AKIPRESS.COM - The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) is holding the largest contemporary exhibition ‘Megacities Asia’ with large-scale sculptures and installations that examine issues of urbanization. Eleven artists offer 19 works created from accumulations of objects found in their home “megacities”—those with populations of 10 million or more—in China, India and South Korea, which have seen unprecedented development over the past 50 years. The exhibition is on view from April 3–July 17.

The Megacities Asia extends beyond the MFA’s Ann and Graham Gund Gallery into other exhibition and public spaces, on to the Museum’s front lawn and into the city beyond, with a sculpture presented in Marketplace Center near Faneuil Hall. Asia is the world’s most rapidly urbanizing continent, containing more than half of the approximately 30 megacities around the globe. Beijing, Shanghai, Delhi, Mumbai and Seoul have grown at an astounding pace over the last half-century to equal and in some cases exceed the size and urban density of metropolises like Tokyo and New York.

Four Indian artists including Hema Upadhyay (1972–2015, Mumbai), Subodh Gupta (born 1964, Delhi), Aaditi Joshi (born 1980, Mumbai) and Asim Waqif (born 1978, Delhi) are participating in the MFA’s ‘Megacities Asia’ exhibition.