Article in today's Slate by Christopher Hitchens regarding Colombian painter Fernando Botero's new sequence of paintings based on Abu Ghraib. See the story in Art for a Change.
"What Botero has achieved is nothing short of a contemporary equivalent to Pablo Picasso's Guernica, the masterwork painted in outrage over the aerial bombing of civilians during the Spanish Civil War. Said Botero, 'No one would have ever remembered the horrors of Guernica if not for the paining.' And no one will ever forget the vision of hell Botero has committed to canvas with these startling oil paintings."
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Miriam de Rio de Janeiro
Posted by: Miriam Gerber | February 14, 2006 at 08:01 AM
Thank you for your article about the colombian painter Fernando Botero. Undoubtly Colombia has great artists to feel proud of. The idea of using this blog to educate each other or to share ideas is wonderful. I hope I can contribute too. Hugs, Gloria
Posted by: Gloria Passalacqua | May 11, 2005 at 09:20 AM