Aga Khan Museum exhibitions delve into human migration
"Leila" from Iran is one of 11 women that make up photographer Olga Stefatoiu's "Chrysalis" exhibit.
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Article Author: Aga Khan Museum exhibitions delve into human migration
Media Source: Toronto.com (Canada)
Date: 2 March 2020
In March at the Aga Khan Museum, three exhibitions about global migration will feature works from more than 50 visual artists from around the globe. This exhibition will showcase artists who are either immigrants themselves or whose parents or grandparents were immigrants. They were invited by the Aga Khan Museum and the Luciano…
In March at the Aga Khan Museum, three exhibitions about global migration will feature works from more than 50 visual artists from around the globe. This exhibition will showcase artists who are either immigrants themselves or whose parents or grandparents were immigrants. They were invited by the Aga Khan Museum and the Luciano Benetton Foundation’s Imago Mundi to explore the ways a person’s ancestral past informs their present reality and their hopes for the future. Many of the works on display are meditations on the idea of home. As Afghanistan-born, Berlin-based contributor Jeanno Gaussi says, home is an idea that "keeps growing and reshaping itself." It’s an observation with particular resonance in Toronto, which is home to more than 1.2 million people born outside of Canada.