Old Botero, exaggerated and mast with the modeling and interpretation of the former master of painting themes:
Botero today, with the images of suffering and violence in Colombia interpretation of the essence of art.
Fernando Botero (Fernando Botero, 1923 ~) consistent with the shape of obesity known for painting and sculpture. He works Giant inflatable in "The Fat Man" is often understood as the elite and the middle class's opposition, ridiculed. Both men and women, each face expression, looks almost the same fashion, body fat are also fertilizer. However, each of the themes are different, quite humorous flavor of a cartoon in his paintings, even the President of Colombia, Christ, Notre Dame could not escape the fate of obesity.
When someone asked why did he choose the fat Botero for the main image of his works, he replied: "I am not painting overweight children, but rather to reality through a theme to express the beauty and size of plastic. Art is Deformation and exaggerated, with no relationship between fat. not only, I draw animals, fruits, musical instruments are also expanding the Gugu. "
Botero described the figures, it seems that inflation has been filling in the balloon edema. Visual image of extreme exaggeration, satire, humor, and mixed with the slightest political comments, the performance rights and a symbol of authority. He also objects depicted by the use of similar tactics. Formally, he has a fat, rich, bloated always works through modeling, and from the point of view of content, he depicted village from the early years of life, to "copy" master works, and to scenes of violence with obesity Giant inflatable Criticism society, a high degree of change.
Botero's life
1923, Botero was born in a small town in Medellin Colombia (Medellin). This is a very small mountain town. There, he belongs to the world. Four-year-old when his father left him away, which he and his family, is a very bitter struggle.
Living in such a, to use money to measure the success or failure of the society, he can clearly understand that the difference between wealth and poverty. It can be said that childhood poverty, and to him the most important lesson. All his relatives to help him widowed mother to help the poor mothers with the help of a lot of life, such as Botero's fees. Botero once said: "When you are poor, your life is very challenging."
Medellin town of a traditional cultural practices, customs and this is strictly they can not be changed. Where men must wear orthodox, thus, dress, tie and hat are in the day-to-day dress indispensable element. At the same time, women need to show a gentle gesture in the face of everyone. Children must also be courteous and obey the discipline. Botero childhood rarely outside cultural influences, until the 19-year-old, he did not leave his hometown - Medellin. He describes his own: "I was a growth in the third world artists in other words, I am not in museums around the convention, as well as Giant inflatable traditional art circles grew up, so from the beginning, I will take a with a fresh kind of visual experience and close observation of the things around me. "Medellin town full of magic, poetry and surprise, he saw that all of this, ignited his imagination.
He landscape in search of truth, because all the natural features of the screen so that he has become rich and beautiful. Which he described Medellin town covers a wide range, which includes heaven, picnic, a bullfight, soldiers, and dances, weddings, funerals are ornate Gothic cathedral.
Beiteluode works reflect the strength of religion and war, such as religious wall excessive decorative patterns, painting Gudao those afflicted saints, and the Passion of Jesus Christ. He predecessors of the art, modern art from the understanding that he entered the school and began only after the beginning of the travel before and has not been on any aspects of the influence of art history.
For the strong enthusiasm for bullfighting, specially Bateluo also entered bullfighting school. Young learn where he intended to
Giant inflatable become a Matador. However, when he first saw the first real bullfight, he stopped, he no longer learn how to manage these Bulls. He followed that by the time the Bulls have a large number of paintings Matador. When he was 20 when he used it to win the national artists Sharon (Salon Nacional de Artistas) bonuses, from Colombia (Buenaventura) Port of travel, reached Europe has long been yearning for. He went to Madrid, San Fernando School (Escuela de San Fernando) study. In the Prado Museum (Prodo), he has seen many master works, we will proceed to copy. He feels that from the master's works in his lifetime was inspired is very important. He mentioned-such as copying, Dingtuo out Weilashi your care and support, who works at the same time, his works are also an integral part of the important characteristics.
After one year stay in Spain, Botero go to Florence (Florence). For him, this is an extraordinary period, he has used such language to describe his life in Florence: "The first time I felt the original life can be more happy." Bateluo study the Piailuo substituting Lafulangqieshika (Piero dell Francesca), Wuqieluo (Uccello) Masajiao (Massaccio) of the work. In Italy, this excessive Bateluo mast modeling taste of this was accepted by the people. Therefore, he said that he had discovered the painting he is not only achieved, as shown by, but with greater complexity, but there is a more important significance. Italy experienced travel that period of time, he works the stability of the structural factors gradually strengthened, on the contrary, the element of the conflict there has been far less. His works have a more tightly composition. Italy Painting Botero life for the creative passion always has great impact.