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In celebration of its third anniversary, Artists Circle is hosting Southern Alternative, a group exhibition of works by renowned artists of south India. Featuring paintings by Adimoolan, R.B. Bhaskaran, K.S. Rao, K. Muralidharan, Palaniappan, Achutan Kudallur, Gopinath, Surya Prakash, M. Senathipathy (a painting by him appears left) and S. Vasudev, it brings together the creative output of a representative fraction of a region that has contributed enormously in the making of contemporary Indian visual text. What makes the show specially significant is that the works, seen from the perspective of current concerns, practices and expectations, provide a kind of crucible of the art of the moment. They are self-referential, often steeped in a personal vision that is intimate and preoccupied with form, space and myth. At the same time, they affirm the importance of emotional effect more than that of any historically-derived meaning. Their viewing will result not in familiarity but in fresh discoveries.
Event: Paintings by artists from south India
When: Till November 10, 2 pm - 7 pm
Where: Artists Circle, 46 Circus Avenue
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art
November 6 - November 18 (except Sundays) at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road; 11 am - 8 pm: Nature in Meditation, paintings by Satyen Ghosal.
November 6 - December 2 (except Sundays) at G.C. Laha Centenary Fine Arts Gallery; 1 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition by master painters of Bengal.
Till November 6 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Sushanta Karmakar.
Till November 8 at Akar Prakar, P-238 Hindustan Park; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings done in India by French artist Christian Cailleaux.
Till November 9 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings and sculptures by Creative Wave.
Till November 10 at Samokal Art Gallery, 23 Gariahat Road, Gol Park; 4 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings and sculptures.
Till November 14 at Angan Art Gallery, 11 Fern Place; 3 pm - 8 pm: Terracotta sculptures by Ram Kumar Manna.
Till November 18 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road; 10.30 am - 7.30 pm: Celebrations on Canvas, an exhibition showcasing Indian art and sculpture. Featuring paintings by Suhas Roy, Kartick Pyne, Prokash Karmakar, Bratin Khan, Sanatan Dinda, Subroto Gangopadhyay, Atin Basak, Ramananda Bandyopadhyay and others.
Till November 19 (except Sundays) at Gallery Kanishka’s, 11 am - 8 pm: Colours on Canvas, an exhibition of figurative works.
Till November 22 at Anant Art Gallery, 18A Alipore Road; 11 am - 7 pm: Borderline, paintings, installations, stamp works and photographs by Ashim Purkayastha.
Till November 24 at Galerie 88, 28B Shakespeare Sarani; 11 am - 7 pm: An installation project by Bose Krishnamachari.
drama
November 6 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Rangapat presents Tusher Agoon.
November 6 at Max Mueller Bhavan; 7 pm: Aarshi presents Medea. Dir: Abanti Chakraborty.
November 7 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Ganakrishti presents Tashkar Brittanto. Dir: Amitava Dutta.
November 8 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Choopkatha presents Mrs Soriano. Dir: Dolly Basu.
November 9 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Nandikar presents its latest productions, Ashapurna Devi’s Raater Kutum (an ensemble production) and Lila Mazumder’s Pakhi (dir: Swatilekha Sengupta).
November 9 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Aneek presents Ibsen’s Punorujjiban. Dir: Amalesh Chakraborty.
November 10 at Kala Mandir; 6.30 pm: Charbak presents Chalo Patal Tuli. Dir: Arindam Ganguli.
November 11 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Ensemble presents Shirir Neeche. Dir: Sohag Sen.
November 12 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Nandikar presents Abanindranath Tagore’s Bappaditya. Dir: Goutam Halder.
theatre festival
Till November 7 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar: Bengal Shrachi presents 5th Greenwood Spirit Theatre Festival. Today: Shruti Natak by Srabyo (6 pm) and Dui Taranga by Choopkatha (7 pm).
Till November 12 at Bijon Theatre; 6.30 pm onwards: Shohan presents District Theatre Festival. Today: Sambed (dir: Kalika Mazumder) produced by Unique Theatre, Calcutta and Karno Ekhon (dir: Shib Mukhopadhyay) produced by Natadha, Howrah.
performing arts
November 6 at Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi; 5.30 pm: Amritakumbha presents Abrittir Majlish, an evening of poetry reading and recitation. Partcipants: Swapan Ganguly, Chumki Sarkar, Anindita Deb, Ashit Biswas and others (solo), Kingshuk Roychowdhury, Aparajita Pal (duet) and members of Amritakumbha and Shrutiangan. Co-ordination: Koushik Sen.
November 9 at Kala Mandir; 6.30 pm: Padatik Dance Centre presents Celebration ’06, a combination of various items of dance repertory in a range of styles based on Kathak and its innovations. Choreography: Chetna Jalan.
November 12 at Sarat Sadan auditorium, Behala; 5 pm: Kerala Cultural Forum presents a classical dance and music programme.
talk
November 6 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 5.30 pm: Sitanath Goswami will speak in Bengali on Panchadashi.
November 6 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6.15 pm: Swami Puranananda will speak in Bengali on Adhyatma Ramayana.
November 6 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Amalendu Chakraborty will speak on Swami Abhedananda O Bharatia Sanskriti.
seminar
November 6 at Jibanananda Sabhaghar; 6.30 pm: Sri Aurobindo Centre for Research on Social Science and Tudbarta Dasgupta Foundation, Calcutta host a seminar on Nabya Bharat-tattwa Ebong Prasangata. Also, Tagore songs by Jayasree Dasgupta.
exhibition
Till November 6 at P-249 Purna Das Road; 11 am - 8 pm: Darbari hosts an exhibition of woven and printed Bhagalpuri saris, fabrics and dupattas.
Till November 10 at 105 Southern Avenue; 11 am - 6 pm: An exhibition of suits, kurtis and sarees in cotton and georgette by Richa Kanoria.
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