Rigoberto Torres

[4] Torres is known in part for the sculptures in plaster and fiberglass that he created of his neighbors in the Bronx, together with his partner John Ahearn.

[5] The mural Double Dutch (1981/2010), for example, was acquired by the Pérez Art Museum Miami, city in which Torres lives.

[6] The sculptures, like much of Torres' work, were displayed in public attached to buildings, free standing and in street events as an element of performance art.

[1] On many occasions, Torres would prompt Ahearn to move their studio to the sidewalk along Walton Avenue so that neighborhood children could watch and also volunteer as subjects.

[7][8] Torres' sculptures show an instinctive drive to create tableaux[9] from single figures and are included in the field of humanistic naturalism because they accurately portray people.