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Business Times
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Business Times
Wifredo Lam's surreal creatures haunt STPI
[SINGAPORE] At Singapore's first solo show of Wifredo Lam (1902–1982), the walls are alive with shape-shifting spirits. His hybrid creatures defy classification – they are part animal, part machine, part voodoo hallucination. Lam, a Cuban-Chinese-African artist, spent his life dismantling Western modernism from the inside out. Drawing on Afro-Caribbean religions such as Santeria and Palo Monte, as well as the hallucinatory energy of Surrealism, he created a visual language that was both rebellious and deeply spiritual. His prints are populated by beings with frog fingers, taloned feet and goat heads fused with torpedoes. In one striking work (Apostroph' Apocalypse Plate VIII, 1966), a skeletal winged horse appears locked in a cryptic embrace with a vampiric ox. Are they dancing? Mating? Fighting? Lam offers riddles, not answers. Wifredo Lam's Apostroph' Apocalypse Plate VIII (1966) depicts strange creatures mating or fighting. PHOTO: WILFREDO LAM ESTATE, PARIS Titled Outside In, this year's STPI Annual Special Exhibition may be its most unsettling yet. It challenges viewers to reconsider modernism – not as a clean narrative from Paris or New York, but as a tangled, many-headed force shaped by migration and myth. Echoing the ethos of the National Gallery Singapore's recent exhibitions, which have reframed modernism as a global movement born of cultural exchange, Outside In places Lam not on the periphery, but at the very centre of this complex story. The exhibition's more than 60 works on paper give a rare glimpse into the artist's late-career printmaking practice, developed in close collaboration with renowned Italian master printer Giorgio Upiglio between 1963 and 1982. Many were created alongside avant-garde poets such as Aime Cesaire and Gherasim Luca, reflecting Lam's belief that words – like images – could tap into the unconscious and conjure bizarre, new worlds. Wifredo Lam's Untitled (1980) limited-edition print is on sale for 4,000 euros at STPI. PHOTO: WILFREDO LAM ESTATE, PARIS Outside In opens ahead of Wifredo Lam: When I Don't Sleep, I Dream, the major retrospective at New York's Museum of Modern Art in November. There, the audiences will encounter the full sweep of Lam's spectral imagination. But here in Singapore, this quieter, more intimate exhibition offers a wonderful entry point into a lesser-known chapter of his practice. Wilfredo Lam: Outside In runs from now till Jul 13 at STPI
Yahoo
19-03-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Rep. Bonamici puts future of Medicaid front and center at Beaverton event
PORTLAND, Ore. () — U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) joined representatives from federally qualified health centers across the Portland metro during an event in Beaverton on Tuesday. Democratic lawmakers say a sets the stage for cutting Medicaid, along with Medicare and Social Security. 'Right now, they are terrified,' said Iris Martin, co-interim director of Outside In. Oregon DOJ acknowledges Frank Gable is innocent Leaders say the bill would limit the ability of patients to receive care. 'Every day I hear from Oregonians about the fears and worries and, frankly, outrage, about the cuts that are happening at the federal level and what the administration is doing,' said Bonamici. According to Nehalem Bay Health Center. The CFO Carl Rasmussen, cuts to Medicaid could be devastating to facilities in rural communities. 'If we completely cut Medicaid, we'll last about five months,' Rasmussen said. 'There will be premature deaths. Oh, yeah. Across the board.' 'That makes it extremely hard for people. They have to drive to Portland or up to Seaside. But then if they're — what they're driving in Portland or Seaside and their funding that as well, we're just going to see a massive reduction,' said Bonamici. Cheryl Bickle gives homeless students 'school family' Republicans said they're doing their best not to reduce benefits from the program. Earlier this month and before the funding bill passed, KOIN 6 News spoke with Oregon's only Republican Congressperson, about those cuts. 'The White House has made it very, very clear they do not want to touch Social Security or Medicare, Medicaid. Likewise, we're doing our very, very best not to reduce the benefits under that program,' said Bentz. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
30-01-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Bonamici, Dexter speak following Trump administration's efforts to freeze federal funding
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Local lawmakers raising more concerns when it comes to federal funding, as the white house continues a push to freeze some federal aid. Congresswomen Suzanne Bonamici and Maxine Dexter were at the non-profit Outside In today speaking to community members about the potential impact. Outside In has been serving health and social services for marginalized and young individuals experiencing homelessness in Downtown Portland. Oregon sees second-highest graduation rate in 2024 despite 'historic obstacles' 'Outside In has only 52 days of reserves and if that Medicaid portal didn't open up they'd have to start using those reserves,' said Bonamici. 'That means care for your community is threatened.' The Trump Administration rescinded the memo that sparked the confusion over federal funding, but white house press secretary Karoline Leavitt says it is not over, saying in part the president's order on federal funding will be rigorously implemented. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
