Neon Corner
Date1971
Artist
Rafael Ferrer
Puerto Rican painter, sculptor, and installation artist, 1933–2026
MediumGalvanized steel pipe, neon tubing, and transformer
Dimensions84 × 12 × 12 in. (213.4 × 30.5 × 30.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Paul Makler, 1971
Object number1971-171
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- Contemporary Art on View
ClassificationsSCULPTURE
Label TextCommitted to figuration in the latter part of his career, Rafael Ferrer’s earliest works combine Process Art with minimal and conceptual art practices. His work from the late 1960s and early 1970s was characterized by densely-filled installations of found natural and industrial materials such as leaves, moss, telephone poles, and buckets. Here the artist has created a simpler composition, which activates both the corner and floor of the display space with radiating light.