Ruven Afanador – Untitled (Boy with Flowered Sword), from the Torero Series
Archival pigment print, 8/15
50.8 × 40.64 cm | 20 × 16 in
Description:
With sculptural poise and an unwavering gaze, this portrait transforms the torero into a figure of sensual defiance. The subject holds a floral banderilla—delicately crafted yet symbolically sharp—blurring the line between ritual weapon and ornamental gesture. Part of Afanador’s Torero series, the image reinvents masculinity as something both staged and subversively tender.
