Review: The Baroque World of Fernando Botero

This exhibition features paintings, sketches and sculpture of Columbian Fernando Botero. The style of his works are based on his childhood exposure to Baroque architecture and art of Roman Catholic churches in Northern Columbia. Most of the featured paintings deal with the religion, politics and Latin American society in general. All animal and human subjects are malproportioned and fat. Some of the paintings were warped to the point of being gaudy. The most interesting objects were the sculptures featured in front of the entrance of the museum.

This exhibit is running at the Brooks Museum from 11/19/08- 1/11/09