Invincible

The MFA Boston plaque for this Fernando Botero sculpture (Venus, 1977-78) notes that he “takes icons of Western art — including Roman goddesses and female nudes — and inflates their proportions, an act of admiration as well as a veiled critique of the dominance of European culture in the Americas.”

Seeing her just delighted me.

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