Now Toronto | Aga Khan Museum HOME GROUND Exhibition probes the meaning of homeland

All hail Home’s voices – Excellent show probes the meaning of homeland

by Fran Schechter September 9, 2015 6:20 PM

Twelve artists explore the theme of homeland in this extraordinary show from the collection of Sharjah’s Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi. The political commentator and Arab Spring tweeter’s mission to support contemporary Arab art dovetails nicely with the Aga Khan’s to showcase historic Islamic culture.

Larissa Sansour envisions Palestine as a futuristic luxury high-rise where citizens press an elevator button instead of navigating Israeli checkpoints. (Image via Now Toronto)
Larissa Sansour envisions Palestine as a futuristic luxury high-rise where citizens press an elevator button instead of navigating Israeli checkpoints. (Image via Now Toronto)

All the artists except Mona Hatoum (familiar from AGO’s Cube) were new to me, and researching them has been a fascinating education. It’s a show of uniformly excellent work by artists whose voices deserve to be heard.

HOME GROUND: CONTEMPORARY ART FROM THE BARJEEL ART FOUNDATION at the Aga Khan Museum (77 Wynford), to January 3, 2016.

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