Botero has been one of my favorite artists since middle-school. As a freakishly skinny kid growing up, I was drawn to abnormal bodies. The massive figures in his art are very distinctive and his work offers a contrast to the perfectly shaped bodies that are featured in Classical and Renaissance art. His pieces manage to make obese bodies seem perfectly natural and beautiful.
His self-portrait is more slender than most of his other work maybe reflecting the fact that he himself is fairly fit. I wonder where he drew his inspiration...
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