The work is part of the Redefining the Power series in which the artist portrays a series of Luandese performers posing on empty pedestals in the country, a legacy of the monuments of colonialism. The photographs were taken reproducing the perspective of a series of historical postcards in circulation at the time of the Portuguese occupation. The statues were removed after Angola's declaration of independence and the plinths have remained empty ever since. While the government imagines a future for those supports, the artist hopes for a social evolution that sees the new generations as protagonists.
Title: Redefining the Power II
Author: Kliuanji Kia Henda
Date: 2011
Technique: photographic print on aluminum
Displayed in: Polo Santa Marta
In the Exhibition: Contemporary / Contemporaries
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