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Assembly is pleased to present I made this for you, an exhibition of new work by Los Angeles-based artist David Alekhuogie that explores the emotional dimensions of soul food in American society. With an autobiographical lens, the artist traces a personal history of food making and recipe sharing in his own family in order to reveal the storytelling and caregiving at the center of these practices.

I made this for you originates from Alekhuogie’s desire to understand the human impulse behind soul food, rather than its precise historical origins:

"African American traditions are an …