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Fernando Botero.


MODERNA MUSEET Moderna museet, the Museum of Modern Art, Stockholm, Sweden, is a state museum located on the island of Skeppsholmen in central Stockholm, that was first opened in 1958. Its first manager was Pontus Hultén.  

Every now and then an example of Botero's Michelin Men figures, with their satirical sa·tir·i·cal   or sa·tir·ic
adj.
Of, relating to, or characterized by satire. See Synonyms at sarcastic.



sa·tiri·cal·ly adv.
 charm and oldmaster nods, makes you realize why people take the artist seriously. But a retrospective could be his undoing. David Elliott crowns his career at the Moderna Museet with just such a show before moving on to a new gig Slang for "gigabyte" or "gigabit." See GB.

gig - gigabyte
 in Japan. Doubtless the political content of the Colombian's work provides the appeal for Elliott, and among the painting and sculpture of the '50s and '60s there maybe some substantial surprises, especially from the early years, before the fat really set in. The catalogue features texts by Elliott and Mario Vargas Llosa Noun 1. Mario Vargas Llosa - Peruvian writer (born in 1936)
Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa, Vargas Llosa
. Sept. 29-Jan. 13; travels to six venues in Denmark and the US.
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Author:Shone, Richard
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Date:Sep 1, 2001
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