Lam worked for three years with Surrealists in Paris and from that work he created this piece called The Jungle. He wanted this to convey the haunting consequences of slavery and colonialism for his homeland of Cuba. He painted crescent-shaped faces recalling African Pacific Islander masks, against a background of sugar cane, since Cuba is the world's largest sugar exporters. Lam wrote about this piece that, "I wanted with all my heart to paint the drama of my country...to disturb the dreams of the exploiters." This is such a fascinating piece done by him and have never seen it before or have heard of it. It was so eye-catching that I had to take a picture of it and blog about it.
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