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FERNANDO BOTERO The Most Colombian of Colombian Artists
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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.
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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.”
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Colombian ball: Why is the band so large??
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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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