Age of saturn

Published on the occasion of the solo exhibition of Australian-Bangladeshi artist Omar Chowdhury. 'Created in close collaboration with the political and economic historian Dr. Shahidul Zaman, the show explores important questions of how one can experience, or re-experience history and one's own past. Constructed through several years of dialogue and research, Chowdhury and Zaman deploy autobiography, narrative, and concept to create an ambitious and intricate survey of key moments and controversies in the history of Bengal. Working in a diverse range of media including film, text, sculpture, photography, electronics, installation, performance and action the artist and historian present a rich, alternative language of inquiry into how the past creates the present and the present can create the past.'

Foundational narrative about the history of Islam in Bengal, Dr. Zaman’s experience of this history, and Omar’s relationship to Dr. Zaman.