Race, Anthropology, and Politics in the Work of Wifredo Lam
Race, Anthropology, and Politics in the Work of Wifredo Lam

Author: Claude Cernuschi

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-05-31

Total Pages: 239

ISBN-13: 1351187856

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This book reinterprets Wifredo Lam’s work with particular attention to its political implications, focusing on how these implications emerge from the artist’s critical engagement with 20th-century anthropology. Field work conducted in Cuba, including the witnessing of actual Afro-Cuban religious ritual ceremonies and information collected from informants, enhances the interpretive background against which we can construe the meanings of Lam's art. In the process, Claude Cernuschi argues that Lam hoped to fashion a new hybrid style to foster pride and dignity in the Afro-Cuban community, as well as counteract the acute racism of Cuban culture.

Wifredo Lam
Wifredo Lam

Author: Elizabeth T. Goizueta

Publisher:

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781892850232

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Examines Lam (1902-1982), born in Cuba to Chinese and African-Spanish parents, as a global figure in the context of major artistic movements of the 20th century.

Day of the Artist
Day of the Artist

Author: Linda Patricia Cleary

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-14

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781320549431

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One girl, one painting a day...can she do it? Linda Patricia Cleary decided to challenge herself with a year long project starting on January 1, 2014. Choose an artist a day and create a piece in tribute to them. It was a fun, challenging, stressful and psychological experience. She learned about technique, art history, different materials and embracing failure. Here are all 365 pieces. Enjoy!

Cuban Identity and the Angolan Experience
Cuban Identity and the Angolan Experience

Author: C. Peters

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2012-09-17

Total Pages: 345

ISBN-13: 1137119284

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Exploring the cultural politics of Cuba's epic military engagement in the Angolan civil war, this book narrates the transformation of Cuban national identity from Latin African to Caribbean through the experience of internationalism in Angola.

Transmodern
Transmodern

Author: Christian Kravagna

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 2022-10-11

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 1526160358

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How can we reconfigure our picture of modern art after the postcolonial turn without simply adding regional art histories to the Eurocentric canon? Transmodern examines the global dimension of modern art by tracing the crossroads of different modernisms in Asia, Europe and the Americas. Featuring case studies in Indian modernism, the Harlem Renaissance and post-war abstraction, it demonstrates the significance of transcultural contacts between artists from both sides of the colonial divide. The book argues for the need to study non-western avant-gardes and Black avant-gardes within the west as transmodern counter-currents to mainstream modernism. It situates transcultural art practices from the 1920s to the 1960s within the framework of anti-colonial movements and in relation to contemporary transcultural thinking that challenged colonial concepts of race and culture with notions of syncretism and hybridity.

Wifredo Lam
Wifredo Lam

Author: Catherine David

Publisher: Tate

Published: 2016-12-06

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13:

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"Wilfredo Lam (1902-1982) is one of the most important figures of global modernism. Travelling widely over a long career, he became friendly with many of the twentieth century's most significant artists and writers, including Pablo Picasso, André Breton and Aimé Césaire. Born in Cuba, Lam studied in Spain in the 1920s and was swept up in the Spanish Civil War. In France he encountered Picasso and surrealism, before returning to Cuba in 1941. It was there that he developed his characteristic images that suggested the secret religious powers of the descendants of slavery. With its potential to overturn the relationships between European and Caribbean culture, Lam's remarkable pictorial language has resonated on both sides of the Atlantic for more than sixty years. Dazzlingly illustrated whit over 300 works, including paintings, drawings and photographs, this beautiful book serves to introduce newcomers to Lam, as well as deepen the understanding of those already familiar with his work"--Back cover.