8/07/2009

fernando botero

Melancholia by Fernando Botero

I've always been intrigued by his stylized, cartoon-ish caricatures. The first time I laid eyes on his works I couldn't decide what it was I wanted to think. Interesting? Off putting? Like it? Hate it? Either way, I was hoooked.

Over time, I began to see things in his work that made me laugh, made me think, that made me fully appreciate his whimsical flair and exaggerations; at times delightfully amusing, others stunningly provocative, but always mesmerizing. To me at least!

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