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Lyle Ashton Harris: Our first and last love

By (artist) Lyle Ashton Harris, Foreword by Gannit Ankori, Foreword by Sally Tallant, Text by Nana Adusei-Poku, Text by Roderick A. Ferguson, Text by Ariel Goldberg, Text by Paulette Young, Contributions by Lyle Ashton Harris, Contributions by Lauren Haynes, Contributions by Caitlin Julia Rubin

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Both personal and universal, Harrisâ€™ oeuvre weaves together legacies of family dynamics, queer histories and Afro-cosmopolitanism Gathering photographs, assemblages, video installations and archival selections from his celebrated and lesser-known series, Our first and last love charts new connections across the artistic practice of New Yorkâ€“based artist Lyle Ashton Harris (born 1965). Informed by an adolescence that unfolded in New York City and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, as well as several years spent living in Ghana, Harris explores the complexities of African and African American collective identity while forging his own personal narrative as a Black queer man. This book and its accompanying solo survey exhibition chronicles Harrisâ€™ approach to representation and self-portraiture while tracing recurrent themes and formal techniques in his work over the last 35 years. Central to this curated selection is Harrisâ€™ most recent series titled Shadow Works, mixed-media assemblages of photographic prints embedded in Ghanaian printed textiles with cowrie shells, pottery, handwritten notes, clippings of the artistâ€™s dreadlocks and other personal ephemera. In both the exhibition and its catalog, these works serve as thematic anchors underscoring Harrisâ€™ layered approach to his ongoing creative explorations.