Bogotá has some really nice museums. I spent an afternoon walking around La Candelaria visiting about a thousand of them and was quite impressed to see how many famous artists some of them have. Here's a Picasso called Hombre Sentado Con Pipa, one of several I found alongside works by other big names like Degas and Matisse. And of course there was plenty of Botero. In fact, if you've been reading this blog for a while you might recognize this Botero piece from a previous entry.
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Have you read any explanation for Botero making everyone look fat?
No, but I don't think there is one. I've seen hundreds of his pieces and there doesn't seem to be any message. He's done gordito Jesus, gordito guerrillas, and gordita silverware. I think it's just a style, like the way Picasso put body parts in the wrong places as a style. But he doesn't just draw fat things, he enlarges certain aspects and shrinks others. If you look at this painting you'll notice the woman's forehead, chin, and neck are all huge while her nose, eyes, and mouth are tiny. That's how he makes her a gorita instead of just a fat woman. When he draws guitars he exaggerates the body and the frets while minimizing the neck and the sound hole.
ahaha i LOVE it.
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