Wifredo Lam

Published to accompany the first comprehensive cross-media retrospective of Cuban-born painter Wifredo Lam’s work in New York, this publication brings together over 150 rarely seen artworks from six decades of his prolific career, including paintings, works on paper, books, prints, ceramics, and archival material.

A sweeping retrospective of the innovative and influential Cuban artist, bringing his work into dialogue with new perspectives in art history.

Over a career spanning five decades, Wifredo Lam (1902-1982) worked tirelessly as he experimented with new methods and ways to visualize the fluidity between physical and metaphysical space. The extent of his influence throughout the Black Atlantic is unrivaled as both a radical innovator and an anti-colonialist. Looking beyond the scope of a single medium, geography, or period, this landmark publication brings together over 100 works from his prolific career, with extensive new photography, discussions of his Afro-Cuban and Asian influences, and the first in-depth analysis of the artist’s working methods.