WORDS OF WISDOM IN MONACO
Crédit C2F-photos
‘ Hippopotamus ’
© Matéo Mornar
‘ La rockeuse ’
© Matéo Mornar
© Matéo Mornar
The Fish fountain installed at the Monte-Carlo Bay Hotel
‘ Béa ’, one of Matéo Mornar ’ s most attractive and seductive women , a bronze with mauve patina
© Matéo Mornar
Crédit Claudia Albuquerque
‘ Christ ’
of endangered species . I sculpted a hippopotamus , a rhino , an elephant and a polar bear ...
I would like to work for peace .
Prince Albert of Monaco , Matéo Mornar and Patrick Cesari , mayor of Roquebrune-Cap-Martin , in front of the polar bear in the olive tree park
‘ Recreation ’, one of Mornar ’ s iconic sculptures in the salons of the Négresco hotel in Nice
: Your bear is striking . How did you manage to get this whiteness ?
MM : It ’ s new and unique ! It was made in bronze by my Slovenian caster . Then I worked on the patina to reach a perfect white . I wanted something radically different . In fact , I work with plaster , wood , plastic and even iron , but all my creations end up in bronze .
© Matéo Mornar
: You also have some colossal projects . What can you say about them ?
MM : I want my animals to become ‘ habitable ’ sculptures , change the urban land-
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