Installation view of 《When Home Won’t Let You Stay: Migration through Contemporary Art》. ⓒDo Ho Suh.

《When Home Won’t Let You Stay: Migration through Contemporary Art》 considers how contemporary artists are responding to the migration, immigration, and displacement of peoples today. We are currently witnessing the highest levels of movement on record - the United Nations estimates that one out of every seven people in the world is an international or internal migrant who moves by choice or by force, with great success or great struggle. 《When Home Won’t Let You Stay: Migration through Contemporary Art》 borrows its title from a poem by Warsan Shire, a Somali-British poet who gives voice to the experiences of refugees. Through artworks made since 2000 by twenty artists from more than a dozen countries - such as Colombia, Cuba, France, India, Iraq, Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Palestine, South Korea, the United Kingdom, and the United States — this exhibition highlights diverse artistic responses to migration ranging from personal accounts to poetic meditations and features a range of mediums, including sculpture, installation, painting, and video. Artists in the exhibition include Kader Attia, Tania Bruguera, Isaac Julien, Carlos Motta, Yinka Shonibare, and Do Ho Suh, among others.

Further information:
https://www.icaboston.org/exhibitions/when-home-won’t-let-you-stay-migration-through-contemporary-art