Desert Botanical Garden – Fernando Botero art installation
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This is the view as I enterred the Desert Botanical Garden to see the Fernando Botero installation. I was greeted by these Holiday decorations. I suppose this is a Cactus Tree. In the background you can see a large Botero sculpture. I believe it is titled "Dressed Woman". I understand it is 12 feet tall and weighs 3,400 pounds.
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Desert Botanical Garden proudly presents the iconic work of Fernando Botero in Fernando Botero: The Master marking the first major Botero exhibit in Arizona. The exhibit highlight includes significant works from the Colombian artist’s career and will open Oct. 7, 2023 and run through March 31, 2024. Tickets on sale July 14 at dbg.org.
Fernando Botero: The Master showcases voluminous sculpture playfully intertwined with the Garden’s own large-scale living collection of magnificent saguaros, towering cardons and the beautiful Papago buttes, the exhibit is complimented with a colorful indoor gallery in Dorrance Hall, highlighting Botero’s paintings, drawings and small sculpture.
“The Garden is thrilled to bring the first major Botero exhibit to Arizona. The Garden’s art exhibitions have become a vibrant and compelling point of pride in the Valley’s cultural scene since 2009,” says Ken Schutz, the Garden’s Executive Director. “In 2021-2022, Dale Chihuly’s work drew more than 601,000 visitors to the Garden and drove more than million in economic impact. With several successful ‘blockbuster exhibitions’ under our belt, the Garden is excited to host the artwork of one of the most important artists in the world”.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Botero
Fernando Botero Angulo (19 April 1932 – 15 September 2023)[2] was a Colombian figurative artist and sculptor.[3] His signature style, also known as "Boterismo", depicts people and figures in large, exaggerated volume, which can represent political criticism or humor, depending on the piece. He was considered the most recognized and quoted artist from Latin America in his lifetime,[4][5][6] and his art can be found in highly visible places around the world, such as Park Avenue in New York City and the Champs-Élysées in Paris, at different times.[7]
Self-styled "the most Colombian of Colombian artists",[8] Botero came to national prominence when he won the first prize at the Salón de Artistas Colombianos in 1958. He began creating sculptures after moving to Paris in 1973, achieving international recognition with exhibitions around the world by the 1990s.[9][10] His art is collected by many major international museums, corporations, and private collectors, sometimes selling for millions of dollars.[11] In 2012, he received the International Sculpture Center’s Lifetime Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award.[12]
Desert Botanical Garden has an incredible collection of plants and cacti arranged in a beautiful park setting.
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"Think the desert is all dirt and tumbleweeds? Think again. Desert Botanical Garden is home to thousands of species of cactus, trees and flowers from all around the world spread across 55 acres in Phoenix, Arizona."
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