Kiluanji Kia Henda

An Ode to Segregation

Kiluanji Kia Henda (b. 1979, Luanda, Angola) lives and works in Lisbon, Portugal and Luanda, Angola. An Ode to Segregation is a 40 foot tower whose sides reference the highly decorative iron railings used to secure wealthy homes in Luanda. The work suggests real estate in a country deemed one of the least developed (Angola) and a country deemed one of the most (US) are not so different.

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