GUIDING QUESTIONS for LAM's "THE JUNGLE"

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• What other artists did LAM meet while in Paris? This person gave him a mask.

• What group of artists did LAM work with right around the time he let PARIS and went to MARSEILLES?

• In 1940/41, when LAM came back to Cuba, what was he more engaged in?

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• What crop / plant do this distorted figures in “The Jungle” stand amidst?

• How is this crop / plant contradictory to the title of this work?

• Contrasting the “playground” posters made to advertise Cuba to tourists, how does Lam’s “The Jungle” showcase more truth about the island nation?

• What is Santeria?

• How does Lam’s “The Jungle” relate to Santeria?

• Consider: How was this work SIMILAR to Picasso’s Le Demoiselle d’Avignon in terms of SUBJECT MATTER and STYLE?

• Extra Consideration: Have any of you ever read a novel called THE JUNGLE by Upton Sinclair? If so, consider the CONTENT of that novel. Heck, Google it! How does the content of that novel connect to the CONTENT of this painting?