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This photograph captures the artist and his brother, filmmaker Thomas Allen Harris, naked against a red, black, and green background reminiscent of the Black Liberation flag. Their interaction might be viewed as an embrace with an edge, as they confront the taboo of overtly sexual contact between family members. As Thomas points a gun at his brother’s chest, Harris’s image explicitly touches upon the many threats towards sexuality, gender, and race within the world today.

Details

  • Title: Brotherhood, Crossroads and Etc.
  • Creator: Lyle Ashton Harris
  • Creator Birth Place: Bronx, New York
  • Date Created: 1994
  • Location: Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University
  • Physical Dimensions: 30 3/4 x 21 3/4 inches (78.1 x 55.2 cm)
  • Type: Photograph
  • Publisher: Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University
  • Rights: © Lyle Ashton Harris
  • Medium: Unique Polaroid
  • Art Form: Photography
  • Credit Line: Collection of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina. Gift of Blake Byrne. Courtesy of the artist and David Castillo, Miami.

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