Fernando Botero's "Abu Ghraib" - A Conversation with the...

Fernando Botero, Artist in conversation with Robert Hass, Professor of English, UC Berkeley
Poet Laureate of the United States (1995-1997).

Fernando Botero, the most famous living Latin American artist, will display his Abu Ghraib paintings at the University of California, Berkeley. These 47 paintings and drawings belong to a long tradition of artistic statements against war and violence that include Goya's Caprichos and Picasso's Guernica.

Organized by the Center for Latin American Studies, these paintings have never been displayed in a public institution in the United States. The exhibit was "proposed to many museums in the U.S," according to the artist, but all declined to show it.

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[josoriop9]

que viva Colombia

[camisanueva]

Botero, the most important living artist in the world today. No doubt!

[ForexReviewsCentral]

Colombia a great land.

[daigorou81]

best hour i've spent on you tube :)

[NicolaRedwooddforest]

The paintings of the dogs are showing the danger in this situation, but at the same time the dogs are beautiful, more beautiful than the humans, they look extra good. The dogs themselves are not the predators, they are just slaves themselves trained to bite by the institution. One could say the same about the prison guards as well, that's why he intentionally focussed on the prisoners and their fear instead of the individuals who hurt them. His accusation is directed at the US legislation.

[NicolaRedwooddforest]

Fernando Botero is one of the word's greatest artists. Like Picasso he started painting and drawing proportionally correct pictures and then much later discovered for himself the new dimensions in space and volume which are more beautiful than the normal shapes we are used to. As the proportions expand the shapes become more and more interesting and intriguing. I am deeply grateful to Fernando Botero for expressing his outrage in his art and for inviting the world to understand the prisoners.

[prettybrowneyes2222]

@playerdouble haha same here

[woodycoat]

Certainly not surprised that he only picks Abu Ghraib as a subject matter and avoids serious other issues in Iraq like Iraqis gassing Kurds, Islam's prostitution of young boys, misogynism, abuse of homosexuals, be-headings, etc.

No doubt Berkeley, a pathetically hypocritical university of 'higher education', would highlight his work and not address the previously mentioned subjects. Anything to promote their lack of realistic understanding f the world and sense of idiotic self-righteousness!

[playerdouble]

i'm only watching this because i'm doing a report on Fernando Botero

[leninricardoavc]

se podria subtitular este video en español?

[royalsatish777]

i nraelly admire