Botero [Hardcover]

Fernando Botero(19322023) was an artist with his own style. For more than six decades, the Colombians Boterismo technique captured collectors, institutions, and public spaces worldwide with aunique,fleshy, overblown approach to the human body. Through these corpulent creations, Botero became one of the most recognized artists from Latin America, hisartworks displayed in prominent places around the globe, including Park Avenue in New York City and the Champs-?lys?es in Paris.

This TASCHEN Basic Art edition offers an essential introduction to thisleading artist of figures in contemporary art. Tracing Boteros oeuvre from his earliest caricatures of animals through to late large-scale bronze sculptures, the book examines the artists diverse array of influences, from Paolo Uccello to Abstract Expressionism, and celebrates thewit, irony, insight, and critical acumenthat round out his compositions, however absurd the proportions.

BAMeet Fernando Botero, the world-renowned elder statesman of Colombian art, famed for his voluptuous figurative style. His corpulent creations have captured collectors, institutions, and public spaces around the world. From his early animal caricatures to late large-scale bronze sculptures, this essential introduction takes in all the critical insight, irony, and curvaceous flesh that round out Boterismo.