Enchanting reality A fondness for vast, natural landscapes characterises the paintings of Sambhu Saha. He has made oil on canvas his favourite medium of expression as he considers that oil produces brighter images with greater depth. Working with slow deliberation and vivid imagination, his works have an ethereal, dream-like quality that gives forth the feeling that one is in the middle of a reverie. Primarily working with the spatula to produce effects reminiscent of late 19th century impressionists, his oils have visible strokes, open composition and familiar subject-matter. Yet, they are represented from a peculiar perspective, often with an emphasis on light and its changing qualities. Giving greater importance to colour than theme, he uses an unusual palette of colours that offers viewers an overall visual effect rather than highlighting details. His short, broken strokes of pure and unmixed colour, not smoothly blended with the surface, produce a vibrant, dynamic effect, capturing images as they would appear to viewers had they barely caught a fleeting glimpse of the scene. Impressions, his ongoing maiden solo show of oil paintings, features scenes from everyday life that appear draped in mysterious, magical beauty. Event: Paintings by Sambhu Saha When: Till September 30; 1 pm - 7.30 pm Where: Tejas Art Gallery, 11 Mayfair Road

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September 29 - October 4 at Chemould Art Gallery, 12F Park Street, #2229 8641; 2 pm - 7 pm: Pyramid presents the fifth solo exhibition of metal collage by Dr Arun Kumar Majumder. Inauguration today at 5 pm by Rabin Mondal. Till September 29 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm - 8 pm: The Group, an association of women artists, presents a silver jubilee art exhibition on Creativity and Women Artist. 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. Till September 30 at Shrimati Art Gallery, Baitanik, 4 Elgin Road; 3 pm - 8 pm: Journey presents an exhibition of paintings by Samarjit Biswas, S.A. Jafar, Avijit Sinha, Rajib Sikdar, Sadikul Islam and Biplab Tokder. Till September 30 at Gallery Upstairs, 16 Loudon Street, #98319 08133; 3 pm - 7 pm: Aagomoni — an exhibition of art on the theme, ‘Durga’. Participants: Niranjan Pradhan, Dwijen Gupta, Wasim Kapoor, Tapan Ghosh, Nilanjan Banerjee, Krishnendu Chaki, Prabir Sen, Abhijit Mullik, Rudradeb Sen, Suranjana Sen, Swapan Nandi, Gita Karmakar, Priyanka Das, Shambhu Nath Bera, Mithun Dasgupta, Nitya Kundu, Abhishankar, Kartik Pal, Tarun Dey, Chaitali Dey and Jayshree Basak. Till September 30 at Studio 21, 17L Dover Terrace, #2486 6735; 3 pm - 7 pm (Monday) & 11 am - 7 pm (Tuesdays to Saturdays): The New Idyllic, featuring indigenous art from Madhya Pradesh. Till September 30 at Tejas Art Gallery, 11 Mayfair Road, #98300 49825; 1 pm - 7.30 pm: Impressions, a solo exhibition of oil paintings by Shambhu Saha. Till October 1 at Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts, 94 Ballygunge Place, #2460 4245; 11 am - 7 pm: Bliss of Being — an exhibition of calligraphy works by Poosapati Parameshwar. Till October 1 at Gandhara Art Gallery, Flat 5A 1B Gurusaday Dutta Road, #2280 1790; 1 pm - 7 pm: Fresh Marks — Works by a bunch of fresh artists Anirban Mitra, Haraprasad Tripathi, Mrinmoy Debbarma, Nantu Behari Das, Rajendra Pradhan, Rajesh Dev and Sajal Kaity. Till October 4 (except Monday) at Bose Pacia, Stephens Court, 18 Park Street; 11 am - 7 pm: Alone in the Crowd — an exhibition of paintings, installations and prints by Josh P.S. Till October 5 at Gallery Sunayan, P-271, B Block, Lake Town; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings and sculptures by yesteryear’s masters: Basanta Kumar Ganguly, Gopal Ghosh, Sunil Kumar Pal, Dhirendra Nath Brahma, Ranenayan Dutta, Ramananda Bandyopadhyay and Krishna Bandyopadhyay.

PERFORMING ARTS

September 29 at Science City Auditorium; 5 pm: Sa Re Ga Ma Aagomoni — Songs by Haimanti Shukla, Nachiketa, Shubhamita, Jojo, Rupankar, Raghab, Anasua, Sahaj Maa, Supratik, Mou Mukherjee and Jayati Chakraborty. September 29 at Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts, 94 Ballygunge Place, #2460 4245; 6.30 pm: Theatrecian, in association with Weavers Studio and Learning System, presents an evening of Tagore songs by father-daughter duo Debashish Raychaudhuri and Rohini Raychaudhuri. Also, Gaaner Surer Asankhani, a collection of 10 Tagore songs rendered by the father-daughter duo and produced by Hindustan Record, will be released by sarod maestro Pandit Buddhadeb Dasgupta. October 2 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6 pm: Bhavna Records and Cassettes presents an evening of Tagore songs and dance. Participants: Gopa Roy, Shrabani Sen and Mrinmoy Roy in songs; Madhumita Roy (Kathak dance), and Mahua Chakraborty and Asit Bhattacharya in creative dance.

