在过去的35年里，卡门(Carmen Spera)推动着世界艺术设计领域的新探索，其创作主题从古典神话到当今媒体的头版无所不包。他的作品运用各种让人惊讶的介质包括油漆、纸、玻璃、金属、木头和水泥，充满了丰富的视觉想象力、敏锐的理解力。

卡门最新的雕塑作品系列，“枪支与玫瑰”是他过人能力的充分体现。“枪支”是由玻璃成形窑制的多种自动武器复杂组合起来，溢满了繁茂的色彩绚丽的人造花。有的枪更用著名奢侈品牌例如卡地亚和夏奈尔的精美珠宝标志加以装饰，借以展现他对于欲望、真实和价值的质疑。卡门的雕塑认为，枪支的诱人魅力来自于这世界的规则多半由武器而不是道理决定。

作为一个艺术家，卡门具备着用创意来影响说服世界的能力。他的武器就是他的创意，他的弹药就是美。与歌颂对消费主义和暴力的崇拜相反，“枪支与玫瑰”雕塑有意引导我们去质疑这些死亡的象征。卡门，就象圣经中的穆罕默德•以赛亚，鼓励我们“把刀剑灌到犁头里去”。

For the past 35 years Carmen Spera has engaged the worlds of art and design exploring subject matter ranging from ancient myths to the front pages of today’s newspapers.  His work is visually rich and keenly intelligent and it utilizes an impressive range of mediums including paint, paper, glass, metal, wood and cement.

Spera’s most recent sculptural series, "Guns & Roses" is a bravura demonstration of his abilities.  The "Guns" are complex multi-chambered renditions of automatic weapons made from kiln formed glass and filled to overflowing with exuberantly colored synthetic flowers.  Sometimes
the guns are further embellished with bejeweled logos of legendary luxury brands like Cartier and Chanel, with which he raises questions of desire, authenticity, and value.  Spera’s sculptures acknowledge the seductive allure that guns hold in a world more often ruled by weapons than reason.

As an artist Carmen Spera is armed with only the persuasive power of his creative voice.  His weapons are ideas and his ammunition is beauty.  Rather than exalting the cult of consumerism and violence, the "Guns & Roses" sculptures are intended to make us question these icons of death.  Spera, like the biblical prophet Isaiah, urges us "to beat swords into plowshares."