Tribute to a trailblazer An artist who perennially drew on the delicate nuances of relationships and multitudinous aspects of life, Gobardhan Ash commanded immense variety in the style and substance in his work of art. Though human figures remained his core subject throughout his life, he never got stuck into a predictable stylistic groove. What he aspired to create was a reality of coherent and vital images with expressive lines, shapes and forms. He stripped bare the harsh reality of life in portraying the life of the people of rural Bengal. Moved by the plight of the people during the Bengal famine, he created a captivating series of works on it, using gouache as a medium. Commemorating his birth centenary, the ongoing exhibition featuring works by the legendary master painter also pays a fitting tribute to his invaluable contribution to the world of Indian contemporary art. Event: An exhibition of paintings by Gobardhan Ash When: Till August 5; 3 pm - 7 pm Where: Aakriti Art Gallery, 12/3A Hungerford Street, 1st floor

art

July 31 - August 6 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: The third solo exhibition of watercolours by Ekta Singha. Inauguration today at 6 pm. July 31 - August 5 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 3 pm - 8 pm: Personalities, paintings by Samir Ghosh. Inauguration today at 5 pm. Till July 31 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Recent sculptures in bronze by Bipin Goswami, Shankar Ghosh and Tapas Sarkar. Till July 31 at Academy of Fine Arts, Central Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by Argha Pattanayak, Shib Sankar Das, Arindam Debnath, Hemanta Sur and Mantu Mondal. August 1 - 12 at Artists Circle, 46 Circus Avenue; 2 pm - 7 pm: Aranya, an exhibition of paintings by eminent artists, inspired by a visit to the Sunderbans. Participants: Biswapathy Maiti, Geeta Maiti, Sekhar Roy, Sekhar Kar, Ramlal Dhar, Sohini Dhar, Amitabha Sengupta, Dewashsh Das, Ashoke Mullick, Biswajit Mondol and Diptish Ghosh Dastidar. August 1 - 25 at Genesis Art Gallery, 8B Middleton Street; 2 pm - 7 pm: Born Free, an exhibition of paintings by Ajay De, Asit Kumar Patnaik, Avijit Dutta, Bratin Khan, Bikash Poddar, Bhaghat Singh, Gautum Mukherjee, Nitya Kundu, Partha Bhattacharjee, Pradip Maitra, Prithvi Soni, Rameshwar Singh, Sanjay Kumar, Sukanta Das, Suman Roy, Sanatan Dinda, S. Harshvardhan, Shyamal Mukherjee, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Siddharth, S.K. Shahjahan, Saptarishi Naskar and Wasim Kapoor. Till August 2 at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road; 11 am - 8 pm: My Butterfly Life — paintings by Tapan Karmakar. Till August 3 at Pachishe Baishakh Art Gallery, 152 S.P. Mukherjee Road, 2nd floor: Art from Life — an exhibition of paintings by Sujata Chakraborty, Somnath Chakraborty, Pradip Sur, Nirmal Kumar Mallick, Mohi Pal, Joydeep Chatterjee, Dipankar Mukherjee and Bikash Mukherjee. Till August 5 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 1st floor; 3 pm - 8 pm: Svikriti, an exhibition of the works of six awardees in Academy’s 40th Annual Exhibition 2007. Participating artists: Animesh Dutta, Pappu Bardhan, Shuvrakanti Mitra, Koushik Coomar, Subhas Chandra Nath and Gourab Malakar. Till August 5 at Aakriti Art Gallery, 1st floor, Orbit Enclave, 12/3A Picasso Bithi (Hungerford Street); 3 pm - 7 pm: Birth centenary show of Gobardhan Ash (1907- 2007). Till August 6 at Gallery with Difference, Avishek Point, 2nd floor, 152 S.P. Mukherjee Road; 2 pm - 8 pm: A group show by Bengal contemporary artists. Till August 6 at Gallery K2, Supra Court, Lansdowne Terrace, #2465-1444; 11 am - 7 pm: Power of Three, showcasing paintings by Amal Ghosh of London, Dr Nabanita Javed of Calcutta and Kashmiri Khosa of Delhi. Till August 11 (except Sunday) at G.C. Laha Centenary Fine Arts Gallery, 7 Chittaranjan Avenue, 1st floor; 1 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition of sculptures from a dokra workshop, some tapestries and ceramics. Till August 11 (except Sunday) at Kanvas Art Gallery, 53 Syed Amir Ali Avenue, Shivam Chamber, 2nd floor; 3 pm - 7 pm: Paintings by Sanjib Roy.

