IMAGE DESCRIPTION


In the picture we see one of the sculptures of Fernando Botero. Located in the Plaza in downtown Medellin. It is one of the imaginary of the city.


Sculpture Room

After Fernando Botero to donate several of his paintings to the Art Museum of Medellin, Francisco Antonio Zea, now the Museum of Antioquia, likewise offered to donate some sculptures. This technique, performed by the artist Antioquia from 1973, allowed the three-dimensional transfer its formal proposal explored in painting and drawing. In this new grant, received in 1984, Botero gave 16 works: Woman reclining man with a cane, Woman with parasol, Head, Seated Woman, Still Life, Adam and Eve, Venus, Column bird, female torso, Vase, Guitar, Bird and Hand.

Behind the work

It is a draft statement, which allows to deepen specific topics, giving priority to artists, periods and themes that can be addressed from works that are part of the Museum's collections.