Woman with mirror, Abstract sculpture in Almagro, Spain
Woman with Mirror is a bronze sculpture by Fernando Botero placed outdoors in Almagro, Spain, depicting a female figure holding a mirror in front of her. The figure has the rounded, swollen proportions that define Botero's approach to the human body in all his three-dimensional work.
Fernando Botero created the sculpture in the late 1980s, a period when he was moving more deeply into three-dimensional work after building his reputation as a painter. This shift allowed him to bring his approach to volume and proportion into physical space for the first time on a large scale.
The sculpture shows a woman looking at her own reflection, a theme that has appeared in painting and sculpture for centuries. Botero gives this familiar subject a new physical presence through his rounded, exaggerated forms, making the figure feel grounded and direct.
The sculpture stands outdoors in the Almagro neighborhood of Madrid and can be visited at any time without paying an entrance fee. It sits on a public space, so anyone walking through the area can stop and look at it up close.
Botero was first known as a painter, and many visitors are surprised to learn that his sculptures stand in cities across the world, from Paris to New York to Bogotá. The piece in Almagro is part of that wider group of figures, all sharing the same physical language across very different places.
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