s ▁and ▁was ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Ten ▁Con crete ▁Ge ometric ▁pain ters ▁but ▁by ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 6 0 s , ▁Sor iano ’ s ▁work ▁took ▁a ▁radical ▁turn . ▁His ▁br ush ▁began ▁to ▁create ▁shapes ; ▁abstract ▁expressions ▁related ▁to ▁the ▁emot ions , ▁feelings , ▁med itations ▁and ▁myst ical ▁intros pe ctions . ▁A ▁novel ▁treatment ▁of ▁light ▁and ▁color , ▁trans par encies ▁and ▁forms ▁placed ▁Sor iano ▁in ▁a ▁new ▁a est h etic ▁dimension ▁and ▁fre ed ▁him ▁from ▁his ▁earlier ▁attach ments ▁to ▁schools ▁and ▁t endencies . ▁Through ▁a ▁highly ▁ref ined ▁technique , ▁he ▁became ▁a ▁master ▁of ▁lum inos ity , ▁of ▁the ▁p ict orial ▁met ap hor ▁and ▁of ▁the ▁met aph ys ical ▁language ▁of ▁forms . ▁In ▁his ▁highly ▁complex ▁images , ▁light ▁acts ▁as ▁both ▁form ▁and ▁content . ▁It ▁is ▁this ▁unity ▁of ▁purpose ▁and ▁means ▁of ▁representation ▁that ▁constit utes ▁Sor iano ’ s ▁trans c endent al ▁contribution ▁to ▁contemporary ▁visual ▁disc ourse ▁and ▁elev ates ▁his ▁art istic ▁creation ▁to ▁universal ▁rank . ▁ ▁Since ▁his ▁first ▁exhibition ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 7 ▁in ▁Hav ana ’ s ▁Ly ce um ▁and ▁La wn ▁Tennis ▁Club , ▁Rafael ▁Sor iano ’ s ▁work ▁has ▁been ▁represented ▁in ▁numerous ▁individual ▁exhib itions ▁and ▁close ▁to ▁two ▁hundred ▁collect ive ▁shows . ▁His ▁paint ings ▁have ▁tra ve led ▁through ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁Brazil , ▁Venezuela , ▁Puerto ▁Rico