Three exhibitions—one recent, two current—have foregrounded art that addresses perhaps the most pressing moral concern of our times: migration. A risk of pointedly political art is a lack of complexity, and this is an underlying issue with the ICA exhibition. Visitors will ultimately find themselves uplifted—or consoled, depending on your perspective. The scale and rhythm of these two exhibitions are decidedly different: the ICA’s is larger, more doggedly accessible, more pyrotechnic and emotionally affecting, but perhaps less nuanced; the Harvard Art Museums exhibition, smaller and more subtle. In both cases, though, the ensemble unsettles and stirs in equal measure, providing a catalyst for vital conversations in which we are compelled to engage.
Source : The Art of Crossing Borders
