One of the most important contemporary painters to emerge from Latin America, Julio Larraz (b. 1944, Havana) creates powerful, dreamlike paintings that reflect the influence of painters from Velazquez to Sargent and Hopper, and Surrealist artists like Dali and Magritte. A unique visionary, Larraz produces work that has been described by some as mind-bending and playful, using a refreshingly wide range of subjects

from still life to Cuban cultural imagery, such as bullfights, men in white linen suits, and maritime scenes. He reveals imaginary worlds, with deeply satirical, ambiguous, and multilayered themes, in which he often alludes to political corruption, class structure, and human foibles. This is the largest and most comprehensive book to date, with 200 paintings, 50 works on paper, and 10 sculptures, ranging from the 1960s to the present, accompanied by an essay by David Ebony that situates Larraz's work within the Latin American painting tradition.

朱里奥·拉拉兹（Julio Larraz，生于1944年，哈瓦那）是拉丁美洲出现的当代重要画家，他创造了强有力的、梦幻般的绘画，反映了委拉斯奎兹（Velazquez）、萨金特（Sargent）、霍普（Hopper）等画家以及达利（Dali）、马格里特（Magritte）等超现实主义艺术家的影响。拉拉兹是一个独特的幻想家，一些人认为他创作的作品令人费解且有趣，使用了令人耳目一新的广泛的主题，从静物到古巴文化图像，如斗牛，穿白色亚麻西装的男人，以及海洋场景。他揭示了想象中的世界，主题具有深刻的讽刺性、模糊性和多层次性，他经常在其中暗指政治腐败、阶级结构和人类的缺点。本书规模庞大，内容全面，包括200幅绘画、50件纸上作品和10件雕塑，范围从20世纪60年代到现在，附有戴维·埃博尼（David Ebony）的文章，在拉丁美洲绘画传统中解析拉拉兹的作品。