ITALY: COLOMBIAN ARTIST FERNANDO BOTERO OPENS NEW EXHIBITION IN TURIN.

Record ID: 977232

  • Title: ITALY: COLOMBIAN ARTIST FERNANDO BOTERO OPENS NEW EXHIBITION IN TURIN.
  • Date: 9th March 2000
  • Summary: TURIN, ITALY (RECENT) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. GENERAL VIEW TURIN 2. VARIOUS EXHIBITION HALL 3. INTERIOR OF EXHIBITION WITH VARIOUS EXHIBITS OF WORK OF COLOMBIAN ARTIST FERNANDO BOTERO 4. PAINTING 'GIRL ON A HORSE' (1961) 5. PAINTING 'YOUNG GIRL MISSING IN THE GARDEN' (1950) 6. VARIOUS BOTERO PAINTINGS 7. ESTABLISHING VIEW OF ARTIST FERNANDO BOTERO 8. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) COLOMBIAN ARTIST FERNANDO BOTERO SAYING: "My themes are Latin American themes. I am Colombian and I have always painted subjects that reflect the reality that I knew when I was a child. It's a style that has a lot to do with Italy and Spain etc. where I studied but the themes are still Latin American." 9. PAINTING 'COLOMBIAN FAMILY' (1999) 10. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) BOTERO SAYING:"A person paints for the pleasure of painting. It's really an addiction that you have to do every day. But you hope that these works communicate something to the public. It's a very great satisfaction to know that your works can spark emotion and they are images that somebody has wanted to see." 11. PAINTINGS 'MELANCHOLY' (1989) AND 'THE HOUSE OF AMANDA RAMIREZ' (1988) 12. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) BOTERO SAYING:'It's like a poet who puts into words the things that people would like to say and that poets do say. Painters are the same. We painters create the images that someone would like to see and when they see them painted they feel a certain satisfaction.' 13. BOTERO SCULPTURE 'BALLERINA' (1989) 14. VARIOUS EXHIBITION 15. PAINTING 'STILL LIFE WITH MIRROR' (1998) 16. PAINTING 'THE BATH' (1989) 17. VARIOUS EXHIBITION 18. PAINTING 'THE WIDOW' (1997) Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: TURIN, ITALY
  • Country: Italy
  • Reuters ID: LVAEKVT2UJ7BCDVW72M3KHFEBAWB
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