At Galerias Municipais de Lisboa, the artist brings to the fore the conflicts and chances of migration
The most gripping attribute of Kiluanji Kia Henda’s exhibition ‘Something Happened on the Way to Heaven’, curated by Luigi Fassi at Galerias Municipais de Lisboa, is the gravitas of its composite subject matter. In conflict are the stunning natural landscape of Sardinia and the geopolitical nightmare of asylum seekers from the African continent in Europe since the exacerbation of the European border crisis. With added hints to the inconspicuous omnipresence of the military on the island, and the poignant image of an idyllic tourist destination hiding sombre realities is complete.