Cubans Wifredo Lam and Carlos Luna showcased at Museum of Latin American Art – Los Angeles From: latimes.com

TWO OF Cuba’s artistic exports — 20th century Modernist Wifredo Lam and emerging artist Carlos Luna — have landed side by side at Long Beach’s Museum of Latin American Art, in shows offering two variations on the theme of Cuban identity.

“The identity of being Cuban is not a one-way road,” says painter and sculptor Carlos Luna, via his wife and translator, Claudia. After all, modern Cuba is a conglomeration of Spanish, African and Indian elements, a mixed culture influenced by slave trading and the international sugar cane market. And though the works of Luna and the late Lam may differ in focus and style, Luna says, they both address “a very essential part of Cuban life, which stems from certain traditions and mixture.”"*

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