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Though his earlier paintings were based on religion, myth and the status of women in society, the current works of Mustak Khan Chowdhury project the agony and suffering endured by our inner selves in a world steeped in dishonesty, hatred and corruption, and reflects the decadence of modern society. Using symbols loaded with religious significance like rotten apples, worms feeding on putrid fruit, angels, beasts and scenes of heaven and hell, the artist evokes the evolution of life and depicts the degeneration of man from his former ideal image to his present debased self. Working with watercolours, oil pastels, acrylic, mixed media on paper and canvas board, his experiments with different mediums have enabled him to attain textural richness with saturated colours in his paintings. His palette ranges from golden yellow and red to dark blue, green and brown. Clearly, the artist has great expertise in doing delicate arabesques of architectural detail, interwoven with graceful, lyrical and figurative elements.
Event: Recent works of Mustak Khan Chowdhury
When: Till May 31 (except Sunday), 3 pm - 7 pm
Where: Galerie 88, 28B Shakespeare Sarani
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Art
Till May 23 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by Parimal Bhowmick, Debasis Dhar, Nirupam Ghosh and Subrata Saha.
Till May 31 (Sunday by appointment only) at Gallery Katayun, 4A Auckland Square, Flat 21; 3 pm - 7 pm: Paintings by 39 artists of the sub-continent.
Till June 3 at Gallery Kanishka?s, 2/1 Hindustan Road; 11 am - 8 pm: Faces & Verses, an exhibition of sketches and poetry by Arthur Brendon Cardozo.
Till June 6 (except Sundays) at Akar Prakar, P 238 Hindustan Park; 3 pm - 8 pm: Steps That Seek, paintings by Ganesh Haloi.
Till June 13 (except Sundays) at Gallery Sanskriti; 11 am - 8 pm: Tribute, paintings by Shyamal Dutta Ray.
Till June 15 (weekdays only) at Masters Collection Art Gallery, G5/G7 Malayalay Apts, 3 Woodburn Park Road; 11 am - 7 pm: Touch of Art, featuring works of Suhas Roy, Prokash Karmakar, Sanatan Dinda, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Suman Roy, Sekhar Kar, Beena Pradhan and others.
drama
May 25 at Padatik Little Theatre; 6 pm: Institute of Factual Theatre Arts presents Chitrangada.
May 25 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Doubarik presents A Parabasey. Direction: Sarbadaman Som.
May 26 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Sayak presents Saanjhbela. Direction: Meghnad Bhattacharya.
May 26 at The Saturday Club; 7.30 pm: Ensemble presents Jogajog. Direction: Sohag Sen.
May 27 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Dwandwik presents Ekale Ekalabya. Drama and direction: Achintya Chowdhury.
May 28 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Nandikar presents Fyodor Dostoyevsky?s Maramiya Mon. Direction: Goutam Halder.
performing arts
May 23 at Bharatiyam Cultural Multiplex, IB-201 Salt Lake; 6 pm: Loknritya Samaroh, Bihu folk dances of Assam, followed by baul folk songs of West Bengal, to be presented by Nantu Kahar.
May 23 at Bangur Scout Club; 6.30 pm: Nataker Gaan presented by Ambarish Bhattacharya.
May 24 at Swabhumi; 6 pm: Roudrapalash presents Riturango. Direction: Chandrani Chakraborty.
May 24 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Ministry of Culture, government of India presents Matir Manabi, an interpretation of Tagore?s Chandalika by Sreyashi Mitra. Direction: Rahul Chatterjee.
May 26 at Birla Sabhagar; 6.30 pm: Parampara presents Rabindrasangeet-ey Katha O Sur, featuring Suchitra Mitra (songs), Kalavati Devi (dance), Suchitra Mitra and Subir Mitra (narration and explanation) accompanied by Anita Pal and artistes of Parampara.
photographs
Till 25 at Gorky Sadan; 4 pm - 7 pm: Lenscape Fantasy: Russia - India, photographs by Eugene Zozulya and Alexander Khorkov.
talk
May 23 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Hirendra Nath Roy will speak in Bengali on Arthashastra: Tattwa O Mulyabodh.
May 23 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19 A&B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Atmabodhananda will discuss in Bengali on Sri Sri Mayer Katha.
EXHIBITION
Till May 25 at 79 Raja Basanta Roy Road, 1st floor; 2 pm - 8 pm: Nimble Fingers presents Summer Bazaar, featuring traditional crafts of Bengal in a modern milieu.
Till May 27 at Finesse, 11/1B New Road, Alipore: Sujata Sarawgi presents hand-woven sarees and suit-pieces of Bihar and Madhya Pradesh and block prints from Rajasthan and Bengal with surface embellishments.
kids? fest
May 23 - 28 at Bharatiyam Cultural Multiplex, IB-201 Salt Lake; 3.30 pm: In association with EZCC, Cine Central hosts the 6th International Children?s Film Festival, with daily screening of children?s films.
Till June 4 at Crossword Bookstore, 8 Elgin Road: Annual Children?s Summer Fest featuring 12 fun-filled programmes like non-stove cooking, salsa dancing and quiz competitions. For enquiries, call #22836501-5.
workshop
May 24 at The Saturday Club; 5 pm: Talk and workshop on Understanding our Personalities by psychotherapist Ragini Rao.
May 26 at Patchi, Forum Mall; 4.30 pm onwards: Patchi presents Baby?s Day Out with Chef Shaun, a chocolate-making workshop for children (4 yrs to 8 yrs), to be conducted by Shaun Kenworthy. For participation, contact #30580050.
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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