Dates of the Shows

Aakriti Art Gallery - 23rd March to 4th April 2009

Akar Prakar - March 24 - April 11, 2009

Gandhara Art Gallery - March 25 - April 7, 2009

Chitrakoot Art Gallery - MARCH 26 - APRIL 8, 2009

Gallery K2 - MARCH 27 - APRIL 10,  2009

The Seagull Foundation for the Arts - 30 MARCH to 1 APRIL, 2009

Gallery Sanskriti - MARCH 28 - APRIL 11, 2009

Emami Chisel Art - April 3 – 18 april 2009

KHOJ kolkata at CHISEL CRAFTS  - 8th  to 21st April 2009

LIST OF ARTIST Chitrakoot

01. SADHAN CHAKRABORTY

02. MANOJ MITRA

03. SUBRATA GANGOPADHYAY

04. ARUN GOSWAMI

05. ARUP DAS

06. CHANCHAL MUKHERJEE

07. DIPAK MUKHERJEE

08. AMITABHA BANERJEE

09. ATIN BASAK

10. SANATAN DINDA

11. SWAPAN KUMAR DAS

12. GOURANGA BESHAI

 

FROM

DR. P. C. KEJARIWAL

CHITARAKOOT ART GALLERY

KOLKATA

Anderson printing quotation

06.03.09

To,
Gandhara Art Gallery
Palm Springs Flat 5
1B Gurusaday Road
Kolkata 700 019

Kind Attn : Mrs. Sudipta Sen

Dear Madam,


Sub: Quotation for “Art Against Terrorism” Catalogue

We are pleased to quote for the above job as follows:

Specification
Size : 18” X 9” ( Open )
9” X 9” ( Closed )
No. of pages : Cover + 200 inside pages
Qty. : 3,000 / 4,000 /5,000 pcs
Colour : 4 Colour all through
Board/Paper : 300 GSM Imported Matt. for cover
: 130 GSM Imported Matt. for inside paper
Finishing : On line Aqueous Silk Coat On both side ( inside Pages & cover)
Matt. Lamination On outer cover
Binding : Sewn, Perfect binding & shrink wrapping

Cost : 3,000 cps. 4,000 cps. 5,000 cps.

Rs. 5,10,000/- Rs. 6,00,000/- Rs. 6,90,000/-

Unit price : Rs. 170.00/- Rs. 150.00/- Rs. 138.00/-

Note : You Have to provide us ready to print design in CD.

VAT : Extra 4%
Delivery : Within 6 – 7 days after approval of the dummy.
Payment : 50% in advance and balance against delivery


Warm Regards,
Tanmay Das

(Business Development Executive)

invite design for the show

ECA artist list

SUMEDH RAJENDRAN, DELHI

MASOOMA SYeD, DELHI/PAKISTAN 

NAEEM MOHAEMEN, BANGLADESH

MINAL DAMANI, BARODA

VIVAN SUNDARAM, DELHI

PUSHPAMALA N, BANGALORE/DELHI

VIBHA GALHOTRA, DELHI 

PRAJAKTA POTNIS, BOMBAY 

SUBBA GHOSE, DELHI

BINU BHASKAR, KERALA  

TUSHAR JOAG, MUMBAI 

SHARMILA SAMANT, MUMBAI 

RIMA KUNDU, SANTINIKETAN 

MANESWAR BRAHMA, ASSAM

INDRANI NAYAR GALL, WEST INDIES 

VEER MUNSHI, DELHI 

BILL DAVIS, USA

PRASANTA SAHU, SANTINIKETAN

AMITABHA BHATACHARJEE, KOLKATA

SAVI SAWARKAR, DELHI

TAPATI CHOWDHURY , KOLKATA

REMEN CHOPRA ,  DELHI

HELEN, ORISSA 

SUREKHA, BANGALORE

DEBASHISH BARUI, KOLKATA

RITENDRANATH ROY, KOLKATA

ABESH vIBORE MITRA, KOLKATA

KATHERINE JONES, UK

MRINMOY DEB BURMAN, TRIPURA

SOMA CHAKRABORTY, KOLKATA

ANINDITA DUTTA, USA

Q , KOLKATA

BISWARANJAN KAR, ORISSA

STEFAN ROEMER, GERMANY

 

