Transmutación Colectiva: the artwork of Héctor Rafael

The Puerto Rican Arts Alliance (PRAA) is proud to bring to Chicago the new artwork of Hector Rafael in an exhibition titled “Transmutación Colectiva” (Collective Transmutation). Hector Rafael is an artist from the mountains of Cidra, Puerto Rico that has exhibited nationally, the Caribbean and in Europe. Using oil painting over canvas, Hector Rafael explores how views of gender and sexuality are changing in society. In Transmutacion Colectiva, Hector Rafael focus on the male figure questioning masculinity as a social construct while confronting the viewer with homoerotic compositions.