Botero Abu Ghraib

by David Ebony

Book Overview

The world was shocked in 2003 by the revelation that U.S. guards had mistreated and tortured Iraqi prisoners at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad. In response, the renowned Colombian artist... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3791337416
• ISBN13: 9783791337418
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Prestel Publishing
• Length: 109 Pages
• Weight: 1.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.5" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

Disquieting

A book that all adults should know of.... A look at what we have become and unfortunately will have to live with being seen as for the forseeable future. When a person is ill used at the hands of a corrupt regime, that person will not forget and oftimes will share those feelings with an extended network of friends and family. Fernando Botero has taken images seen around the world and put those images in a light filled retina seering volume that acturatley portrays the Bush regime at it's most disgusting. May we never again see a day when this type of behavior is sanctioned by our own government

Disturbing and Amazing

I have always been enraptured by the work of Botero; I love his oddly-proportioned people whose immense, weighty bodies often teeter on tiny feet. Botero's off-kilter figures engaged in the horrors of Abu Ghraib make his work in this book even more compelling, disturbing and engaging.