"Botero brings inflated sense of art to Istanbul exhibition
May 5, 2010 07:15 EDT
TURKEY/Colombian artist Fernando Botero says his iconic overstuffed figures are helping to re-inflate art that has gone limp.
“Volume was an element neglected in the 20th century. The paintings became flat,” Botero told reporters in Istanbul at the opening of a new exhibition. “Whatever I paint — man, woman, still life, landscape — there is always this presence of volume.”"
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