David Ebony, Art in America, Lecture: Botero & Violence
Posted by michelle on 20 May 2007 at 11:36 pm | Tagged as: upcoming events
Here’s the press info from SAMA:
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Lecture: Botero and Violence
Tuesday, June 19, 6:30pm
Auditorium. Free.
Best known for his bright, ebullient images of people, places and things, Fernando Botero has also produced an extensive body of works addressing darker themes, particularly the hot-button political issues of street crime, violence, war, oppression and terror. In this talk, David Ebony, Associate Managing Editor and News Editor of Art in America and the author of the recent book Botero: Abu Ghraib (Prestel 2006) examines these controversial and rarely shown works, which are a key part of Botero’s extensive oeuvre. Ebony will explore the provocative images of the artist’s stunning “Abu Ghraib” series as well as earlier pieces in which Botero addressed the violence in his native Colombia. Botero’s endeavor will also be considered here as an important contribution to a long and noble tradition of artistic treatment of the themes of violence and oppression in works by artists ranging from Goya, Picasso and the Mexican Muralists, to work by Botero’s contemporaries.