Guerra de la paz biography examples

“Martyr” (2007)All images courtesy of Guerra de la Paz

Behind the intriguing name Guerra de la Paz (literally “War of Peace”) stand the artistic duo of Alain Guerra and Neraldo de la Paz.

The Cuban-born American artists have been working collaboratively since 1996 and are currently living in Miami. For their “Camo” series — featuring various human figures in poses of suffering or ironic jeopardy, and all made out of camouflage clothing — the duo dug heavily into army surplus outfits as their medium, finding uniforms that often still carried the names and ranks of the soldiers who once wore them.

Many questions are raised, not least pertaining as to what might have happened to those soldiers and where they might be now.

“Ring Around the Rosy” (2006)

Ironically, the uniforms the duo found often lay right next to fashionable camouflage clothing items on sale for civilians to buy.

It’s interesting to note that, in the U.S. alone, the total weight o