Wifredo Lam – A Crossroads of Cultures: The Life and Art of Wifredo Lam Wifredo Óscar de la Concepción Lam y Castilla, known simply as Wifredo Lam, was a painter who embodied the complexities of cultural identity in the 20th century. Born in Sagua La Grande, Cuba, in 1902, his very lineage spoke to the island’s layered history – a father descended from Chinese immigrants and a mother tracing her roots back to Spanish conquistadors and…