The painting The Jungle by Wilfredo Lam was created in 1943 C.E. The medium used for the painting was gouache on paper, which is mounted on canvas. This work of art hangs in The Museum of Modern Art in New York City, New York. The color of blue is used throughout the painting, along with a few strokes of yellow, orange, and green. Many bamboo plants and leaves are shown in the background suggesting the setting on a farm or plantation and show the use of organic shapes. Several distorted figures with human qualities such as hands and feet and depicted standing in close proximity to each other or being intertwined. The use of curved lines and straight lines is utilized by Lam, as he juxtaposes them throughout The Jungle. Due to the closeness and overlapping of the figures, there is shallow space in the painting.
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The similar body shapes of the human figures shown also contribute to the unity of the work. The smaller objects in the painted are generally different than the blue used throughout. This contrast in color finds a way to highlight the smaller objects and give them emphasis in the midst of the blue. However, the most dominant component of the painting are still the human-like figures. Another area of contrast in this painting is between the curved and straight lines, which are used to illustrate the body of the figures. The figures also create movement, as the eye tries to look beyond the blue representations and understand what the setting, time, and place of the painting is. This causes the eye to look inward in order to find some sense of place, until it finds the bamboo plants in the back. Additionally, Lam created unbalance in this painting by leaving more space on the bottom of the painting than the top, creating a disproportionate
The similar body shapes of the human figures shown also contribute to the unity of the work. The smaller objects in the painted are generally different than the blue used throughout. This contrast in color finds a way to highlight the smaller objects and give them emphasis in the midst of the blue. However, the most dominant component of the painting are still the human-like figures. Another area of contrast in this painting is between the curved and straight lines, which are used to illustrate the body of the figures. The figures also create movement, as the eye tries to look beyond the blue representations and understand what the setting, time, and place of the painting is. This causes the eye to look inward in order to find some sense of place, until it finds the bamboo plants in the back. Additionally, Lam created unbalance in this painting by leaving more space on the bottom of the painting than the top, creating a disproportionate