Aakriti artist list

1. Sekhar Roy
2. Samindranath Majumdar
3. Tapas Konar
4. Amitava Dhar
5. Sunil De
6. Saurav Jana
7. Apu Dasgupta
8. Pappu Bardhan
9. Ashoke Mullick
10. Priyanka Lahiri
11. Habibur Rahman
12. Barun Chowdhury
13. Saptarshi Naskar
14. Kartick Chandra Pyne
15. Mahmud Husain
16. Partha Pratim Deb
17. Sandip Daptari
18. Dhiraj Singh
19. Rabin Mondal
20. Jogen Chowdhury
21. Sanhita Ghosh
22. Rajesh Deb
23. Nantu Behari Das
24. Akhil Chandra Das
    
25. Chandan Bhandary
    
26. Tapas Biswas
    
27. Subrata Biswas
    
28. Asim Basu
    
29. Sanhita Banerjee
    
30. Tisha Mandal
    
31. Bhabotosh Sutar (installation/sculpture)
    
32. Ketan N. Amin
    
33. Mukulendu Pathak
    
34. Sajad H Hamdani
    
35. Apurba Nandy
    

To: Mrs Sudipta Sen
Dear Madam
This has reference to our recent discussion.
As you are aware we have done a number of prestigious brochures for various national and international clients including art catalogs for Ramkinker Centenary collection (Kalabhavan,2006) and Chitralipi( Paintings of Robindranath),Viswa Bharati,2008.
As per your advice I am enclosing an estimate for the proposed art catalog, as per specifications given by you.
I am sure that you and your esteemed associates will find it extremely attractive and reasonable'

ESTIMATE
Job name:Art against terrorism200 pages inside plus 4 page cover,4 col. bothsize:18 inch x 9 inch open9 inch x 9 inch closedCover:300 gsm Art board, Inside: 130 gsm matte art paperFinishing: Online aqueous silk coat on both sides/ matte lamination on front side.Binding: Sewn and Perfect bound, Proofing: Hi-quality ink jet 1 round
S.No Qty Amount(Rs) Unit price Weight(Kg)
1 3000 542500/- Rs181/- apprx 2351
2 4000 608800/- Rs 152.20 approx 3135
3 5000 696600/- Rs 139/- approx 3918
Terms of payment : 50% advance, Balance within 30 days from delivery
Freight and packing as per actual.
Thanks & Regards
Yours sincerely
Prajit Jana
For Offbeat Communications

Change in the Dates

Aakriti – 23 March, Monday
Akar Prakar – 24 March, Tuesday
Gandhara – 25 March, Wednesday
Chitrakoot – 26 March, Thursday
K2 – 27 March, Friday
Sanskriti – 28 March, Saturday
– 29 March, Sunday
Seagull – 30 March, Monday
– 31 March, Tuesday
–1 April, Wednesday
-2 April, Thursday
ECA – 3 April, Friday

Ganges – 6 April, Monday

Dear Gallery woners,
I fully agree with Vikram Bachawat's view . If our Art programmes has to be associated to any charity ,it should be either Army /NSG/ police welfare div

Gallery K2 artist list

Gallery K2 is posting the artist list (subject to be changed) for the Art Against Terrorism campaign.

