Syed Haider RAZA Né en 1922 BINDU GENESIS, 1988 Diptyque, acrylique sur toiles signées, titrées et datées “1988” au dos, dans un encadrement de l'artiste 105 x 52,5 cm (40,95 x 20,48 in.) Raza remembers: “I was not a good student, and I was often anxious. One day, when I was eight years old, my teacher asked me to sit alone in the school porch. There was a white wall, upon which he drew a dot. He told me: “Now stay quiet, forget about games and sports, don't look at the birds in the trees, just concentrate on this point. It is called bindu.” This event changed my life. I understood something essential.” Olivier GERMAIN-THOMAS, interview with Syed Haider RAZA, “Mandalas”, éd. Albin Michel, Paris 2004, Page 15.