The Jungle
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The Jungle is a 1943 modernist painting by Cuban artist Wifredo Lam that fuses Afro-Cuban spiritual symbolism with surrealist forms to critique colonialism and the legacy of slavery.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Jungle canonical | 1 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
modernist painting
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painting ⓘ |
| artworkSeries | Afro-Cuban themed works by Wifredo Lam ⓘ |
| collection | Museum of Modern Art collection ⓘ |
| copyrightStatus | copyrighted ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Cuba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | Wifredo Lam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
Santería symbolism
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hybrid human-animal figures ⓘ sugarcane ⓘ tropical vegetation ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
Museum of Modern Art catalogue
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art historical scholarship on Wifredo Lam ⓘ |
| genre |
history painting
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political art ⓘ |
| hasPart |
dense foliage background
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elongated limbs ⓘ fragmented bodies ⓘ mask-like faces ⓘ |
| height | 239 cm ⓘ |
| inception | 1943 ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Afro-Cuban religion
NERFINISHED
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Cubism ⓘ Pablo Picasso NERFINISHED ⓘ Santería ⓘ Surrealism ⓘ Yoruba mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| location | Museum of Modern Art NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locationCity | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locationCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| mainSubject |
Afro-Cuban culture
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Afro-Cuban spirituality ⓘ colonialism ⓘ legacy of slavery ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
gouache
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paper ⓘ |
| movement |
Modernism
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Surrealism ⓘ |
| originalTitle | La Jungla NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| width | 229 cm ⓘ |
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