Fernando Botero's "Abu Ghraib" - A Conversation with the...
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Fernando Botero, Artist in conversation with Robert Hass, Professor of English, UC Berkeley
Poet Laureate of the United States (1995-1997).
Fernando Botero, the most famous living Latin American artist, will display his Abu Ghraib paintings at the University of California, Berkeley. These 47 paintings and drawings belong to a long tradition of artistic statements against war and violence that include Goya's Caprichos and Picasso's Guernica.
Organized by the Center for Latin American Studies, these paintings have never been displayed in a public institution in the United States. The exhibit was "proposed to many museums in the U.S," according to the artist, but all declined to show it.
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Lo dices por algo que investigaste, salio o en los medios, o sólo eres ignorante?
pon en google Botero y narcotrafico y tu mismo lo comprobaras.
Si sabes pintar o te gusta el arte, crees que es dificil de pintar un Botero?. mi profesor dice que el es un insulto al arte.
Te pregunto por que no se me hace raro que pase eso.
A lo mejor formulé mal mi pregunta y parecía que te estaba agrediendo.
Es que Botero vino a mi cudad hace poco y me quedé pensando en tu comentario,
Gracias :)
(Susane Langer 1895 - 1985)