REBEL: An Exhilarating Tribute To James Baldwin

Installation view of” God Made My Face: A Collective Portrait of James Baldwin” at the David Zwirner Gallery, with Beauford Delaney’s “Dark Rapture (James Baldwin)” (1941) to the right <br>(Courtesy David Zwirner)

Installation view of” God Made My Face: A Collective Portrait of James Baldwin” at the David Zwirner Gallery, with Beauford Delaney’s “Dark Rapture (James Baldwin)” (1941) to the right <br>(Courtesy David Zwirner)

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Installation view of” God Made My Face: A Collective Portrait of James Baldwin” at the David Zwirner Gallery, with Beauford Delaney’s “Dark Rapture (James Baldwin)” (1941) to the right <br>(Courtesy David Zwirner)

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Beauford Delaney’s “Dark Rapture (James Baldwin)” (1941) to the right <br>(Courtesy David Zwirner)

Beauford Delaney’s “Dark Rapture (James Baldwin)” (1941) to the right <br>(Courtesy David Zwirner)

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Beauford Delaney’s “Dark Rapture (James Baldwin)” (1941) to the right <br>(Courtesy David Zwirner)

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Photographs by Richard Avedon and Beauford Delaney's "Rehearsal" (1952)<br>(Courtesy of David Zwirner)

Photographs by Richard Avedon and Beauford Delaney's "Rehearsal" (1952)<br>(Courtesy of David Zwirner)

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Photographs by Richard Avedon and Beauford Delaney's "Rehearsal" (1952)<br>(Courtesy of David Zwirner)

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Photographs by Alvin Baltrop (left) and prints by Glenn Ligon (right) flank Kara Walker's video, "8 Possible Beginnings or: The Creation of African-America, a Moving Picture"<br>(Courtesy of David Zwirner)

Photographs by Alvin Baltrop (left) and prints by Glenn Ligon (right) flank Kara Walker's video, "8 Possible Beginnings or: The Creation of African-America, a Moving Picture"<br>(Courtesy of David Zwirner)

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Photographs by Alvin Baltrop (left) and prints by Glenn Ligon (right) flank Kara Walker's video, "8 Possible Beginnings or: The Creation of African-America, a Moving Picture"<br>(Courtesy of David Zwirner)

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A still from Kara Walker's video, "8 Possible Beginnings or: The Creation ofAfrican-America, A Moving Picture"<br>(Courtesy David Zwirner)

A still from Kara Walker's video, "8 Possible Beginnings or: The Creation ofAfrican-America, A Moving Picture"<br>(Courtesy David Zwirner)

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A still from Kara Walker's video, "8 Possible Beginnings or: The Creation ofAfrican-America, A Moving Picture"<br>(Courtesy David Zwirner)

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A still from Kara Walker's video, "8 Possible Beginnings or: The Creation ofAfrican-America, A Moving Picture"<br>(Courtesy David Zwirner)

A still from Kara Walker's video, "8 Possible Beginnings or: The Creation ofAfrican-America, A Moving Picture"<br>(Courtesy David Zwirner)

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A still from Kara Walker's video, "8 Possible Beginnings or: The Creation ofAfrican-America, A Moving Picture"<br>(Courtesy David Zwirner)

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Njideka Akunyili Crosby's "Nyado: The Thing Around Her Neck" (2011)<br>(Courtesy of David Zwirner)

Njideka Akunyili Crosby's "Nyado: The Thing Around Her Neck" (2011)<br>(Courtesy of David Zwirner)

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Njideka Akunyili Crosby's "Nyado: The Thing Around Her Neck" (2011)<br>(Courtesy of David Zwirner)

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On the wall: Photographs of Baldwin by Richard Avedon and a painting by Alice Neel on. On the ground: Cameron Rowland's "Jim Crow" (2017), showing a <a href="http://heikemoras.com/god-made-my-face/">"Jim Crow rail bender"</a>. (Courtesy of David Zwirner)

On the wall: Photographs of Baldwin by Richard Avedon and a painting by Alice Neel on. On the ground: Cameron Rowland's "Jim Crow" (2017), showing a <a href="http://heikemoras.com/god-made-my-face/">"Jim Crow rail bender"</a>. (Courtesy of David Zwirner)

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On the wall: Photographs of Baldwin by Richard Avedon and a painting by Alice Neel on. On the ground: Cameron Rowland's "Jim Crow" (2017), showing a <a href="http://heikemoras.com/god-made-my-face/">"Jim Crow rail bender"</a>. (Courtesy of David Zwirner)

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