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Tate Photography: Lyle Ashton Harris

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New York-based artist Lyle Ashton Harris spent his adolescence living between New York City and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. This formative period informs his wide-ranging artistic practice in photography, collage, installation, and performance—making a commentary on the societal constructs of gender, desire, and race; the complexities... Read More
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New York-based artist Lyle Ashton Harris spent his adolescence living between New York City and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. This formative period informs his wide-ranging artistic practice in photography, collage, installation, and performance—making a commentary on the societal constructs of gender, desire, and race; the complexities of African and African American experience; and his own identity as a queer, Black man.

Tate Photography: Lyle Ashton Harris explores these themes through his work, reflecting on the intersection of personal and collective history. Harris states, "I think it's important to talk about the triumph of laying claim to an experience and rechannelling its energy into creative expression that will go back out into the culture where an intergenerational transmission can take place."

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781849769549

Publisher: Tate Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 10 April 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Tate Publishing

Edition: Paperback original

Contributors:

  • Edited by Fiontán Moran
  • Producer Bill Jones
  • Managing editor Nicola Bion

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 200.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 64

About the Author

Fiontán Moran is Curator, International Art at Tate Modern.

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