African Spirituality in Cuban Art Series
Edward-Yemíl Rosario
here. I intend to attend the lecture and AfroCuba concert. I should
mention that I have no affilliation w/this production and post this
solely for educational purposes.
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THE CUBAN ART SPACE @ THE CENTER FOR CUBAN STUDIES
presents
"MAFEREFUN CUBA"
AFRICAN SPIRITUALITY IN CUBAN ART
Sept. 15 - 27
THE METROPOLITAN PAVILLION GALLERY
123 W. 18th St. 4th floor, NYC
hours: 2 - 7pm daily
Juan Carlos Alom, Zaida del Rio, Carlos Estévez, Fermin Fleites,
Eduardo Garaicoa, Salvador González, Francisco Gordillo, Alejandro
Lazo, Alicia Leal, José Mederos, Manuel Mendive, Montebravo, René
Peña, Douglas Pérez, Bernardo Prieto, Roberto Salas, Jose Angel
Vincench, and invited NY artists Felipe García and Manuel Vega.
OPENING CELEBRATION
Tuesday, Sept. 15th, 6 - 10 pm
Artists Manuel Mendive, Salvador González, et al. will be present.
Ritual Afro-Cuban music and dance featuring
Orlando "Puntilla" Ríos, Felipe Garcia, members of Clave y Guaguanco
et al.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 22nd, 7:30 pm
Lecture and panel discussion wirth:
Robert Farris Thompson, Pedro Pérez Sarduy, Armando Fernandez
THURSDAY, SEPT. 24 (Day of Obatalá)
Grupo AfroCuba de Matanzas, 7:30 pm
Only US performance of Orú Cantado, Iyesá, Abakuá.
Celebrating their new release "Raices Africanas" (on Shanachie)
$20 (advanced ticket sales only)
FOR INFO/RESERVATIONS 212.242.0559
In association w/ Kubasol productions
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Enjoy,
Edward-Yemíl Rosario (Eddie)
New York University
"There are two equally dangerous extremes -- to shut
reason out, and to let nothing else in."
-Pascal
JazzBuffalo
Ever since the cover "The Jungle" on Irakere's Misa Negra cd
on Messidor I've been curious about cuban painter Wilfredo
Lam. The cover on the cd dates the painting 1943. I don't
know anymore about him nor have I seen anymore of his work.
If I could go, I would ask about him.
Thanks,
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The JazzBuffalo a.k.a. Luis Moreno
"Que se me caigan los dientes si miento"--El Beny
Edward-Yemíl Rosario
<jazzb...@hotmail.comx> wrote:
>Eddie,
>
>Ever since the cover "The Jungle" on Irakere's Misa Negra cd
>on Messidor I've been curious about cuban painter Wilfredo
>Lam. The cover on the cd dates the painting 1943. I don't
>know anymore about him nor have I seen anymore of his work.
>If I could go, I would ask about him.
<snip>
Will do
Edward-Yemíl Rosario
<jazzb...@hotmail.comx> wrote:
>Eddie,
>
>Ever since the cover "The Jungle" on Irakere's Misa Negra cd
>on Messidor I've been curious about cuban painter Wilfredo
>Lam.
<snip>
Buffallo Man:
Here's some info re Lam. I found it at the following site (Sra. Del
Rosario's 8th grade Spanish Class Investigate Famous Spanish and
Hispanic Artists) <http://www.trms.ga.net/~jtucker/students/artists/ >
The site also has information on other Latino/a artists. I believe the
text is by young students, so be kind w/regard to the analysis.
The Wonderful Wilfredo
Alison D. and Caroline C.
Wilfredo Lam is known for his beautiful still life paintings. He
traveled all over the world painting portraits, landscapes, city
scenes, and interiors. His style ranged from realism to cubism and
surrealism. Through his struggles and turmoils he managed to become a
great cuban painter of his time.
Wilfredo was born in Sagua la Grande, Cuba in 1902 and died in Paris
in 1982. At the age of sixteen he attended San Alejandro until he was
twenty one. In 1923, after spending five years at San Alejandro, he
ventured on to Spain to further his artistic education. While
living in Madrid, Lam visited a studio owned by Fernando Alvarez de
Sotomayor. He enrolled immediatly. Wilfredo didn't leave Spain until
1938 and during his life there he lived in Barcelona, Cuenca, and
Leon. He also joined the republican side of the Spanish civil war
toward the end of his stay in Spain.
After leaving Spain he arrived at Paris, France in 1938. Upon his
arrival, he wrote a letterof introduction to Picasso, but it ended up
getting him in touch with the Parisianavant-garde. This included
Benjamin Peret, Fernand Leger, Henri Matisse, and Joan
Miro. Wilfredo had his first one-person show at the age of 27, in
1929, which was given to him by Pierre Loeb. That is where Wilfredo
showed many paintings on the mother-and-child theme. During this time
Wilfredo painted simplified forms of cubism and African sculpture.
Unfortunately, World War II cut Wilfredo's stay short at Parisian.
Wilfredo became close friends with Andre Breton, Oscar Dominguez,
Victor Brauner, MaxErnest, and Pierre Mabille, a group of surrealists,
in 1940 when he took refuge inMarseilles. He helped make the Tarot de
Marseille and also helped produce collective drawings with this group.
Wilfredo prefigured his mature style and inconography with six
drawings that illustrated Brenton's poem Fata Morgana. To escape
war-torn Europe Wilfredo, along with three hundred other
intellectuals, got aboard Capitaine Paul Merle en route to Martinique
in 1941. During this seven month trip to Cuba he met the poet Aime
Cesaire who influenced and paralleled his affirmation of
Afro-Caribbean culture by Cesaire's exploration and affirmation of it.
In 1941, when he arrived in Cuba, his native land, it had a strong
effect on his art. His paintings soon resembled his Afrocuban heritage
and the Cuban landscape. His paintings were based primarily on African
sculpture and Picasso's work. Wilfredo intended to present African
myths that still existed in Cuba. Up to the mid-1940's, he expressed
Afrocuban signs in his paintings such as hybrid figures and ritual
objects. Then his work turned to a dark and more violent tone after
visiting Haiti in 1946.
Wilfredo worked and lived in Albisola, Havana, New York, and Paris
between 1947 and 1952. For the rest of his long and prospurous career
he lived in Paris and his style changed toward greater abstraction. In
the 1940's his art began to draw national and international
recognition. From then on his work has been recognized and showed all
over the world.
About his work
1. In 1943 he painted Malembo, God of the Crossrads with oil on
canvas. This painting is very drab and difficult to decifer what the
painting is of.
2. In 1944 he painted The Greenhouse with oil on canvas. This painting
is very unusual and messy looking.
3. In 1945 he painted Those of the Swinging Door with oil on canvas.
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Edward-Yemil Rosario (Eddie)
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When he produces without being compelled by
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