DRAMA

September 29 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Rangapat presents Jhumjhumi, based on Parashuram’s story. Direction: Biplanu Moitra. September 29 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Rangapat presents Aurangzeb. Direction: Harimadhab Mukhopadhyay, who also acts in this play along with Debshankar Haldar, Bijoylakshmi Barman and Rita Dutta Chakraborty. September 30 at Sujata Sadan; 6 pm: Sannidhya (Behala) presents two short plays: Mohit Chatterjee’s Octopus Ltd. and Goutam Roy’s Tarapada & Co., both directed by Nabakumar Banerjee. Also, recitation by Jharna Barui. September 30 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Kristi Samsad presents the comedy, Handcap, written by Shailesh Guha Neogy and directed by Sangramjit Sengupta. September 30 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Sailik Natyasanstha presents Sunil Gangopadhyay’s Raja Rani. Direction: Pradip Das Gupta. September 30 at Sisir Mancha; 6.30 pm: Anujug will stage Yatri, directed by Sajal Chakraborty. October 2 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Shohan presents Utpal Dutt’s Megh, directed by Anish Ghosh. October 2 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.45 pm: Nat-Ranga will stage Gulbaaj, the Man of the Match, directed by Sohan Bandopadhyay. October 4 at Sisir Mancha; 6.30 pm: Dum Dum Shabdamugdha Natya Kendra presents Sparshokator. Direction: Rakesh Ghosh.

TALK

September 29 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6.15 pm: Swami Ritananda will speak in Bengali on Sri Sri Ramakrishna Lilaprasanga. September 29 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 7 pm: Discourse on Life and Teachings of Srimat Swami Akhandanandaji Maharaj by Swami Amalatmananda.

PHOTOGRAPHS

Till October 3 at Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani; 11 am - 7 pm: The World of Tapan Sinha, an exhibition of the director and his works through the lens of Sukumar Roy and a selection from his personal archives. It also showcases some of the maestro’s film memorabilia. Till October 3 at 46 Satish Mukherjee Road (behind Kalighat Park), #24556942/43; 2 pm - 8 pm: Tasveer and The Seagull Foundation for the Arts present Listening Camera, an exhibition of black-and-white photographs of jazz musicians taken by Navroze Contractor.

FESTIVAL

September 29 - October 9 at Sankara Hall, 93 Southern Avenue, #2466 1767: Sri Sarada Navarathri Celebrations 2008, organised by Sankara Hall and Sankara Institute of Philosophy & Culture. Today (Alankaram Saradambal): Saradambal Mahabhishekam at 6 am; inauguration of Navarathri Celebrations and devotional music by FMC Ladies Section at 6.30 pm.

EXHIBITION

Till October 5 at CIMA Gallery; 11 am - 8 pm: Art in Life 2008. Till September 30 at the adjacent space of the Vidyasagar Hall, The Asiatic Society; 12 noon - 5.30 pm: Annual Book Fair 2008. Till October 1 at Hyatt; 11 am - 8 pm: Art Karat jewellery exhibition. Till September 29 at 57/9 Ballygunge Circular Road; 10.30 am - 7 pm: Soumya’s Creation presents an exhibition oriented towards getting ready for the Pujas, with varied products and designs in sarees, clothes, salwar suits, jewellery, accessories, home linens, etc. This week’s special: Home linens, durries and wooden trays. Till October 1 at Weavers Studio, 5/1 Anil Moitra Road, #2440 8926/27; 10 am - 6.30 pm: Words & Beyond — an exhibition of limited edition of clalligraphy on sarees designed by L’affaire. Till October 6 at Darbari showrooms, P-249 Purna Das Road (#24644027, 24658537) & CB 68 Salt Lake Sector I (#40043486): A Milestone, as part of its 10th anniversary celebration, Darbari presents a collection of designer sarees, fabrics, tunics, skirts and accessories. Till October 6 at the emporium of Central Cottage Industries Corporation of India Ltd, 7 Jawaharlal Nehru Road; 10 am - 7 pm: An exhibition of sarees and ready-to-wear clothes.

QUIZ

October 4 at 24 Pally Sarbojanin Durgotsav Puja Mandap, Konnagar; 2.30 pm: Open-to-all quiz conest for two-member teams. Quizmasters: Arup Ratan Aich (98304 91858) and Rajib (98362 33772).

WORKSHOP

October 13 - 17 at Mad Science Activity Centre, B 184 Survey Park: Journey into Outer Space Mad Science — a five-day morning camp in association with NASA brings the excitement and wonder of space; for children 7 yrs to 12 yrs. The programmes are in eight-week modules and will be held every Saturday. For details, call #2416 4342, 98306 27921 or visit www.madscienceofkolkata.com October 13 - 16 at Mad Science Activity Centre, B 184 Survey Park: Mad Science System II — a four-day afternoon camp on the principles behind everyday science with curriculum co-related sessions on topics Heat, Light, Sound, Taste, Electricity, etc.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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