‘Art about displacement may focus on the journey itself, the condition of being in transit between places with different languages, customs, material culture, and ideas - a condition theorist Homi Babha calls “in-betweenness”. Artists might explore the meaning and location of border, boundaries, and zones of transition. They might consider the place left behind (there) or the adopted place (here) or their interaction.
Robertson, Jean & McDaniel, Craig. Themes of Contemporary Art, visual art after 1980. Oxford University Press, Inc. New York. 2013.
