Fernando Botero

Fernando Botero
Fernando Botero
Biografske informacije
Rođenje	Fernando Botero Angulo (1932-04-19)19. 4. 1932. Medellín, Antioquia
Smrt	15. 9. 2023. (dob: 91) Monako
Nacionalnost	kolumbijska
Supružnik	Gloria Zea (razvod)
Djeca	Fernando Botero Zea, Lina Botero
Opus
Polje	slikarstvo, kiparstvo

Fernando Botero Angulo (Medellín, 1932 – Monako, 2023) je kolumbijski likovni umjetnik, poznat po specifičnom stilu figurativne umjetnosti, koji je po njemu dobio ime boterismo ("boterizam"). Njegov opus u posljednje vrijeme je bio politički angažiran, odnosno inspiriran zlostavljanjem zatvorenika u Abu Graibu.

Botero se ženio tri puta. Prva supruga mu je Gloria Zea, buduća ministrica kulture, s kojom je imao troje djece, uključujući sina Fernanda, koji je neko vrijeme bio ministar obrane, a potom pobjegao iz Kolumbije zbog optužbe za pronevjeru. Neko vrijeme je živio sa Ceciliom Zambrano, sa kojom je imao sina Pedra, poginulog 1979. u nesreći u kojoj je i sam Botero ozlijeđen. Trenutno živi u Italiji sa trećom suprugom Sophijom Vari.

Vanjske veze

Fernando Botero na Wikimedijinoj ostavi

Fernando Botero dizajnerski profil na Fashion Model Directory
Gallery of Botero's Artwork
(en) Places To Go in Bogotá: Botero Museum Bogota - video and information

Serija o Abu Ghraibu

A Permanent Accusation A short movie on the Abu Ghraib series by Fernando Botero.
Abu Ghraib: November 6 - December 30, 2007 It has been announced by the Director and Curator of the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center in Washington, D.C. that Botero's paintings will be exhibited there at the end of this year.
Crucified Smurfs Mark Scroggins discusses Botero's series of canvases & drawings based on the reports of prisoner abuse in Abu Ghraib
Abu Ghraib: January 29 - March 25, 2007 Arhivirano 2007-02-03 na Wayback Machine-u The first US institutional exhibition at UC Berkeley, with a webcast of a conversation between Fernando Botero and Robert Hass on the day of the opening.
Abu Ghraib: October 18 - November 21, 2006 The first US gallery exhibition at the Marlborough in New York.
The Body in Pain this essay by Arthur Danto at The Nation about Botero's Abu Ghraib series, discusses what Danto refers to as "disturbatory art"
Botero Sees the World's True Heavies at Abu Ghraib by Erica Jong at The Washington Post about Botero's Abu Ghraib series"
Botero's Abu Ghraib Series and the American Consciousness by Maymanah Farhat at Monthly Review discusses Botero's Abu Ghraib series in the larger context of American art and politics