Deb and Manas Roy (Roymans). Till August 31 at Shree Art Gallery, 11 Gurusaday Road, Kusum Apartment, Flat no.61, # 9903235566: Monsoon Fantasies — featuring works by Ramananda Bandopadhyay, B.R. Panesar, Debabrata Chakrabarty, Dipti Chakrabarty, Alok Bhattacharya, Dhiren Sasmal, Ratan Acharya, Subrata Das, Pramathes Chandra, Malay Chandan Saha, Soumitra Kar, Anirban Seth, Paresh Saha, Ashok Ganguly, Jiban Biswas, Kalyan Chakrabarty, Anil Yadav, Chandidas Bhattacharya, Ananda Das, Ram Prasad Dey and others. Till September 3 (except Sunday) at Gallery Exposure, 54B Mahanirban Road, #4003 1668; 3 pm - 8 pm: The Monsoon Show — an exhibition of paintings by Anirban Khamaru, Bijoy Basak, Chandranath Saha (Tilak),Dwijen Gupta, Diptajit Das, Dipankar Pahari,Gautam Sarkar, Madhumati, Nirmalendu Mandal, Pratyusha Mukherjee, Sudipta Dutta, Sujata Kar Saha, Subhabrata Bose, Tohidul Islam and others. Till September 4 (except Sunday) at Ganges Art Gallery, 33A Jatin Das Road, #2465 3212; 11 am - 7 pm: Constructing the Present — featuring the works by Manjari Chakravarti, Tapati Chowdhury, Chhatrapati Dutta, S. Gopinath, Jehangir Jani, Mahbubur Rahman, Rajeswara Rao, Partha Shaw, Deepak Tandon, Tanmoy Samanta and Babu Xavier. Till September 7 at Artists Circle, 46 Circus Avenue, #2283 3176; 2 pm - 7 pm: View from the Edge, an exhibition celebrating Independence Day. Featuring works by Alok Bhattacharya, Animesh Nandi, Bijon Chowdhury, Biswapathi Maity, Chanchal Mukherjee, G.A. Dandekar, M. Senathipathy, Nilesh Kinkale, Partha Pratim Deb, Partha Bhattacharya, Prafulla Dhanuka, Prakash Karmakar, R.M. Palaniappan, Ram Lal Dhar, S.G. Vasudev, Sam Adaikalaswami, Suhas Roy, Sunil Das and Yusuf Arakkal. Till September 8 at Angan Art Gallery, 11 Fern Place , #2460 8899; 2 pm - 8 pm: Forms and Feelings, an exhibition of paintings and sculptures. Till September 10 (except Sundays) at Gallery Kanishka’s, 2/1 Hindustan Road, #2463 0465; 11 am - 8 pm: Occupying Silence, an exhibition of graphic verse by Devashish Makhija. Till September 10 (except Sundays) at Tejas Art Gallery, 11 Mayfair Road, #98300 49825; 1 pm - 7.30 pm: Krishna Katha, a solo show of drawings and paintings of Krishna by Siddhartha SenGupta. Till September 30 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road, #6550 8418; 10.30 am - 7 pm: The Persistence of Form, featuring works by Suhas Roy, Prakash Karmakar, Shyamal Mukherjee, Aditya Basak, Bratin Khan, Sanatan Dinda, Gourango Beshai, Swapan Das, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Sibsaday Chaudhuri, Atin Basak and others.

DRAMA

August 29 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Pancham Vaidic presents its latest production, Narokiyo, inspired by Sartre’s No Exit. Drama & direction: Arpita Ghosh. August 29 at Padatik’s Buildwell Theatre, 6/7 AJC Bose Road; 7 pm: Theatrecian presents Mumbai Zoo, a play in English directed by Tathagata Chowdhury. August 30 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Gandhar presents Kachher Manush, directed by filmmaker Gautam Haldar. August 30 at Sisir Mancha; 6.30 pm: Pratikriti will stage Manoj Mitra’s Kenaram Becharam, directed by Aalok Deb.

