Photographed Examples of Work

Notes on the Artist

- grew up in Tripoli, Libya and Dhaka, Bangladesh and now works in Dhaka and New York.
- His work, which includes films, installations and books, excavates political ruptures through family stories and macro histories.
- graduated from Oberlin College in 1993 with a BA in Economics and Concentration in History
- eceived an MA in Anthropology in 2015 and a Ph.D. in Anthropology in 2019 from Columbia Universityreceived an MA in Anthropology in 2015 and a Ph.D. in Anthropology in 2019 from Columbia University
- uses film, installation, and essays to research South Asia's postcolonial markers
- projects on the 1970s revolutionary left explores the role of misrecognition within global solidarity

About the Exhibition

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Naeem Mohaiemen

Exhibition Title: What we found after you left
Exhibition Location: The Power Plant (Toronto, ON.)

This exhibition presents four films in a rotating program from September 2019 to May 2020. Each film is accompanied by works (photographs, prints or sculptures) that serve as ‘footnotes’

While focusing on moments of mistake and misrecognition, Mohaiemen’s research into aspirations towards utopia during the Cold War era – manifested through decolonization, revolution, and independence – is rooted in a hope for a future, revived international left.