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'A way of celebrating presence': What Botero's rotund remakes of classical masterpieces tell us about art history

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'A way of celebrating presence': What Botero's rotund remakes of classical masterpieces tell us about art history

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Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 2 days ago

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Colombian artist Fernando Botero's joyful paintings reimagine historic European art. What does his singular vision reveal about art history and Latin America's place in it?

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That it can be absolutely hilarious?
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Finally, art I can relate to.
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I don’t paint fat women

— Fernando Botero
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Boteros art is fun and enjoyable

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