PERFORMING ARTS

August 29 at Sisir Mancha; 6 pm: On the completion of 60 years, Baitanik felicitates Dwijen Mukhopadhyay and Dr Manjula Bose. To be followed by Tagore songs by Abhirup Guha Thakurta, Pramita Mallick, Aniruddha Singha, Runu Dutta, Uma Mukhopadhyay, Alpana Sengupta, Subid Tagore and aristes of Baitanik, and dance by Polly Guha to the accompaniment of recitation of Tagore’s poems. Till August 31 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6 pm: Paschimbanga Rajya Sangeet Academy, in association with West Bengal Dance Group Federation, presents Nritya-Natya Utsav 2008, a festival of dance-drama. Today: (1) Mahesh presented by Gaudiya Nritya Bharati; (2) Sadgati presented by Folk Entertainment Section. August 29 & 30 at Uttam Mancha; 6 pm: The Dover Lane Music Conference presents a periodical session of Indian classical music. Aug. 29: Priyanka Mitra (vocal), Sanjay Bandopadhyay (sitar) and Partho Desikan (vocal). Aug. 30: Purnima Chowdhury (vocal), Ayan Sengupta (sitar) and Ustad Abdul Rashid Khan (vocal). August 29 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 7 pm: Sangeet Ashram presents a sarod recital by Pandit Budhadev Das Gupta, with Subhankar Banerjee on the tabla. August 31 at Kala Mandir; 10 am: To raise funds for the proposed Thalassaemia Foundation and Blood Bank, Institute of Child Health presents a sarod recital by Amaan Ali Khan, with Pandit Anindo Chatterjee on the tabla.

FILM SHOW

August 29 - 31 at Nandan II; 3 pm & 6 pm: Cinema Nippon 18, a festival of Japanese films organised by Nihongo Kaiwa Kyookai Society and Consulate General of Japan, Calcutta. Today: Dolls (Dir: Takeshi Kitano) at 3 pm and Moving (Dir: Shinji Somai) at 6 pm.

TALK

August 29 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6.15 pm: Swami Sarvabhutananda will speak in English on Mundaka Upanishad. August 29 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Dr Sasanka Bhusan Bandyopadhyay will speak on Chandogya Upanishad. August 29 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 7.10 pm: Discourse on Life and Teachings of Srimat Swami Advaitanandaji Maharaj by Swami Arunatmananda.

PHOTOGRAPHS

Till September 3 (except Sunday) at Akar Prakar, P 238 Hindustan Park, #2464 2617; 2 pm - 7 pm: The Camera with the Third Eye, an exhibition of recent photographs taken by Nikhil Bhandari. August 29 - 31 at Gaganendra Pradarshashala; 2 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of photographs taken by Kartick Das.

FESTIVAL

Till September 1 at Ved Bhavan, 50 Lake Avenue, #2463 9049; 6 pm: Ved Bhavan Bhajan celebrates Janmashtami Mahotsavam. Today: Srimad Bhagavad Gita chanting, chapters 16, 17 & 18, to be followed by a Carnatic vocal recital by Aishwarya Sundaram, with S. Ranganathan (violin) and Ganesh Mahadevan (mridangam).

EXHIBITION

August 29 at CIMA Gallery; 6.30 pm: Inauguration of an exhibition titled Concepts & Ideas 2008. The show continues till September 13, except Sundays and public holidays, between 3 pm & 7 pm (Mondays) and 2 pm & 7 pm (Tuesdays to Saturdays). August 29 - September 6 at Sushree, 4RA2/4 Purbachal II, Salt Lake; 12 noon - 8 pm: Sushree showcases its Puja collection of trendy dresses. Till August 30 at Weavers Studio, 5/1 Anil Moitra Road, #24408926; 10 am - 6.30 pm: Colours of Hope, an exhibition of hand-woven, hand-crafted, hand-embroidered textile, sarees, garments and traditional jewellery to raise funds and support Alzheimer’s Society. Till August 30 at Anusthan Bhavan, 132 Rashbehari Avenue, Deshapriya Park: Sundari Silks Chennai presents a collection of silk and cotton sarees from leading weavers of south India. Till August 30 at F-17 Dakshinapan, Dhakuria, #2423 7625: LePakshi (Andhra Pradesh Handicrafts Development Corporation Ltd) hosts Mangalagiri Festival, a display of Andhra Pradesh handloom products. Till August 30 at Green House, Tollygunge Metro Station, #2471 6595: Festival of hand-embroidered sarees, kurtis and salwar suits. Till August 30 at Senbati, 3A Mandeville Gardens; 10.30 am - 8.30 pm: Poompuhar, the Tamil Nadu Handicrafts Development Corporation Ltd presents an All Crafts Exhibition. Till August 31 at Gharoya Boutique, 1/57B Dover Place, #2461 9051; 10 am - 2 pm & 4 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition of sarees, salwar kameez, tops, mekhlas and kurtas.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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