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.
""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.""
Edited by:
Fiontán Moran (Curator International Art Tate Modern) Managing editor:
Nicola Bion Producer:
Bill Jones Imprint: Tate Publishing Country of Publication: United Kingdom Edition: Paperback original Dimensions:
Height: 200mm,
Width: 140mm,
ISBN:9781849769549 ISBN 10: 1849769540 Series:Tate Photography Pages: 64 Publication Date:10 April 2025 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Fiontán Moran is Curator, International Art at Tate Modern.
