Congolese Plantation Workers Art League
| Industry | sculpture  |
|---|---|
| Year dem found am | 2014 |
| Affiliate plus | Unilever |
| Country | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Edey de administrative territorial entity insyd | Kwilu |
| Demma headquarters location | Lusanga |
| Dema official website | https://catpc.org/home/ |
CATPC, an acronym give ‘Cercle d’Art des Travailleurs de Plantation Congolaise’ insyd French dey translate to ‘Congolese Plantation Workers Art League’ insyd English. Dem found am insyd 2014 by a group of Congolese plantation workers in collaboration plus Congolese environmental activist den founder of Greenpeace Congo René Ngongo, CATPC dey operate as an art cooperative. CATPC dey base insyd Lusanga, dem formerly know as Leverville, Unilever ein first plantation insyd de Democratic Republic of the Congo.[1] Insyd 2017, CATPC build an art center dem name White Cube Lusanga.
CATPC dey specialize insyd clay sculptures, dem reproduce insyd Europe dey use materials such as cacao den palm oil, common products dem derive from plantations. CATPC be critical of de plantation system, an extractive den exploitative colonial construct plus dangerous labor conditions, low wages, den environmental devastation among ein faults.
List of works
[edit | edit source]CATPC be best known for dema chocolate sculptures buh e sanso venture into drawings, videos, photographs den textile works.[2] CATPC ein sculptures dey include portraits den allegories. Dema material, de cocoa bean, dey carry political connotations, wey dey include concerns for ein controversial labor conditions den effect for de environment top.[3]
Sculptures
[edit | edit source]Self Portrait without Clothes, Mbuku Kimpala, 2014
The Spirit of Palm Oil, Djonga Bismar, 2014
Self Portrait, Menenga Kibwila, 2014
Self Portrait, Djonga Bismar, 2014
Self Portrait, Emery Muhamba, 2014
The Art Collector, Jérémie Mabiala & Djonga Bismar, 2015
Poisonous Miracle, Thomas Leba, 2015
The Art Collector, Jeremie Mabiala & Djonga Bismar, 2015
A Man Is What the Head Is, Matthieu Kasiama, 2015
The Visionary, Djonga Bismar, 2015
We Who Are Here And You Who Have Come, Emery Muhamba & Mbuku Kimpala, 2015
A Lucky Day, Thomas Leba & Daniel Manenga, 2015
How My Grandfather Survived, Ced’art Tamasala, 2015
Forced Love, Irene Kanga, 2019
Forced Labor, Jean Kawata & Ced'art Tamasala, 2020
The Mad Art Collector, Emery Muhamba, 2020
White Cube Lusanga, Jean Kawata & Ced'art Tamasala, 2020
Pende Vengeance 1931, Richard Leta, 2021
Money is/and the Beast, Muyaka Kapasa, 2021
Couple of Equality, Mbuku Kimpala, 2021
Plantation Monoculture, Athanas Kindendie, 2022
White Cube Lusanga, Ced’art Tamasala & Jean Kawata, 2023
Mvuyu Liberator, Blaise Mandefu, 2023
Lady of Museums, Mbuku Kimpala, 2023
Congo Massacre, Muyaka Kasapa, 2023
Money Angel, Philomène Lembusa, 2023
Fish Protector, Daniel Mvunzi, 2023
Roots, Irene Kanga, 2023
Polyculture Brain, Athanas Kindendie & Charles Leba, 2023
Wonderful Birth, Huguette Kilembi & Mirra Meya, 2023
Seedbed, Muyaka Kapasa & Ced'art Tamasala, 2023
Plantation Master, Olele Mulele Labamba, 2023
Crucifixion of the Art Collector, Matthieu Kasiama & Ced'art Tamasala, 2023
Drawings den textile
[edit | edit source]4 Coins Post Plantation, Matthieu Kasiama, 2022
Untitled, Ced'art Tamasala, 2023
Arts & Agriculture: Vision Future, Matthieu Kasiama, 2022
Aveugle Visonnaire, Kifiameso ya kumuna na ntuala, Matthieu Kasiama, 2022
Balot, Ced’art Tamasala, 2022
Balot / Retour de la Violence, Matthieu Kasiama, 2022
Chemin d’idées, Kukwisa ya bangindu, Matthieu Kasiama, 2022
Esprit fâché de Balot, Esprit Colon, Matthieu Kasiama, 2022
Féticheur ou démon du village, Jean Kawata, 2016
L’exode des fournis noir, Ced’art Tamasala, 2019
Mukuni Le Semeur, Matthieu Kasiama, 2022
Pende Control Esprit Balot, Matthieu Kasiama, 2022
Reservation Naturelle, Matthieu Kasiama, 2022
Résistance, Matthieu Kasiama, 2016
Résistance 2. Plantation Monoculture, Matthieu Kasiama, 2022
Untitled, Leba Maboki, 2018
Voleur piégé, Mao Kingunza, 2016
Africa Vide, Europe Plein, CATPC, 2021
