New York_self portraits and nudes
“Is It A Dance Or A Fight” NYC, 1986
In this series of tableaux, Rafael Fuchs examines A racial issue.
He, visually, explores, the common knowledge that the genitals of an African_American are larger than of a Caucasian male, and therefore might be an absolute advantage point for the African-American male in the process of the mating ritual.
The African American male is represented by a cut-out painted figure (by the artist), and the female objective of both males, is represented by a model, who is participating as well in the ritual.
Rafael Fuchs is using in some images of this series a brown body paint, as an exploration of transforming.
