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Botero : Abu Ghraib / with an essay by David Ebony

This volume presents a series of paintings and drawings created in response to the 2003 Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal at Abu Ghraib. The works explore themes of inhumanity and violence, situating the series within a tradition of artistic protest against war.

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