Fat Beauties come to Berlin

WHAT
Colombian neo-figurative artist, Fernado Botero, creates “fat people” as his subject to present sculpture and painting. There are 15 huge bronze sculptures, each over 3 meters high, by Botero presenting from September to November 2007 in Berlin.
The artist was born in Colombia in 1932 with 19 brothers and sisters. The human and animal figures in his sculpture and painting are always noted for the exaggerated proportion and corpulence.


WHY
Berlin, a historical and changing city, Lustgarten (pleasure garden) in Museumsinsel (Museum Island) beside Unter den Linden and Berliner Dom, was frequently used for political demonstrations during the years of the Weimar Republic.
The city atmosphere changes suddenly due to the prodigious sculptures. New and old, disturbance and ease are mixed up together.
It is the power of the art work and the charm of the city…..