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FERNANDO BOTERO The Most Colombian of Colombian Artists.

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1 FERNANDO BOTERO The Most Colombian of Colombian Artists

2 WhoWhatWhenWhereWhyWhoWhat  Who: Fernando Botero Angulo  When: April 19, 1932- present  Where: Medellín, Colombia  What: Reflects his Colombian heritage in his work Famous for his “fat people”  Why: An “intuitive artist”, makes “social commentary” with his art work, bases his style on the Baroque style work he saw in the Catholic church as a child.  Important info: Created a series of paintings dramatizing the Abu Ghraib prison tortures.

3 Some of Botero’s famous “Fat People” When asked why he paints such enormous bodies, he says “An artist is attracted to certain kinds of form without knowing why.”

4 Colombian ball: Why is the band so large??

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6 Abu Ghraib Series “The whole world and myself were very shocked that the Americans were torturing prisoners in the same prison as the tyrant they came to remove... The more I read the more I was motivated.” Botero refuses to sell these paintings because he does not want to profit from the suffering of others. Example of Botero’s philosophy that art as a “permanent accusation”. What does this mean?


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