• Early years in Peru Early years in Peru

• Merchant Marine/ Merchant Marine/ French NavyFrench Navy

• Moves to Brenton Moves to Brenton

• Panama and Panama and MartiniqueMartinique

• TahitiTahiti

EARLY INFLUENCES:EARLY INFLUENCES:

Christmas Eve. Christmas Eve. -Gauguin. 1894-Gauguin. 1894 Egyptian pastoral sceneEgyptian pastoral scene

Alone (Othai)Alone (Othai)-Gauguin. 1893-Gauguin. 1893

Prince Sudhana BowingPrince Sudhana Bowing, Borobudur, Java, Borobudur, Java

*Concern for his culture, Cuba*Concern for his culture, Cuba

*Lam's work is trying to send a *Lam's work is trying to send a message about the relationship message about the relationship between the jungle and the between the jungle and the Cuban people Cuban people

*Destruction of the jungle by *Destruction of the jungle by capitalists (USA) for tourism/ capitalists (USA) for tourism/ industryindustry

*Wealthy US businessmen buying *Wealthy US businessmen buying poor women as prostitutes poor women as prostitutes

INSPIRATION for INSPIRATION for “The Jungle”“The Jungle”

Modigliani's friend &Modigliani's friend &

Embraced African art due similarities Embraced African art due similarities to sculpture of his native Romaniato sculpture of his native Romania(directly carved from wood)(directly carved from wood)

Modigliani's friend &Modigliani's friend &

Embraced African art due similarities Embraced African art due similarities to sculpture of his native Romaniato sculpture of his native Romania(directly carved from wood)(directly carved from wood)

CONSTANTIN BRANCUSI:CONSTANTIN BRANCUSI:

Montparnesse Studio NeighborMontparnesse Studio Neighbor

follows Pythagoras Golden Meanfollows Pythagoras Golden Mean

thought to be thought to be sacredsacred by the by theancient Greeks and Egyptiansancient Greeks and Egyptians

pyramid shapes can be interpretedpyramid shapes can be interpretedas hour glasses to represent timeas hour glasses to represent timeand infinityand infinity

representative of Brancusi’s representative of Brancusi’s spiritual aspirations for his spiritual aspirations for his workwork

follows Pythagoras Golden Meanfollows Pythagoras Golden Mean

thought to be thought to be sacredsacred by the by theancient Greeks and Egyptiansancient Greeks and Egyptians

pyramid shapes can be interpretedpyramid shapes can be interpretedas hour glasses to represent timeas hour glasses to represent timeand infinityand infinity

representative of Brancusi’s representative of Brancusi’s spiritual aspirations for his spiritual aspirations for his workwork

““Endless Column”Endless Column”

WARHOL'SWARHOL'S ““The Star (Greta Garbo)” is The Star (Greta Garbo)” is part of his ten piece Myths part of his ten piece Myths series printed in 1981series printed in 1981

WARHOLWARHOL

uses a picture of the American uses a picture of the American film actress Greta Garbo as film actress Greta Garbo as Mata Hari to draw the Mata Hari to draw the correlation between the correlation between the femme fatal femme fatal and our popular and our popular cultureculture

WARHOL's WARHOL's “The Star” Gretta Garbo “The Star” Gretta Garbo creates an iconic image of a “creates an iconic image of a “femme fatal”femme fatal”

WARHOL's WARHOL's “The Star” “The Star” is is not a traditional not a traditional odalisqueodalisque image, but an image, but an near eastern/Indonesian near eastern/Indonesian influence is evidentinfluence is evident

MATA HARIMATA HARIGRETTA GARBO AS GRETTA GARBO AS MATA HARIMATA HARII

WARHOL'S Myth series is selected from collective of WARHOL'S Myth series is selected from collective of childhood memories that were childhood memories that were shaped by the mass shaped by the mass mediamedia, these images encompass the , these images encompass the legendslegends that he that he felt felt defined American culture. defined American culture.

WICKED WITHCH of the WESTWICKED WITHCH of the WEST

MAMMYMAMMY

UNCLE SAMUNCLE SAMSUPERMANSUPERMAN

MYTH'S 1981MYTH'S 1981

THE SHADOWTHE SHADOWMICKEY MOUSEMICKEY MOUSE

WARHOL shooting Polaroid WARHOL shooting Polaroid forfor