Botero Plaza

Botero Plaza
Plaza Botero, Plaza de las Esculturas
Type Sculpture park
Location Medellín, Colombia
Open 2004

Botero Plaza, surrounded by the Museum of Antioquia and the Rafael Uribe Uribe Palace of Culture, is a 7,000 m2 outside park that displays 23 sculptures by Colombian artist Fernando Botero, who donated these and several other artworks for the museum's renovation in 2004.[1][2] The plaza is located in an area of Medellín, Colombia known as the "Old Quarter".

History

Plaza Botero is a popular tourist site for taking pictures.

Throughout his career, Botero has donated several artworks to museums in Bogotá and his hometown of Medellín. In 2000, Botero donated to a museum in Bogota 123 pieces of his work and 85 pieces from his personal collection from others artists, including works by Chagall, Picasso, Robert Rauschenberg, and the French impressionists.[2] He also donated 119 pieces to the Museum of Antioquia.[3]

Four more of his sculptures can be found in Medellín's Berrío Park and San Antonio Plaza.

Sculptures

The plaza illuminated during the Christmas season (2011)

The sculptures are all made out of bronze. Many of them were previously housed in museums of Paris, New York, and Madrid. The sculptures tend to have simple names, such as "The Hand", "Eve", "Maternity", "Man on horseback", and "Roman Soldier" to name a few. The "Botero legend" suggests that rubbing the statues brings love and good fortune.[4]

List of statues in the plaza:

  • Mujer
  • Mujer con fruta
  • Gato
  • Adán
  • Eva
  • Caballo
  • Mujer con espejo
  • Mujer sentada
  • Perro
  • Hombre vestido
  • Mujer vestida
  • Maternidad
  • Esfinge
  • Rapto de Europa
  • Hombre a caballo
  • Mujer reclinada
  • Hombre caminante
  • Caballo con bridas
  • Soldado romano
  • Cabeza
  • Pensamiento

Gallery

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Botero Square.
  1. ↑ Kathleen Peddicord (22 March 2013). How to Buy Real Estate Overseas. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 82–. ISBN 978-1-118-60741-1.
  2. 1 2 Michael J. LaRosa; Germán R. Mejía (5 April 2012). Colombia: A Concise Contemporary History. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. pp. 168–. ISBN 978-1-4422-0937-4.
  3. ↑ Lorrain Caputo. VIVA Colombia Adventure Guide. Viva Publishing Network. pp. 624–. ISBN 978-1-937157-05-0.
  4. ↑ Michelin (1 March 2011). Colombia Green Guide Michelin 2012-2013. MICHELIN. pp. 286–. ISBN 978-2-06-718208-0.

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