This square of Plaza Mayor(same name as Madrid square) had a gorgeous back drop with the Palacia del Cultura ( unfortunately closed upon my arrival). There were the standard vendors selling souvenirs and food, and plenty of benches.
Perhaps, it was the usual museum setting with the park and the souvenirs, the hot dogs, and snow cones, but it had a special charm. Families walked with their children, tourists walking in and out of the museum, the sky bright, bright blue-it was spectacular.
Perhaps, it was the usual museum setting with the park and the souvenirs, the hot dogs, and snow cones, but it had a special charm. Families walked with their children, tourists walking in and out of the museum, the sky bright, bright blue-it was spectacular.
There were a few
museums in town to see, but this one was suppose to be the “must see.”
It was interesting seeing the eras of
Colombian art over time from romanticism to modern artwork. They had
all different rooms on three floors with impeccable architecture. They had the Botero sculptures right in the entrance and featured in these paintings with the "large bodies," which is not common to see, but Fernando Botero pulls it off.
From Wikipedia:
Fernando Botero
While his work includes still-lifes and landscapes, Botero has concentrated on situational portraiture. His paintings and sculptures are united by their proportionally exaggerated, or "fat" figures, as he once referred to them.[10]
While his work includes still-lifes and landscapes, Botero has concentrated on situational portraiture. His paintings and sculptures are united by their proportionally exaggerated, or "fat" figures, as he once referred to them.[10]
Botero explains his use of these "large people", as they are often called by critics, in the following way:
"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."[citation needed]
Botero is an abstract artist in the most fundamental sense, choosing colors, shapes, and proportions based on intuitive aesthetic thinking. Though he spends only one month a year in Colombia, he considers himself the "most Colombian artist living" due to his insulation from the international trends of the art world.[10]
In 2004 Botero exhibited a series of 27 drawings and 23 paintings dealing with the violence in Colombia from the drug cartels. He donated the works to the National Museum of Colombia, where they were first exhibited
Various works
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