"I absolutely insist on total realism for the base of my sculptures. However, the dressing and composition of the ropes and the accessories will express the messages that I wish to convey."
- Mozart Guerra
Born 1962 in Recife, in the North-East of Brazil, Mozart Guerra studied architecture at the Federal University of Pernambuco, where he graduated as an architect in 1986. At the end of the 1980s, using his knowledge of space and volumes, he produced a large number of sets for theater, carnival, television, and cinema. At the same time, Guerra devoted himself to his passion for sculpture by drawing inspiration from the techniques and materials used in the workshops. He creates works based on polystyrene, resin, foam, materials to which he will remain faithful since.
In 1992, he permanently settled in Paris and devoted himself entirely to sculpture. Inspired by the sculptures of the Colombian Botero and those of Niki de Saint Phalle, he first created works in resin. Busty women in shimmering colors, burlesque characters immersed in extravagant productions, strange animals allowed him to gradually gain artistic