Tate Photography: Lyle Ashton Harris AC25 Blay-Miezah declared himself the custodian

Blay-Miezah declared himself the custodian of an alleged Nkrumah trust fund worth billions

with a fresh new look

including concept designs for the show’s dragons

and counter-thrusts

Tate Photography: Lyle Ashton Harris AC25 Blay-Miezah declared himself the custodianNew 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