1. Katayun Saklat
2. Amit Chakraborty
3. Pradosh Paul
4. Debashish Chakraborty
5. Alik Das
6. Dipankar Dutta
7. Tarun Dey
8. Tanmoy Biswas
9. Timir Baran
10. Anasuya Chakraborty
11. Shakeela sheikh
12. Snehashish Maity
13. Sampayan David
14. Avijit Mukherjee

Akar Prakar Artist List

Aditya Basak, Archana Hande, Chintan Upadhyay, C Douglas, Sk. Sahajahan, Samir Roy, G R Iranna, Manjari Chakravarty, Chandrima Bhattacharya, Debraj Goswami, Samit Das, Mithu Sen, Pooja Iranna, Debanjan Roy, Pankaj Panwar, Bimal Kundu, Shukla Poddar

TO-DO LIST

Please read the following information thoroughly for it contains vital information to the Art Against Terrorism collaborative exhibition. Send everything listed below to abhijitlath@hotmail.com

1. Send transparent gallery logos immediately.

2. Send contact mailing lists of media sources, artists (including the artists participating), and galleries in Excel format. This way duplicate contacts will be sited and no contact will receive multiple invitations. Please do this ASAP.

3. The following must be submitted by every participating gallery by 2 March 2009:

- Images of artworks with artist name, title of work, medium, size (in inches height*length or height*length*width), and date.
- Bio-data of the artists, roughly 50 words per bio entry.

This must be completed by 2 March because the layout of the catalogue pages, to be provided later, will need to be filled out and submitted by 6 March. If the layouts are not completed by 6 March there will not be enough time to print the catalogues by the opening dates.

4. Send press release by 16 March 2009.


Dates of openings for the participating galleries:

Aakriti – 23 March, Monday
Akar Prakar – 24 March, Tuesday
Gandhara – 25 March, Wednesday
Chitrakoot – 26 March, Thursday
K2 – 27 March, Friday
Sanskriti – 28 March, Saturday
– 29 March, Sunday
Seagull – 30 March, Monday
– 31 March, Tuesday
–1 April, Wednesday
Ganges – 2 April, Thursday
ECA – 3 April, Friday

Update on Gallery Sanskriti's Artists List

Anju Chowdhury

Balaka Bhattacharjee

Debabrata De

Jayshree Burman

Kishore Shinde

Lalu Prasad Shaw

Manish Pushkale

Paresh Maity

Partha Shaw

Prabhakar Kolte

Prasenjit Sengupta

Rajeshwar Rao

Shipra Bhattacharya

Shuvaprasanna

Somnath Maity

Sweety Joshi

Artist's List (Sanskriti)

1. Partha Shaw
2. Jaya Ganguly
3. Prabhakar Kolte
4. Prasenjit Sengupta
5. Lalu Prasad Shaw
6. Paresh Maity
7. Jayshree Burman
8. Kishore Shinde
9. Debabrata De
10. Rajeshwar Rao
11. Ramananda Bandopadhyay
12. Sweety Joshi
13. Balaka Bhattacharjee
14. Anju Chowdhury
15. Shuvaprasanna
16. Shipra Bhattacharya

LIST OF ARTISTS

Dear Members,
I am submitting herein the final list of Artists for the show "Art Against Terrorism" which will start on 25th March 2009 .

1) Adip Dutta
2) Chandra Bhattacharya
3) Debnath Basu
4) Kazi Nasir
5) Krishna Murari
6) Prabir Gupta
7) Pradip Kumar Patra
8) Rathin Kanji
9) Sanchayan Ghosh
10) Sovan Kumar


Thanks & Regrds
Sudipta Sen

Gallery Sanskriti's Concept for Art Against Terrorism

ART AGAINST TERRORISM

We at Gallery Sanskriti know that the topic of art in a time of terrorism is not an easy one. However, we believe it is imperative that difficult issues are discussed in spite of the public's general unease. Therefore, Gallery Sanskriti is gratified to be a participant of Art Against Terrorism. Our aim is to display a diversity of ideas so that a plurality of voices can be heard. The term "terrorism" extends beyond words, and this exhibition will show the power of visual language to express identity crisis, pain, and a response to anger and conflict.

