9781892850232
Wifredo Lam (1902–82) was born in Cuba to parents of Chinese, African, and Spanish descent—thus giving him ties to four continents, links that would all reveal their influences in his artwork. This volume accompanies an exhibition of Lam’s work at the McMullen Museum of Art at Boston College that highlights his heretofore underappreciated Spanish influences, revealing their undeniable presence in several of his greatest works. Featuring paintings from all his major periods, and critical essays that set his work in context, the book offers a surprising new angle on a much-loved artist.

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Table of Contents
Preface
Nancy Netzer
Wifredo Lam’s Poetic Imagination and the Spanish Baroque
Elizabeth T. Goizueta
The Graphic Work of Wifredo Lam: Drawing into Painting
Lowery Stokes Sims
The Art of Wifredo Lam and the Anthropology of Lucien Lévy-Bruhl and Claude Lévi-Strauss
Claude Cernuschi
Wifredo Lam: The Ascending Spiral
Roberto Cobas Amate
Mysterium Tremendum et Fascinans: The Pre-Theistic Art of Wifredo Lam
Roberto S. Goizueta
Works in the Exhibition
Contributers
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