CHEEYEON PARK | DATE 2/17/2024

Artbook @ MoMA PS1 Bookstore presents Hilton Als signing 'God Made My Face: A Collective Portrait of James Baldwin'

Saturday Feb 17 at 4 PM, please join Artbook @ MoMA PS1 Bookstore to celebrate God Made My Face: A Collective Portrait of James Baldwin—published by Dancing Foxes Press and the Brooklyn Museum—with a signing by the book's editor, the acclaimed curator, author and educator Hilton Als.
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Pre-order a book signed by Hilton Als here.

Edited by Pulitzer Prize–winning author Hilton Als and growing out of his landmark exhibition at David Zwirner in 2019, God Made My Face brings together an impressive assembly of contributors, ranging from Baldwin biographer David Leeming to novelist Jamaica Kincaid and Moonlight director Barry Jenkins, to create a memorial mosaic: one that not only mirrors Baldwin’s various tones but also closely examines his singular contributions to cinema, theater, the essay and Black American critical studies.

These essays are illustrated by artwork from modern and contemporary artists who were either personal contemporaries of Baldwin or directly inspired by his work. In each piece assembled here, the authors speak from a personal, informed perspective, illuminating Baldwin’s deeply anguished and enlightened voice and his belief that, ultimately—because we are human—we share the potential to love, connect and live together in all our glory.

Artists include: Diane Arbus, Eugène Atget, Richard Avedon, Don Bachardy, Alvin Baltrop, Anthony Barboza, Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Beauford Delaney, Marlene Dumas, Glenn Ligon, George McCalman, Alice Neel, Elle Pérez, Cameron Rowland, Kara Walker, James Welling, Larry Wolhandler.

Authors include: Stephen Best, Daphne A. Brooks, Teju Cole, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Barry Jenkins, Jamaica Kincaid, David Leeming, Darryl Pinckney.

Artbook @ MoMA PS1 Bookstore
Hilton Als signing 'God Made My Face: A Collective Portrait of James Baldwin'
Saturday Feb 17: 4 PM
22-25 Jackson Ave (at 46th Ave.)
Long Island City, NY 11101
(718) 433-1088
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This publication is made possible through leadership support from Ford Foundation.