Art can appear insignificant in a time of chaos and terror. But the world has always been chaotic and terrifying. Art has been around for a very long time and it has gone through good times and bad. And history has proven that art has never been insignificant. During times of calamity art has played the most important role: art raised awareness. There has been from Tchaikovsky's Pathetique to Picasso's Guernica to Maya Lin's Vietnam Memorial. Artists have always found ways to combat grave catastrophes with grave beauty and insight that have stimulated the world to bring rightful conclusions to events of sorrow. It is a way of combat that is not malicious, but one that suppresses our desires for vengeance with humanity. By all of us gathering together at galleries partaking in Art Against Terrorism, by lighting up the walls and artworks, we are in that peculiar space we go to when we want to experience art. And this space remains the same as it always was: rich, meaningful, rewarding, and moving. It is a place we always return to because it offers us visions that we have never seen before and teaches us things we have never thought about before. Art does not suddenly take new importance just because of its content, but because art draws people together as a community during a time when our nation's sense of community has been attacked. Gallery Sanskriti desires to offer a sense of community once more by inviting all to witness the passionate works of art by some of India's leading artists. Through camaraderie and ruminations over compelling works, we can all find ways to defend against the devastating effects of terrorism.

meeting on tuesday at Sanskriti?

we still need the logos; venue details, dates (starting and finishing), artist lists for the card design; also uploading some design options... 

pls leave comments

GANDHARA LOGO

Dear All

Sending my Logo detaiis.

Sudipta Sen

Dear Bhavna, Thank you very much for your consent. for a free advertisement in your magazine for the Kolkata Art Galleries joint art show" ART AGAINST TERRORISM".Since the Galleries final participation list is not yet confirmed , Can you give us a week time for sending the CD with full details of the of the above mentioned show" thanking you Sudipta sen

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Yes I would like to sponsor an advt.But a common mail should be sent to all galleries announcing this since i spoke to vikram and he didn't know about itAlso we are awaiting your advt for the issueBestB

Concept Note

ART AGAINST TERRORISM

Terrorism cannot be equated with rebellion, revolution and war, even though like rebels, revolutionaries and combatants the terrorists use violence.

The rebels, revolutionaries and combatants in war target the power bases and power points of the powerful adversaries, at appointed time and place. The terrorists direct their wanton violence at soft targets lives in peaceful pursuits and properly built up with labour and love. The targets, the terrorists strike at, can hardly ever be conceived has antithetical to their so-called ‘cause’. By their wanton violence against soft targets the terrorists hardly ever make a dent in the power-nexus of the adversaries.

Terrorism makes a mockery of the ‘lofty aims’ for which they supposedly indulge in misdirected violence. The terrorists by their acts of their wanton violence against defenceless endanger the lives, the labour and dignity of the very people for the supposed wrong done to whom, they pawn their lives.

Terrorism, therefore, is cowardice. Terrorists by their choice of time of use of surrepticious violence against unsuspecting and defenceless non-adversaries are a scourge to normal pursuit of life and labour, by all, including those for whom the terrorists supposedly speak. Terrorism not only threatens to wreck and wrecks normal life activity without a promise of any constructive programme (unlike that in rebellion, revolution and war), it stifles normal life activities of all (including those in whose name the terrorists supposedly indulge in acts of terror) in the in the targeted areas of their vengeful operation.

Even the most rebellious and revolutionary art activists like to carry out their vocation peacefully in a situation free from uncertainties and sudden disruption. The art activists hate to witness destruction of fruits of their toil and love, as well as those of their predecessors in wanton acts of violence. Art activists, therefore, have to stand up and be counted among those who resolve to fight for normalcy of life against uncertainties. Security of life and solidarity of all forces against insecurity are the need of the hour.

We the art activists of Kolkata and Bengal as a whole have decided to demonstrate our resolve to express our solidarity with all forces of the civil society and the state fighting the scourge of terrorism, through a series of art exhibitions, held concurrently in several Kolkata galleries, for two weeks, beginning from the last week of March 2009.

We are requesting every Kolkata art gallery to have its own exhibition of art, on the common theme of ART AGAINST TERRORISM, in the suggested period. It is entirely up to the individual galleries to choose their artists and exhibits.

We are requesting all important individual artists to participate in this demonstration of solidarity at the gallery of their choice. Our other request is that no artist should participate in more than one gallery show.

There will be one integrated catalogue for the whole show. Please Respond Positively Without Delay.

Pranabranjan Ray (Covenor)