Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

In "Reflexiones acerca de la pintura de Wifredo Lam," written in 1944, Cuban writer Alejo Carpentier portrays the Cuban painter Wifredo Lam as a prodigious artist whose original artistic contribution is his creation of a world inspired by the flora [...]

In his weekly newspaper article, Cuban writer and musicologist Alejo Carpentier—who lived in Caracas for a time—upholds the value of abstract art in the context of an exhibition of work by painter Mateo Manaure held at Cuatro Muros gallery. [...]