Lyle Ashton Harris

Untitled (Obsession)
2014

The Watering Hole II
1996
Duraflex print
40 x 30 inches
Edition of 6

movement and texture in the crimps of the fabric

photography included

i want to use/employ text

collage

"Harris teases the viewers’ perceptions and expectations, resignifying cultural cursors, and recalibrating the familiar with the extraordinary."

Bright and Alarming aesthetic

"anachronistic medium and manipulated lighting cast a deliberate and universal sepia shade over his sitters, playing with the viewer’s perception of the subjects’ race."

"Harris was aware from an early age of the camera’s ability to create a relationship between oneself and one’s environment. "

The Watering Hole I – IX
(6 of 9 panels illustrated)

Light boxes

red, pink tones

photography

print making and drawing

college

Ideas/Meanings of his work

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.