While in Colombia we were excited about the fact that we were going to be able to see some Fernando Botero pieces of art. We have seen several pieces in other art galleries in our lifetime, but we’re in Colombia, it’s time to see some true Colombian art.
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Fernando Botero is one of Colombia’s leading, contemporary artists, who I would say, is most famous for painting exaggerated pieces of large people or still lifes. He’s a bit of an abstract artist with a unique eye for color and wider dimensions. In Medellín, they have a whole plaza filled with Botero sculptures and several other sculptures scattered around the city.
So, we hopped on the subway and headed downtown to Plaza Botero one Sunday afternoon to see for ourselves. While downtown wasn’t anything special, Plaza Botero was quite impressive with its huge collection of large Botero sculptures – it made us feel as if we were something out of “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.”
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After Plaza Botero, we headed over to Parque San Antonio, where we saw the ‘Torso Masculino’ and the ‘Bird of Peace,’ which was damaged by a guerrilla bomb in 1996.
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