PAINTING THE DRAMA OF HIS COUNTRY: RACIAL ISSUES IN THE WORK OF WIFREDO LAM IN CUBA, 1941-1952

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Title:	PAINTING THE DRAMA OF HIS COUNTRY: RACIAL ISSUES IN THE WORK OF WIFREDO LAM IN CUBA, 1941-1952
Author:	Asplan, Michael Jay
Description:	Cuban-born artist Wifredo Lam returned to his native homeland in 1941 after an eighteen-year absence. Over the next eleven years, Lam's work underwent a dramatic transformation from a somewhat cubistic technique to a more surrealistic style. This change may have been inspired in part by Lam's return to his native land as well as by his heritage as an Afro-Cuban. His work began to reflect the culture of Cuba and of Africans living in Cuba. He developed an iconography based on a Cuban religion that had derived from Africa. Throughout his career, Lam had often appropriated elements of the art of Africa. The influence of African art became more evident in the work from this period. Probably most significantly, Lam's work during this time began to reflect political and spiritual qualities that seem to have been inspired by the history and culture of the African peoples living in Cuba in the middle of the twentieth century.
Permanent Link:	http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin973709584 http://hdl.handle.net/2374.OX/11138
Date:	2000

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