{"id":750,"date":"2021-03-07T05:14:41","date_gmt":"2021-03-07T05:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kenner.dotsandspaces.uk\/blog\/?p=750"},"modified":"2021-03-07T05:14:48","modified_gmt":"2021-03-07T05:14:48","slug":"highlighting-black-intellectuals-and-artists-around-the-world-wifredo-lam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kenner.dotsandspaces.uk\/blog\/uncategorized\/highlighting-black-intellectuals-and-artists-around-the-world-wifredo-lam\/","title":{"rendered":"Highlighting Black Intellectuals and Artists Around the World: Wifredo Lam"},"content":{"rendered":"\nJoin us in celebrating amazing Black intellectuals and artists around the world! Today we are celebrating, Wifredo Lam, an artist known for his portrayal of the Afro-Cuban spirit and culture.\n\n\n\n
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Learn more about Wifredo Lam on www.wifredolam.net.<\/figcaption>\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe internationally renowned Cuban painter Wifredo Lam (1902-1982) was a precursor of a cross-cultural style of painting, infusing Western modernism with African and Caribbean symbolism. He was a Cuban artist of mixed-race ancestry. His Cuban mother was born to a former Congolese and a mixed-race father; his father was a Chinese immigrant to Cuba. Lam grew up surrounded by people of African descent. In fact, his godmother was a Santer\u00eda priestess and healer, Thus, he sought to both represent and recover the enduring Afro-Cuban spirit and culture he witnessed and lived. He was inspired by other 20th-century, famous artists with whom he was in contact, e.g., Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Frida Kahlo, and Diego Rivera, to name a few. His blend of all his influences allowed him to create a unique style. Hybrid figures feature prominently in his work.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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