Wifredo Lam is a Cuban artist that used his art to portray and revive the enduring Afro-Cuban spirit and culture. He met with and was inspired by some of the most renowned artists of the 20. Century such as Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso. Lam worked mainly as a painter but also worked with sculpture, ceramics and printmaking. The Jungle by Wifredo Lam. I think why I like this painting is because of the colors and elongated shapes.

This video is of a Jamaican band playing One Love by Bob Marley. I picked this clip because the firs time I heard the steel drums was in Jamaican. They were very strange to me when I first saw them but then they started playing it was a amazing and I have loved the steel drums since.

He was born in Takoradi, Ghana in 1972. This trademark theme makes his work easy to recognize.

Statue of Milefo in Emei, Hsinchu. His career in art began as a graffiti artist in New York City in the late 1970s, and in the 1980s produced Neo-expressionist paintings. Basquiat died of a heroin overdose on August 12, 1988, at the age of 27. Untitled acrylic, oilstick and spray paint on canvas painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat. Is the title of this painting and.

Born December 8, 1886 in Guanajuato, Mexico, Diego Rivera was a prominent Mexican painter, an active communist, and an atheist. He traveled the globe and studied in Europe; Madrid, Spain and Paris, France. He was inspired by different eras of art, Cubism and Post-Impressionism.

Poet on a Mountaintop by Shen Zhou was created between 1427-1509 in China. The rock terrace flies in space,. Distant, a narrow path. Leaning on a bramble staff,. Far and free I gaze,. To the warble of valley brook. I will reply, whistling. The Shadow of Days was painted by Wifredo Lam on 1970.

I like this piece because I think it represents an uncertainty and a task that the two individuals must overcome together. As I am getting married soon I appreciate the hardships that two must overcome together.

For my second Non-Western blog I decided to write about the noh play Dojoji by an unknown author. I have included the 5th and final section of the play below. If you wish to watch the play from the beginning, you can find parts 1-4 on Youtube. I have also taken kabuki dancing class.

For this blog I have chosen. By Louis Rodriguez which was painted in 2008 and was displayed in Boston. He was born in Guantanamo and went to school at the National Art School in Havana. I like his use of color and find this interesting because when Americans think of Cuba our first thoughts are not about their artist. The reason I feel dr.