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Guerra de la Paz

Nine

2007
Mixed media sculptural installation.

365.8 x 213.3 x 213.3 cm

Cuban born American artists Alain Guerra and Neraldo de la Paz are the collabortive duo Guerra de la Paz . Originally sourcing their materials from the waste bins of second-hand goods shipping companies in Miami’s Little Haiti, Guerra De La Paz make their sculptures from the discarded items of daily life. Viewing their practice as a kind of ‘archaeology’, their work engages with the history inherent in common debris and its possibility for recycled usage. In Nine, a giant mound of clothing heaps with strata of prom dresses, Christmas jumpers, and embarrassing yesteryear fads, bearing down with the weight of a civilisation and its disowned memories. Beneath the fringes of the hulking mass can be seen the feet of nine people supporting the load, a testimony to the strength and value of community.



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artfacts.net
Additional images and information – Guerra de la Paz

guerradelapaz.com
Artist’s website, various images and a biography of the artist’s work and information on the background of Alain Guerra and Neraldo de la Paz

daneyalmahmood.com
Reprsenting gallery for Guerra de la Paz

cjazzart.com
Representing gallery for Guerra de la Paz - Miami

jackthepelicanpresents.com
A GI tenderly holds in his lap his dying comrade. It is their final farewell. This larger than life Pieta of Guerra de la Paz recasts Michelangelo's masterpiece to honor the pathos of the Gulf warrior. More, it is the peaceful denouement of tragedy both timely and eternal and an emblem of love and caring devotion between men.

mocoloco.com
Neraldo de la Paz and Alain Guerra make up the Miami team of Guerra de la Paz (which happens to mean ‘war of peace’, when translated), whose current photography, sculptures and installations focus on unwanted and discarded clothing. Today we look at the ‘guerra’ aspect of their work, all G.I. Joes and army surplus.

miamiartexchange.com
Their show, 'Don't Ask Don't Tell'-, reflects on the dimensions of desire. Their photographs are produced throughout a choreographic "montage" of male action figures in sexual intercourse or exposing their genitals. These characters are set as heroes of an imaginary sexual quest or as performers of an Erotic Epic. The show is a journey into a prohibited territory where only few dare to step into.
 
 

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