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RAFAEL FERRER Traitor #37.
Oil stick and pencil on Arches, 1981. 762x570 mm; 30x22 3/8 inches. Signed, dated and inscribed "#37" in pencil, lower right recto.
Ex-collection private collection, Stockholm.
As a Puerto Rican artist, Ferrer (b. 1933, see lot 341) has frequently commented on colonialism and other social issues such as the distribution of wealth and oppression in his art. The Traitor series explored how those throughout history who challenged the status quo were often labelled traitors. Ferrer's focus on humanism and social progress as well as his dual existence in the mainstream art industry and as an outsider, often breaking boundaries, has caused him to label himself as a traitor to the art world, his class and nationality, and the status quo.
