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Botero Abu Ghraib Paperback – October 1, 2006

by David Ebony (Author)
4.9 4.9 out of 5 stars 12 ratings
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The world was shocked in 2003 by the revelation that U.S. guards had mistreated Iraqi prisoners at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad. In response, the renowned Colombian artist Fernando Botero created a series of riveting paintings and drawings that constitute an acerbic condemnation of man's inhumanity to man. The 73-year-old artist, drawing on his knowledge of Renaissance art, has produced a body of works that is timely yet timeless, a vision of hell on earth belonging to a noble tradition of artistic statements against war and violence that includes Goya's Disasters of War and Picasso's Guernica, the works of the Mexican muralists, and Botero's own 1990s paintings responding to drug violence in Colombia.
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  1. Print length
    109 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Prestel
  4. Publication date
    October 1, 2006
  5. Dimensions
    9.5 x 0.25 x 11 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    3791337416
  7. ISBN-13
    978-3791337418
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Born in Medellin, Colombia, in 1932, Fernando Botero studied in Madrid and Florence, learning the Fresco techniques of the Italian masters, and Mexico City where he encountered the work of the muralists Rivera, Orozco, and Siqueiros. His paintings are in the permanent collections of many major museums.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Prestel (October 1, 2006)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 109 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 3791337416
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-3791337418
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.6 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.5 x 0.25 x 11 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.9 4.9 out of 5 stars 12 ratings

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4.9 out of 5 stars
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L. Lilly
5.0 out of 5 stars Disquieting
Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2009
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A book that all adults should know of.... A look at what we have become and unfortunately will have to live with being seen as for the forseeable future. When a person is ill used at the hands of a corrupt regime, that person will not forget and oftimes will share those feelings with an extended network of friends and family. Fernando Botero has taken images seen around the world and put those images in a light filled retina seering volume that acturatley portrays the Bush regime at it's most disgusting. May we never again see a day when this type of behavior is sanctioned by our own government
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Linda Cogdill
5.0 out of 5 stars We were in Colombia and saw Botero's major works. ...
Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2015
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We were in Colombia and saw Botero's major works....but Abu Ghraib was absent. This is such an important book to keep in print. His full bodied victims remind us of the humans these tortured persons once were.
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Mary J. Chenaille
5.0 out of 5 stars Botero, Fernando--speaks the heart of many.
Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 2014
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Botero's style is legendary. It fills the pages with the the tragedy that was Abu Ghraib. A beautifully chilling example of Boter-esque over filled, sensuous figures.
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Gretchen W. Janssen
4.0 out of 5 stars Gruesome aspects of war
Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2016
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I was thinking of a different book I think - about Chili and the war.
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READER GIRLIE!
5.0 out of 5 stars Disturbing and Amazing
Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2008
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I have always been enraptured by the work of Botero; I love his oddly-proportioned people whose immense, weighty bodies often teeter on tiny feet. Botero's off-kilter figures engaged in the horrors of Abu Ghraib make his work in this book even more compelling, disturbing and engaging.
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C. Green
5.0 out of 5 stars A real reality check.
Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2015
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This book is a revolution! Botero is more than a painter of bloated forms.
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KaliKali
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2016
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Excellent book. Brilliant work.
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marina moritz
5.0 out of 5 stars botero: Abu Ghraib
Reviewed in Germany on April 26, 2014
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der zustand dieses buches ist tadellos. die lieferung erfolgte schnell. dieses buch geht unter die haut. ein botero, der anklagt und auf seine weise politisch agiert.
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