This
teacher resource guide accompanies the
Haggerty Museum of Art’s exhibition
Wifredo Lam in North America.
The guide is designed to provide ideas,
activities and resources that explore
issues raised by the exhibition. The guide
and the exhibition focus on the varied
historical and social influences that
have contributed to Wifredo Lam’s
culturally rich, visually engaging and
emotionally compelling art.
Wifredo
Lam in North America--on view at
the Haggerty Museum from October 11, 2007
through January 21, 2008—represents
the little-examined, yet significant,
impact of Wifredo Lam’s work on
the development of modern art in the United
States. The exhibition features over sixty
works by the Cuban-born artist from major
museums, galleries and private collections
from across the United States and the
Caribbean. Lenders to the exhibition include:
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art,
Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary
Art, the Miami Art Museum, Houston’s
Menil Collection, the Smithsonian Institution’s
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden,
Washington, D.C., and the Guggenheim Museum
in New York.
Wifredo
Lam in North America will travel
to the following museums: Miami Art Museum
(February 8-May 18, 2008), Museum of Latin
American Art, Long Beach, California (June
12-August 31, 2008) and the Salvador Dali
Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida (October
2-January 10, 2009).
