Butt-ero??!!

This is Lila's favorite sculpture. I think she likes it because of the huge butt. See this and another gigantic Fernando Botero sculpture with its butt hanging in the breeze at Columbus Circle.
Here the Colombian born artist brings his butt-out aesthetic into a much more serious arena with this piece from his 2008 Abu Ghraib series.

When questioned about painting obese figures Botero is said to have responded, "An artist is attracted to certain kinds of form without knowing why. You adopt a position intuitively; only later do you attempt to rationalize or even justify it." I feel this same position can easily be adopted when it comes to an artists choice to cover or expose an exaggerated human ass.

There are many who consider Fernando Botero something of a cultural anomaly in that he seems to be the only Colombian in the annals of history to be interested in, or in drawing attention to the butt area.

And just to keep it all real and balanced,
here's a picture of Colombian cycling sensation Santigo Botero getting kissed by a couple of cycling enthusiasts.