drama

July 31 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Natasena presents Gorur Garir Headlight. Direction: Saroj Roy. August 2 at Sisir Mancha; 6.30 pm: Nabamayukh Nattya Sangstha presents Gopichand. Direction: Rishi Mukhopadhyay. August 2 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Nandikar presents Nana Ranger Din (Drama: Anton Chekov/Ajitesh Bandyopadhyay; Performance: Parthapratim Deb and Rudraprasad Sengupta; Dir: Rudraprasad Sengupta) and Raater Kutum (Story: Ashapurna Devi; Dir: Ensemble Production). August 3 at Padatik’s Buildwell Theatre, 6/7 AJC Bose Road; 7 pm: Little Thespian presents Katha Collage-2, a collection of plays comprising four short stories by four writers of Calcutta: 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. August 4 at Madhusudan Mancha; 7 pm: Rangakarmee presents Court Martial, designed and directed by Usha Ganguli. August 5 at Sujata Sadan; 6.30 pm: Samskar Bharati presents Jakhan Eka, based on Arnold Wesker’s The Roots. Direction: Asit Basu.

PERFORMING ARTS

July 31 at Sisir Mancha; 5 pm: Madhyami presents an evening of classical music and dance featuring Rina Jana (Odissi), Moumita Mojumder (vocal), Harashankar Bhattacharya and Deepsankar (sitar) and Dilip Das (vocal). August 1 at Rabindra Sadan; 5.30 pm: Ananya Music presents Jakhan Brishti Namlo, an evening of Tagore songs by Rajeshwar Bhattacharya, Pramita Mallick, Sreeradha Bandyopadhyay, Swastika Mukhopadhyay, Debarati Shom, Pubali Debnath, Rajasree Bhattacharya, Rachayita Roy, Chandrabali Rudra Dutta, Suman Panthi, Madhabi Dutta, Ananyabrata Das, Debasree Biswas, Rima Mitra, Sharmila Mukhopadhyay, Apala Basu, Irabati Bose and others. Also, recitation by Soumitra Mitra, Sumantra Sengupta, Basabdatta Majumdar and Debaleena Brahma.

talk

July 31 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Sikha Mukherjee will speak in Bengali on Sri Ma Saradadevir Jivanadarshe Narijatir Adarsha. July 31 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Atmabodhananda will discuss in Bengali on Sri Sri Mayer Katha. July 31 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 7.15 pm: Swami Chaitanyanandaji Maharaj will discourse on Vivek Chudamoni.

EXHIBITION

August 1 & 2 at Ivory Banquet, 22 Camac Street, 5th floor, Block D; 11 am - 9 pm: An exhibition of handcrafted contemporary/traditional jewellery, wooden/children accessories, chocolates, men’swear, handwoven sarees, suit pieces and kurtis. August 1 - 7 (except Sunday) at Artisana, 13 Chowringhee Terrace; 11 am - 7 pm: Crafts Council of West Bengal hosts an exhibition of bed and table linen, stoles, terracotta figurines, baskets, bags and other handicraft items.

LECTURE SERIES

August 3 at Calcutta School of Music; 6.30 pm: Kishore Chatterjee starts a three-part lecture series with music on The Bible and Music.

CAMP

August 4 at 15/3C Naskarpara Lane, Calcutta 31; 10 am: Free confidential memory screenings and followup resources and educational material to those concerned about memory loss. Organised by Alzheimer’s and Related Disorders Society of India, Calcutta Chapter.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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