Résistant déporté et incarcéré (Kimbangu) / Resistance fighter deported and incarcerated (Kimbangu), Mbuku Kimpala, Ced'art Tamasala and Jérémie Mabiala / CATPC, 2022
Résistant déporté et incarcéré (Les révoltés de Kilamba) / Resistance fighter deported and incarcerated (The revolts of Kilamba), Mbuku Kimpala, Ced'art Tamasala and Jérémie Mabiala / CATPC, 2022
Résistant déporté et incarcéré (Lumumba) / Resistance fighter deported and incarcerated (Lumumba), Mbuku Kimpala, Ced'art Tamasala and Jérémie Mabiala / CATPC, 2022
Notable exhibitions
[edit | edit source]Solo exhibitions
[edit | edit source]| Year | Title | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | International Celebration of Blasphemy and the Sacred | Dutch pavilion, Venice Biennale |
| 2022 | Balot | KOW, Berlin |
| 2021 | Forced Love | KOW, Berlin |
| 2020 | Forced Love | EYE Filmmuseum, Amsterdam |
| 2018 | Cercle d’Art des Travailleurs de Plantation Congolaise | NT Gent, Ghent |
| 2017 | The Repatriation of the White Cube | White Cube, Lusanga |
| Cercle d’Art des Travailleurs de Plantation Congolaise | SculptureCenter, New York | |
| 2016 | Cercle d’Art des Travailleurs de Plantation Congolaise (CATPC) | Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art |
Group exhibitions
[edit | edit source]| Year | Title | Location |
| 2023 | Kunsthal Charlottenborg Biennale 2023 | Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen |
| Someone is getting rich | Wereldmuseum, Amsterdam (formerly: Tropenmuseum) | |
| Economics the Blockbuster | The Whitworth, Manchester | |
| Memory is an Editing Station | Videobrasil Biennial, São Paulo | |
| 2022 | Remember Me: Liberated Bodies | Lagos Photo Festival, Lagos |
| Art Basel | Basel | |
| The Way We Are 4.0 | Weserburg Museum for Modern Art, Bremen | |
| Dig Where You Stand | SCCA Tamale, Tamale | |
| Toxicity | Lubumbashi Biennial, Lubumbashi | |
| 2021 | Staple: What’s on your plate? | Art Jameel, Jeddah |
| Risquons-Tout | WIELS, Brussels | |
| 2020 | Out of the Dark II | KOW, Berlin |
| Catastrophe and the Power of Art | Mori Art Museum, Tokyo | |
| 2018 | The Way Things Run, Part II: Cargo | PS120 Berlin |
| #whatif | Kunsthal Charlottenburg, Copenhagen | |
| The Land We Live In – The Land We Left Behind | Hauser & Wirth, Somerset |
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ Article, Brian Boucher ShareShare This (2016-11-01). "Congolese Sculptors Redirect Capital to the Plantation". Artnet News (in American English). Retrieved 2024-05-01.
- ↑ "On CATPC". KOW Berlin (in English). Retrieved 2024-05-01.
- ↑ Boucher, Brian (November 1, 2016). "Congolese Sculptors Redirect Capital to the Plantation". Artnet News. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
Read further
[edit | edit source]- Bishop, Claire (May 2017). "Cercle d'Art des Travailleurs de Plantation Congolaise". Artforum. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
- "Congolese Plantation Workers Art League". The New Yorker. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
- Cotter, Holland (March 13, 2017). "African Art in a Game of Catch-Up". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.
- Jeffries, Stuart (December 16, 2014). "Renzo Martens – the artist who wants to gentrify the jungle". The Guardian. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
- Kennedy, Randy (February 2, 2017). "Chocolate Sculpture, With a Bitter Taste of Colonialism". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.
- Lesser, Casey (February 1, 2017). "Congolese Plantation Workers Are Making a Living Selling Chocolate Sculptures to the Art World". Artsy. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
- Pogrebin, Robin (January 25, 2017). "Cacao Statues at the SculptureCenter". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.
- Scher, Robin (March 3, 2017). "Chocolate Sculptures by the Congolese Plantation Workers Art League Enrich the Armory Show". ARTnews. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
- Smith, Roberta; Cotter, Holland; Farago, Jason (December 6, 2017). "The Best Art of 2017". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.