20.15 HOURS (MASSACRE) (2004), Fernando Botero, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada
20.15 HOURS (MASSACRE) [2004]
During the late 1990's, Botero began addressing and commenting upon the effects of the civil war in Colombia through his work. He attempts to document the agony that terrorism inflicts on ordinary people in what he describes as "a record of the barbaric violence that is drowning the nation." Although he does not believe a painting will alter the devastation that is overwhelming Colombia, he considers it his "moral necessity to at least leave a testimony of that terrible madness."
"The Baroque World of Fernando Botero"
Winnipeg Art Gallery
December 10, 2010 to February 27, 2011
20.15 HOURS (MASSACRE) (2004), Fernando Botero, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada
20.15 HOURS (MASSACRE) [2004]
During the late 1990's, Botero began addressing and commenting upon the effects of the civil war in Colombia through his work. He attempts to document the agony that terrorism inflicts on ordinary people in what he describes as "a record of the barbaric violence that is drowning the nation." Although he does not believe a painting will alter the devastation that is overwhelming Colombia, he considers it his "moral necessity to at least leave a testimony of that terrible madness."
"The Baroque World of Fernando Botero"
Winnipeg Art Gallery
December 10, 2010 to February 27, 2011