Renzo Martens

Martens gained international recognition with Episode I, and Episode III: Enjoy Poverty, which premiered at IDFA and was televised in over 23 countries. Martens employs artistic critique to build a new world — not symbolically, but in material terms. White Cube (2020) shows how Congolese plantation workers set a new precedent: they co-opt the concept of the ‘white cube’ to buy back their land.