Congolese Plantation Workers Art League

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. 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 
CATPC be best known for dema chocolate sculptures buh e sanso venture into drawings, videos, photographs den textile works. 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.Boucher, Brian (November 1, 2016). "Congolese Sculptors Redirect Capital to the Plantation". Artnet News. Retrieved March 25, 2018.

 Sculptures 
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 
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 

 Solo exhibitions 
 Year Title Location2024International Celebration of Blasphemy and the SacredDutch pavilion, Venice Biennale2022BalotKOW, Berlin2021Forced LoveKOW, Berlin2020Forced LoveEYE Filmmuseum, Amsterdam 2018Cercle d’Art des Travailleurs de Plantation CongolaiseNT Gent, Ghent 2017The Repatriation of the White Cube White Cube, LusangaCercle d’Art des Travailleurs de Plantation CongolaiseSculptureCenter, New York2016Cercle d’Art des Travailleurs de Plantation Congolaise (CATPC)Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art

 Group exhibitions 
Year Title Location2023Kunsthal Charlottenborg Biennale 2023Kunsthal Charlottenborg, CopenhagenSomeone is getting richWereldmuseum, Amsterdam (formerly: Tropenmuseum) Economics the BlockbusterThe Whitworth, ManchesterMemory is an Editing StationVideobrasil Biennial, São Paulo2022Remember Me: Liberated BodiesLagos Photo Festival, LagosArt BaselBaselThe Way We Are 4.0Weserburg Museum for Modern Art, BremenDig Where You StandSCCA Tamale, TamaleToxicityLubumbashi Biennial, Lubumbashi2021Staple: What’s on your plate?Art Jameel, JeddahRisquons-ToutWIELS, Brussels2020Out of the Dark IIKOW, BerlinCatastrophe and the Power of ArtMori Art Museum, Tokyo2018The Way Things Run, Part II: CargoPS120 Berlin #whatifKunsthal Charlottenburg, CopenhagenThe Land We Live In – The Land We Left BehindHauser & Wirth, Somerset

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