'Stateless: Views of Global Migration'

Views of Global Migration addresses, through the individual lenses of eight contemporary artists (Bissane Al Charif, Daniel Castro Garcia, Leila Alaoui , Tomas van Houtryve, Shimon Attie Omar Imam, Fidencio Fifield-Perez, Hiwa K), finds beauty and strength in the face of collective trauma, and lays bare the contradictions inherent to the crisis. The exhibition presents powerful works that bear contemplate memory, witness, and explore one’s connectivity to a place, even when one can no longer return and addresses the individual stories that define this global human crisis.

The exhibition, organized by the MoCP’s executive director Natasha Egan, is sponsored by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the Art Dealers Association Foundation, the City of Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE), the Illinois Arts Council Agency and Special Events (DCASE), and the Efroymson Family Fund. Community partners for Stateless: Views of Global Migration include the Transatlantic Refugee Resettlement Network and Heartland Alliance.