“His focus is the 1970s, when transnational utopian projects began to fall apart as the global surge of socialist revolutions ran into the reality of entrenched capitalism, and the promise of decolonization faced the disappointment of fatally flawed leadership.”

Exhibition: “What we found after you left,” by Naeem Mohaiemen, The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, September 2019.

Keywords: exhibitions, curatorial practice, art, contemporary, Naeem Mohaiemen, architecture, politics, history, decolonization, post-colonial, colonialism, Non-Aligned, international left, Cold War, independence, Dhaka, Bangladesh, transnational, global, Toronto, Canada

Image: Toni Hafkenscheid and The Power Plant