Speaking Through Photography

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Speaking Through Photography Lyle Ashton Harris

Part of the Terra Foundation for American Art Series: New Perspectives

28 March 2023 at 18.30–20.00

Lyle Ashton Harris, Constructs #10 - #13 1989. Lent by the Tate Americas Foundation, purchased with funds provided by the North American Acquisitions Committee, The Agnes Gund Fund and Salon 94 2019. © reserved.

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Join Lyle Ashton Harris and Morgan Quaintance for a discussion on the power of photography

Using Constructs #10 - #13 by Lyle Ashton Harris as a starting point for our conversation, this discussion explores the artist's use of photography and how it can allow us to explore performance, gender and self-representation.

Constructs #10 - #13 is currently on display at �� in Performer and Participant: Performing Genders, Performing Selves (Room 5).

Speaking Through Photography: Lyle Ashton Harris is part of How does art speak? A series of four conversations centered around North American artists exploring the many ways art communicates with us.

Lyle Ashton Harris

Lyle Ashton Harris has cultivated a diverse artistic practice ranging from photography and collage to installation and performance art. His work explores intersections between the personal and the political, examining the impact of ethnicity, gender, and desire on the contemporary social and cultural dynamic.

Morgan Quaintance

Morgan Quaintance is a London-based artist and writer. His moving image work has been shown and exhibited widely at festivals and institutions including: MOMA, New York; Mcevoy Foundaton for the Arts, San Francisco; Konsthall C, Sweden; David Dale, Glasgow; European Media Art Festival, Germany; Alchemy Film and Arts Festival, Scotland; Images Festival, Toronto; International Film Festival Rotterdam; and Third Horizon Film Festival, Miami.

This talk includes British Sign Language interpretation.

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Date & Time

28 March 2023 at 18.30–20.00

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