CORY REYNOLDS | DATE 3/29/2013

Fernando Botero: 'Improbable but not Impossible'

"I don’t do magic realism. I deal in the improbable, but not the impossible." In La Fabrica's new exhibition catalog Fernando Botero: A Celebration, the editors write, "Botero’s interest in religious subjects is little more than an excuse for the pictorial exploration of the situations, forms, colors, and vestments associated with religion; the clergy in their artistic and poetical element, depicted with humor and gentle irony. His compositions, often unexpected or surprising, conjure up a magic world where the most unlikely things can happen." Featured image, The Promenade (2004), is reproduced from Fernando Botero: A Celebration.