PALAZZO-DEI-NORMANNI-O-REALE

BOTERO IN PALERMO

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Event Start Date Thursday, June 18, 2015 09:00
End Date Event Tuesday, June 30, 2015 09:00

The exhibition "Via Crucis. La Pasión de Cristo "by Fernando Botero

Botero in Palermo. The stations of the cross for the first time in Italy exhibited at the Palazzo Reale

The exhibition "Via Crucis. La Pasión de Cristo "by Fernando Botero opens in Palermo. After making a stop in New York, Medellin, Lisbon and Panama, the view (consisting of 27 oil paintings and 34 drawings) will be hosted in the halls of Duke of Montalto of the Royal Palace from 21 March to June 21, 2015. Promoted by the Sicilian Regional Assembly, from the Foundation Federico II and the Colombian Antioquia Museum of Palermo will be the only Italian stage.

Donated by the artist to the Museum of Medellin, his hometown, in 2012 the works represent one of the major themes of art since the 16th century. "Then began to gradually disappear and, at the time of the French Revolution, had virtually disappeared. Today is non-existent, "explained the artist Beatriz Manz, Professor of geography and ethnic studies at UC Berkeley. "I am not religious, but this theme has a beautiful artistic tradition. At that time, painters mix daily reality with history (...) I took the same freedom to mix certain Latin American realities with biblical theme ".

The appearance of the same artist in "the kiss of Judas", Botero added: "another tradition was to paint his portrait in biblical themes. Masaccio beside Jesus in the Brancacci Chapel in Florence, by Pinturicchio in Siena and Michelangelo's frescoes in the Sistine Chapel, Judgement, etc. I wore the best dress of the Festival to appear alongside Christ. It couldn't be otherwise. " As in Abu Ghraib paintings of 2005, even here cruelty and drama they expand in reassuring, solid forms. Shorting is assured and the tele already stands as the crucial moment of the entire boteriana production.

The "passion of Christ" according to Botero, intends to provide a reflection on the drama of the passion and death of Jesus Christ, and presented work demonstrates a change in the artist's motivations, while maintaining the strength of its style. "I did these works – explains the Colombian artist – because it is a key moment in the life of Jesus, and why is it an argument that went disappearing little by little in the history of painting: there are satirical elements in this work that is full of great respect".

In the coming weeks will be provided more details.