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*Botero in Chicago 1994*
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| Photo Information |
Copyright: Thor Thor (thor68)
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 412 W: 117 N: 762]](http://i1.treklens.com/misc/g-g-g.gif) (4534) |
| Genre: Places |
| Medium: Black & White |
| Date Taken: 1994-07-17 |
| Categories: Artwork |
| Camera: Canon EOS 650 |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2009-02-10 10:37 |
| Viewed: 210 |
| Points: 2 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
One of the old, old, old ones...*g*
I tested my new little slide and negative scanner
on some old negatives of which i have a lot.
This was taken in the summer of 1994 during a trip
through the USA in Chicago and it shows a couple
pieces of art of the famous colombian artist
Fernando Botero.
Another photo from there can be seen here
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Fernando Botero Angulo (born April 19, 1932 in
Medellín, Antioquia) is a Colombian neo-figurative
artist, self-titled "the most Colombian of Colombian
artists" early on, coming to prominence when he won
the first prize at the Salón de Artistas Colombianos
in 1959.
His work includes still-lifes and landscapes, but
Botero tends to primarily focus on situational
portraiture. His paintings and sculptures are, on
first examination, noted for their exaggerated
proportions and the corpulence of the human and animal
figures.
The "large people" is what they are often called by
critics. Botero explains his use of obese figures and
forms thus: "An artist is attracted to certain kinds
of form without knowing why. You adopt a position
intuitively; only later do you attempt to rationalize
or even justify it."
He is an abstract artist in the most fundamental sense
of the word, choosing what colors, shapes, and
proportions to use based on intuitive aesthetic
thinking. This being said, his works are informed by a
Colombian upbringing and social commentary is woven
throughout his work.
Botero was born in Medellín, Colombia, where the
Catholic churches have maintained the Baroque style.
His father died when Botero was only two.
Through his childhood, Botero was isolated from the
traditional art scenes like the museums and other
cultural infrastructures. By 17, Botero published his
first illustration in the Colombian newspaper El
Colombiano and he used this earnings from the
illustrations to pay for his high school education at
the Liceo de Marinilla de Antioquia. In 1952, he
traveled to Bogotá and gave a personal exposition at
the Leo Matiz gallery. Later that year, he won the
ninth edition of the Salón de Artistas Colombianos.
Botero went to study arts in France.
[from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Botero] |
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Hi Thorsten,
was findet hier statt???
Werbung für MacDonalds? Oder eine Diät-Kampagne? Irre Statuen, da ist ja mal was dran ...
Sag' mal, ich darf Dir doch bestimmt ein paar von meinen Dias schicken - da Du ja einen funktionierenden Dia-Scanner besitzt - hab' da so 1, 2, 3, 4(tausend) Dias zu digitalisieren?!?
Ne im Ernst, ich wollte am Wochenende ein Dia aus Collorado Springs einscannen - Garden of the Gods, Chris hatte da auch Bilder auf TL - und siehe da, mein Scanner macht keinen Mucks mehr - Licht ist noch da, das war aber auch schon alles! Dooof, war stinkteuer - und ist doch nur ein Mistding! Egal, Dein Scan ist gut gelungen, habe mich sehr über das Motiv amüsiert und kann heute wieder mit gutem Gewissen zu Abend essen ;-)
Gruß
Sabine - wishnugaruda
