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費爾南多·博特羅
《終曲》
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2000年代中期,博特羅開始赤裸裸地與政治抗衡,但在這之前的十年,他的畫是平淡無味地畫著的馬戲團表演員,家庭成員和裸女。色彩如糖果一般的《終曲》重演妓院一幕,與《馬里杜克之家》(1970年作)和《阿曼達拉米勒斯之家》(1988年作)一樣,此類場景長期以來成為的博特羅畫作的固定主題,這或許是源於涉及相同主題十七世紀荷蘭油畫作品。兩位結他手在一場毫無情感的奇怪酒宴中彈奏著結他,畫面上成對如充氣般的情侶,面部毫無表情;一個女人袒露著胸部將一隻腳抬在床邊,手裡還夾著煙;一地的煙頭及報廢的燈泡,都在博特羅的畫中十分常見。此幕場景比包圍在四周,粉紅泡泡糖色的墻和住客紅潤的肌膚,這玫瑰色調的房間更為引人入勝。窗簾、結他手的領帶、男人的短褲、脫下的襪子及三葉草圖案的枕頭,對比的淡綠色微微地干擾著色調的和諧。的確,相比裸露的色慾,作品的感性更多來自色彩的強烈和色調的和諧,將臨時的雜亂與古怪的場景調和。「顏色經歷著友情,構成氣氛 。那麼,氣氛一來,詩歌就到。」(費爾南多.博特羅,〈費爾南多.博特羅〉,錄於瑪麗.皮耶.科萊著,《畫室中的拉丁美裔藝術家》,紐約,1994年,第42頁)博特羅重申到。「我在不大可能的事中尋找詩歌。」(費爾南多.博特羅,〈由內至外:費爾南多.博特羅專訪〉,錄於安娜.瑪利.艾斯卡龍著,《博特羅:畫布新作》,紐約,1997年,第28頁)
費爾南多·博特羅
Colombian | 1932Colombian artist Fernando Botero is known for his voluptuous and exaggerated paintings, sculptures and drawings. He studied under Roberto Longhi, a renowned authority on Italian Renaissance and Baroque art, obtaining a remarkable art historical knowledge of Western Classicism. This dialogue between an erudite education and religious art for the masses is the key in the development of his aesthetic.
Botero was also influenced by Mexican muralism, with which he became acquainted while living in Mexico City. The monumental scale of the human forms in the murals gave rise to the voluminous figures for which he is best known. Botero's works make mordant comments on society's shortcomings; they also incorporate classical elements and are imbued with political satire and caricature.