Fernando Botero

Fernando became overtly political in 2004. He developed and exhibited a series of paintings and drawings that focused on Colombia’s violence that stemmed from drug cartel activities. In 2005, during the Iraq War, Fernando launched the Abu Ghraib series, which took 14 months to prepare. It is based on the available information on the exploitation of prisoners in the Abu Ghraib prison by American military forces. The series attracted extensive attention when it was displayed in Europe for the first time.
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