Wifredo Lam: When I Dont Sleep, I Dream

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A sweeping retrospective of the innovative and influential Cuban artist, bringing his work into dialogue with new perspectives in art history

Over a career spanning five decades, Wifredo Lam (1902-1982) worked tirelessly as he experimented with new methods and ways to visualize the fluidity between physical and metaphysical space. The extent of his influence throughout the Black Atlantic is unrivaled as both a radical innovator and an anti-colonialist. Looking beyond the scope of a single medium, geography, or period, this landmark publication brings together over 100 works from his prolific career, with extensive new photography, discussions of his Afro-Cuban and Asian influences, and the first in-depth analysis of the artist's working methods.

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Christophe Cherix is The Robert Lehman Foundation Chief Curator of Drawings and Prints at The Museum of Modern Art, New York.

Beverly Adams is the Estrellita Brodsky Curator of Latin American Art in the Department of Painting and Sculpture at MoMA.

Anny Aviram is a Senior Paintings Conservator at MoMA.

Miriam Basilio is an Associate Professor of Art History and Museum Studies at New York University.

Roberto Cobas is a Curator at Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana.

Terri Geis is the Co-Director of Masters of Fine Arts in Art and Media and Associate Professor of Arts at NYU Abu Dhabi.

Damasia Lacroze is a Curatorial Assistant in the Department of Painting and Sculpture at MoMA.

Laura Neufeuld is an Associate Paper Conservator at MoMA

Mara Elena Ortiz is Curator at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. Lowery Stokes Sims is an independent curator and art Historian.

Catherine Stephens is the Sally and Michael Gordon Conservation Scientist at MoMA.