Fernando Botero - Abu Ghraib
On the occasion of the “Botero” exhibition in the Bank Austria Kunstforum, curator Dr. Evelyn benesch will speak about the artist’s Abu Ghraib series.
In the years 2004-2005, Columbian painter Fernando Botero worked on a series of paintings named Abu Ghraib. Ever since the photographs of the Abu Ghraib prison were published in 2004, this name came to symbolize a policy that endorses abuse and torture in the name of justice. The hypocrisies around the events in Abu Ghraib prompted the artist to paint this cycle. US museums simply disregarded these works during Botero exhibitions. When liberal Berkeley University finally showed this cycle, Botero donated the entire series to the university in gratitude. In the exhibition “Botero”, in Bank Austria Kunstforum, “Abu Ghraib”, the outraged artist’s cycle on human brutality, will be on display until January 15, 2012. (wh/ca)
Das könnte Sie auch interessieren
From Dürer to Napoleon - The Origins of the Albertina
14. April 2014
EDVARD MUNCH. In Dialogue. Teaser
2. February 2022
Brigitte Kowanz - Now I See
22. June 2010
RAPHAEL. The drafting process. From the Albertina series "Museum in a Nutshell"
14. April 2021
TONY CRAGG. Sculpture: Body and Soul (Part 1)
23. July 2022
Miguel Alvear - Tableaux popular
25. February 2009
Nadine Rennert - Nowhere to Hide
17. June 2009