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Watercolour is often referred to as a mystic medium since it creates light from light itself! The base of this art form is paper, that is translucent. Hence it is flat and without any dimension. The artist induces life in that void. He then illuminates this void with his deft brush strokes. This luminosity reaches its peak when the creator applies various shades and a chiaroscuro effect is weaved on the base. Tapas Kanti Mitra’s recent works show his natural flair for the medium. Basically a landscape artist, Mitra paints nature as he sees around him. He has a keen eye to identify and extract poetry out of nature, to open up the luminosity of the sky within the shadows of the earth. His meditative skill in creating light as a contrast to the chromatic shadows is what guides him towards that transformation. This meditative insight helps him build a mystic reality that is the essence of his works. His on-going solo exhibition showcases the landscapes of Calcutta. The paintings are simple, serene, benign and melancholic in character.
lEvent: Recent watercolours by Tapas Kanti Mitra lWhen: Till April 16 (except Sunday); 3.30 pm - 7.30 pm lWhere: Gallery Katayun, Jassal House, 4A, Auckland Square, Flat 21
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April 2 - 9 at Artists Circle, 46 Circus Avenue; 12 noon - 7 pm: Saraswati, a Tribute to Women. Featuring works of seven women artists: Anita Roy Chowdhury, Geeta Vadhera, Dipali Bhattacharya, Sohini Dhar, Eleena Banik, Piu Sarkar and Saswati Sengupta.
April 2 - 21 at Genesis Art Gallery, 8B Middleton Street; 2 pm - 7 pm: Summer Splendour — an exhibition of art works by Babul Basak, Bhagat Singh, Dharmendera Rathore, Gautam Mukherjee, Harish Kumar, Jiban Biswas, Jyotirmoy Ash, Krishnendu Porel, J. Nandakumar, Nikhil Biswas, Nitya Kundu, Partha Pratim Deb, Rajesh Deb, Ranjan Mukherjee, J.P. Singh, Subhendu Porel, Sutapa Khan and Vijender Sharma.
Till April 3 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 4 pm - 8 pm: Faces — Paintings by Wasim Kapoor, Dwijen Gupta, Romu Law, Debabrata Chakrabarti, Subrata Chowdhury, Nirmalendu Mandal, Dipti Chakrabarti, Sudip Banerjee, Jayanta Ghosh, Anup Ray, Subrata Ghosh and Parvati Mukherjee.
Till April 3 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Animesh Biswas’ first solo exhibition of paintings.
Till April 3 at Academy of Fine Arts, Central Gallery; 4 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by Saroj Sarkar, Tapan Pathak, Barun Roy and Nabakumar Chakraborty.
Till April 7 at Galerie 88, 28B Shakespeare Sarani; 3 pm - 7 pm: Of Human Bondage — recent works of Arun Bain.
Till April 8 at Angan Art Gallery, 11 Fern Place; 4 pm - 8 pm: Reality as Fantasy: Art of the illustrators. Participating artists include Anup Ray, Debashis Deb, Jayanta Ghosh, Nirmalendu Mandal and Subrata Chowdhury.
Till April 12 (except Sunday & holiday) at CIMA Gallery; Mondays (3 pm - 7 pm), Tuesdays - Saturdays (2 pm - 7 pm): Reality Bytes — recent works of three young artists, Debraj Goswami, Abir Karmakar and Uday Mondal.
Till April 14 (except Sunday) at Akar Prakar, P238 Hindustan Park; 3 pm - 8 pm: Recent works by Ganesh Haloi.
Till April 21 (except Sundays) at Gallery Kanishka’s, 2/1 Hindusthan Road; 11 am - 8 pm: Contextual Vocabulary — an exhibition of paintings by various artists.
drama
April 2 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Aneek presents Dwitiyo Basanta. Direction: Malay Biswas.
April 3 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Shohan presents Helmet, directed by Anish Ghosh.
April 4 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Aneek presents Punorujjiban. Direction: Amalesh Chakraborty.
April 4 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Sayak presents Dildar. Direction: Meghnad Bhattacharya.
April 5 at Girish Mancha; 7 pm: Khela Gadi — Rangakarmee’s latest production, directed by Usha Ganguli.
PERFORMING ARTS
April 2 at Roy House, 2/6 Biren Roy Road (East), Behala Chowrasta; 7 pm: Diksha Manjari presents a musical evening featuring Partha Sarathi Panigrahi (Baboo), son of Pandit Raghunath Panigrahi and Sanjukta Panigrahi.
