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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf modernist painting ⓘ
painting ⓘ
artworkSeries Afro-Cuban themed works by Wifredo Lam ⓘ
collection Museum of Modern Art collection ⓘ
copyrightStatus copyrighted ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Cuba ⓘ
creator Wifredo Lam ⓘ
depicts Santería symbolism ⓘ
hybrid human-animal figures ⓘ
sugarcane ⓘ
tropical vegetation ⓘ
describedBySource Museum of Modern Art catalogue ⓘ
art historical scholarship on Wifredo Lam ⓘ
genre history painting ⓘ
political art ⓘ
hasPart dense foliage background ⓘ
elongated limbs ⓘ
fragmented bodies ⓘ
mask-like faces ⓘ
height 239 cm ⓘ
inception 1943 ⓘ
influencedBy Afro-Cuban religion ⓘ
Cubism ⓘ
Pablo Picasso ⓘ
Santería ⓘ
Surrealism ⓘ
Yoruba mythology ⓘ
linked to: Yoruba religion
languageOfTitle English ⓘ
location Museum of Modern Art ⓘ
locationCity New York City ⓘ
locationCountry United States ⓘ
mainSubject Afro-Cuban culture ⓘ
Afro-Cuban spirituality ⓘ
colonialism ⓘ
legacy of slavery ⓘ
materialUsed gouache ⓘ
paper ⓘ
movement Modernism ⓘ
Surrealism ⓘ
originalTitle La Jungla ⓘ
originalTitleLanguage Spanish ⓘ
width 229 cm ⓘ

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