A Lost Future is a yearlong exhibition on view through January 28th, 2019, at the Rubin Museum of Art. The exhibition is part of the Rubin’s yearlong exploration of “the future,” a theme that in this context is applied specifically to Bengal and South Asia.

The exhibition presents work by Shezad Dawood, Matti Braun, and the Otolith Group, in addition to three rotating installations in the gallery’s central cove. The first is Dawood’s interactive virtual reality work ‘Kalimpong’ (2018), which enables the viewer to explore multiple sites and time periods in the eponymous town.

The three featured artists infuse contemporary themes of virtual reality and modernity into their respective approach to the region. “These artists are challenging received cultural and political histories of Bengal,” explains Beth Citron, curator of the exhibition. “Each brings new, rigorous research and knowledge production, as well as visual acumen, to illuminate the potential futures of Bengal in relation to critical moments in its luminous past (…).”

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