FERNANDO BOTERO'S VIA CRUCIS

Marlborough Gallery

40 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019

Tel: 212.541.4900 - Fax: 212.541.4948

Fino al 03 Dicembre 2011

On October 27, 2011 Marlborough Gallery will present the first showing of a new body of work by the world renowned Colombian artist, Fernando Botero. The exhibition, entitled Via Crucis, is based on scenes from the passion of Christ. This will be Botero’s first New York exhibition since 2006 when he presented the critically acclaimed show of paintings dealing with the events of the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq in 2003.The show of Via Crucis (Latin for The Way of the Cross) will consist of twenty-seven oils on canvas of various sizes and approximately thirty-four drawings in mixed media on paper.

Fernando Botero

Head of Christ/ Cabeza de Cristo, 2010

Fernando Botero

The Nails/ Los clavos, 2011

oil on canvas

Fernando Botero

Jesus and the Crowd/ Jesus y la multiud, 2010

Fernando Botero

Jesus Meets His Mother/ Jesus encuentra a su madre, 2011

oil on canvas

Fernando Botero

Descent from the Cross/ Descenso de la cruz, 2010

oil on canvas

Fernando Botero

Entombment of Christ/ Entierro de Cristo, 2010

oil on canvas

Fernando Botero

Jesus in the Garden of Olives / Jesus en el huerto de los olivos, 2011

watercolor and pencil on paper

Fernando Botero

The Kiss of Judas / El beso de Judas, 2010

watercolor and pencil on paper

Fernando Botero

They Play on the Robe of Jesus / Juegan la tunicade Jesus, 2011

watercolor, pencil and colored pencil on paper

Fernando Botero

Jesus Has Died / Jesus Muerto

pencil and colored pencil on paper

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