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100 1 $aSims, Lowery Stokes.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84228840
245 10 $aWifredo Lam and the international avant-garde, 1923-1982 /$cby Lowery Stokes Sims.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aAustin, TX :$bUniversity of Texas Press,$c2002.
300 $axiii, 281 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations (some color) ;$c29 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 261-267) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tThe "Primitive" within "Primitivism": Lam's Encounter with the School of Paris --$g2.$tMediating the Sacred and the Profane: Lam's Cuban Work in the 1940s --$g3.$tMyth and Totemism: Lam and the New York School, 1942-1952 --$g4.$tSurrealism after World War II: Lam in Europe, 1947-1960 --$g5.$t"Lo Maravilloso" and the Antillean Ethos: Lam in Cuba and Latin America, 1946-1960 --$g6.$tThe Demise of Surrealism: Lam and the U.S. Art Scene, 1950-1980 --$g7.$tThe Artist in the Revolution: Lam in Cuba, 1960-1982 --$g8.$tA Shaman for Modern Times: Lam in Europe, 1960-1982 --$g9.$tNew Means and New Media: Lam's Late Work, 1970-1982 --$g10.$tThe "Deft Juggler of Cultural Modes": Lam in the Postmodern Context --$g11.$tToward a New Art History: Lam Scholarship in the Twenty-first Century.
520 1 $a"With its signature style that marries Cubism and Surrealism with Afro-Cuban and Caribbean motifs, the art of Wifredo Lam (1902-1982) occupies a unique position in the history of modern art. Like many modern artists, specifically Pablo Picasso, Lam participated in the primitivist movement, drawing inspiration and imagery from non-western, pre-technological cultures.
520 8 $aYet, unlike European and Euroamerican primitivists, Lam, who was a Cuban of Spanish, African, and Chinese descent, was engaging with his own cultural heritage in his works. His authenticity as both "primitive" and "primitivist" challenges the fundamental tenets of primitivism and makes Lam an ambiguous, fascinating figure in twentieth-century art.".
520 8 $a"This study explores Lam's enduring contribution to world art history - the reclamation and projection of an African identity within mainstream art. Lowery Stokes Sims surveys Lam's work, focusing on the period from 1947 onwards, in which he demonstrated the viability of nationalist pursuits within modernism to a new generation of artists in Europe and Latin America.
520 8 $aShe traces his career and life and the critical reception of his work in Cuba and Latin America, the United States, and Europe in succession as each locale predominated chronologically in his career."--BOOK JACKET.
600 10 $aLam, Wifredo.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79046146
650 0 $aPainters$zCuba$vBiography.
600 10 $aLam, Wifredo$xInfluence.
650 0 $aSurrealism$zCuba.
700 1 $aLam, Wifredo.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79046146
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