April 5 at Swabhumi; 6.30 pm: An evening of Kathak dance by Soma Ghosh and her troupe.
KAVI SAMMELAN
April 2 at Panchimbanga Bangla Akademi; 5.30 pm: ‘Kavi Sammelan’, hosted by Kabisammelan, features poetry-reading by Manindra Gupta, Sambhu Nath Chattopadhyay, Samir Roy Choudhury, Pranab Kumar Mukhopadhyay, Ardhendu Chakraborty, Buddhadeb Dasgupta, Debarati Mitra, Ratneshwar Hazra, Kamal Chakraborty, Sabyasachi Dev, Subhas Ghosal, Amitava Gupta, Arani Basu and Tilottama Majumdar. Tagore songs by Jayanti Soren. Also, Sisrendu Mukhopadhyay to speak on poetry.
AWARD CEREMONY
April 2 at Sisir Mancha; 6.30 pm: Theatre personalities, who participated at Sayak’s full-length drama competition held at Bijon Theatre between March 9 and 18, will be honoured along with Manoj Mitra and Ashok Mukhopadhyay. Also, Gawhar (produced by Sandarbha and directed by Soumitra Basu), adjudged the best production at the competition, will be staged.
talk
April 2 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 5 pm: Dhyanesh Narayan Chakrabarti will speak in Bengali on Mahabharater Shantiparva.
April 2 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6.15 pm: Swami Ritananda will speak in Bengali on Sri Sri Ramakrishna Lilaprasanga.
April 2 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Prof. Amalendu Chakraborty will speak on Swami Abhedananda in the West.
PHOTOGRAPHS
Till April 8 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road; 2 pm - 8 pm: The Seagull Foundation for the Arts presents Silver Screen - an exhibition of photographs by Fawzan Hussain. It is the fifth exhibition of the Tasveer - Opening Season.
CELEBraTION
April 2 at Sri Thyagaraja Hall, P-530 Raja Basanta Roy Road: The concluding day of Sri Ramnavami celebration, organised by Ved Bhavan Bhajan Samaj, features Sundarakaanda Parayanam (7 am), and Anjaneya Utsavam Bhajan by Shengottai Harihara Subramania Bhagavatar & party (6 pm).
April 6 & 7 at Sri Ganesh & Sri Murugan Temples, 58/14/3&6 Prince Anwar Shah Road: Temple anniversary Day celebrations. April 6: Sankatahara, Chaturthi, Varasiddhi Vinayagar Abhishekam (5.30 pm), Samvatsara Sanku Poojai 1st Kaalam, Homam and Poornahuti (7.30 pm) and Prasada Viniyogam (8.30 pm). April 7: Samvatsara Abhisekam 2nd Kaalam, Homam and Poornahuti (7.30 am), Moolavar Maha abhisekam, Kalasa abhisekam and 108 Sankha abhisekam Deeparadanai (9 am), Prasada viniyogam (10 am), Shodasopacharam (6.30 pm), Procession (7 pm) and Prasada Viniyogam (8 pm).
EXHIBITION
April 3 - 13 at Sravasti, 14/97 Golf Club Road; 1 pm - 9 pm: KeyaChaitali’s exclusive T shirts, photuas, short kurtas, kurtas, salwar-kurtas, wrap-around sets, saradins, nakshikantha, batik, applique, fabric-painted, block-printed cotton sarees and silk sarees, blouse pieces and costume jewellery.
Till April 9 at Gallery Exposure, 54B Mahanirban Road; 3 pm - 8 pm: Nimble Fingers showcases the crafts of Bengal, Spring Satchel: hand-painted T shirts and kurtas, terracotta jewellery and artifacts, paper masks, glass paintings, dokra, batik and other crafts.
Till April 6 at Karma Kutir, 411/8 Hemanta Mukhopadhyay Sarani, near Gol Park Khadi; 11 am - 8 pm: An exhibition of saree, kaftan, stoles, bags, table mats, bedcovers, table-cloth, cushion covers and wall hangings.
Till April 15 at Ananya boutique, 46/18 Babu Bagan Lane, Dhakuria; 11 am - 9 pm: A spring summer collection of hand embroidered, batik, block-printed sarees and suitpieces.
April 2 - 7 at 265 Jodhpur Park, 1st floor; 11 am - 7.30 pm: Bharati Datta’s summer collection of sarees.
WORKSHOP
April 6 - 8 at Utsarg-Utsav Housing Complex, Santoshpur Survey Park: Dance workshop on ghoomar, dandiya and fusion for kids, teenagers and ladies. Details at #9339751248.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
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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