Food & Spirits

In 2022, artist Whitney Claflin published Food & Spirits (Song Cycle, 2022), a book of poems and drawings charting four years of her day-to-day life in New York City, divided into seven sections: Hell, Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll, Body, Mirror, and Heaven. Many of the poems were written in bars and restaurants that have since closed. The book has been reprinted on the occasion of her solo exhibition at MoMA PS1, I was wearing this when you met me, which features a selection of drawings from the publication. On May 18, Claflin will discuss her practice as a poet and artist with the book’s publisher, critic and art historian Nick Irvin, and MoMA PS1 Assistant Curator Jody Graf.

The publication is accompanied by a coaster designed by Claflin. Signed copies of the publication will be available in Artbook during the event.

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