Carey Young & Lene Berg

From Europe come two politically torqued shows by young women. Carey Young is a London-based artist whose Consideration installation makes plain the degree to which lawyers run our lives. Lene Berg, from Oslo, makes video and text artworks that explore the role of art in war. Young designed her installation with the help of a legal team. It sets up contracts that bind anyone who is beguiled into experiencing it. What’s the sensation when you wander into a zone that announces, “By entering the zone created by this drawing, and for the period you remain there, you declare and agree that the U.S. Constitution will not apply to you”? And what does bottled “Guantanamo” taste like, for that matter? This is the diet version, but still … 527 Second Ave. S.E., Minneapolis; 612-605-4504; www.midwaycontemporaryart.org