David Hammons

(American, born 1943)

David Hammons is a contemporary American artist whose sculptural, print-based, video, and painted work offers a crucial interpretation of African-American art history. By bridging the societal lines between the predominantly white sphere of fine art and the history of oppression, degradation, and cultural slavery of people of color, he critiques and exposes stereotypes within the art world with razor-sharp precision. “The art audience is the worst audience in the world,” the artist remarked in 1986. “It’s overly educated, it’s conservative, it’s out to criticize not to understand, and it never has any fun. Why should I spend my time playing to that audience?” Born in Springfield, IL, in 1943, he studied at the Chouinard Art Institution and the Otis Art Institute, befriending key members of the Conceptual Art movement including Bruce Nauman, John Baldessari, and Chris Burden. Since the early 1970s Hammons' work has been widely influential, garnering honors like a MacArthur Genius Grant in 1991, his inclusion in such institutions as the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and earning him a place among the canon of the 20th- and 21st-centuries’ most important artists. Hammons currently lives and works in New York, NY.

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Museums & Institutions

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Studio Visit

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David Hammons Artworks

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Auction Results

David Hammons (202 results)
Got to have the last word. To Renato

David Hammons

Got to have the last word. To Renato

Sale Date: October 24, 2023

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Untitled, 1998

David Hammons

Untitled, 1998

Sale Date: September 29, 2023

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Mobile Garden, 1998

David Hammons

Mobile Garden, 1998

Sale Date: September 13, 2023

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Money Tree (P. 31), 1992

David Hammons

Money Tree (P. 31), 1992

Sale Date: September 13, 2023

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Untitled, 1999

David Hammons

Untitled, 1999

Sale Date: June 15, 2023

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Untitled (Kool-Aid drawing #1), 2004

David Hammons

Untitled (Kool-Aid drawing #1), 2004

Sale Date: May 16, 2023

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Untitled (Kool-Aid drawing #2), 2004

David Hammons

Untitled (Kool-Aid drawing #2), 2004

Sale Date: May 16, 2023

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Untitled, 2008

David Hammons

Untitled, 2008

Sale Date: May 16, 2023

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Untitled, 2009

David Hammons

Untitled, 2009

Sale Date: May 18, 2023

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Untitled, 1970

David Hammons

Untitled, 1970

Sale Date: March 8, 2023

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Obama Shrine - 16th Century - Obama Japan, 2012

David Hammons

Obama Shrine - 16th Century - Obama Japan, 2012

Sale Date: January 11, 2023

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Untitled, 1990

David Hammons

Untitled, 1990

Sale Date: November 16, 2022

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Untitled (Body Print), 1974

David Hammons

Untitled (Body Print), 1974

Sale Date: November 17, 2022

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TRIBES POSTER, 1991

David Hammons

TRIBES POSTER, 1991

Sale Date: October 26, 2022

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Obama Shrine - 16th Century - Obama Japan,..., 2012

David Hammons

Obama Shrine - 16th Century - Obama Japan,..., 2012

Sale Date: October 26, 2022

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Untitled (Body Print), 1975

David Hammons

Untitled (Body Print), 1975

Sale Date: May 19, 2022

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Untitled (Body Print), 1975

David Hammons

Untitled (Body Print), 1975

Sale Date: May 19, 2022

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Untitled (Body Print), 1975

David Hammons

Untitled (Body Print), 1975

Sale Date: May 19, 2022

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Obama Shrine - 16th Century - Obama, Japan,..., 2012

David Hammons

Obama Shrine - 16th Century - Obama, Japan,..., 2012

Sale Date: April 27, 2022

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Disegno a penna cm 30x32, 1995

David Hammons

Disegno a penna cm 30x32, 1995

Sale Date: April 26, 2022

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Got to have the last word. To Renato, 1995

David Hammons

Got to have the last word. To Renato, 1995

Sale Date: April 26, 2022

Auction Closed

Untitled, 1975

David Hammons

Untitled, 1975

Sale Date: March 11, 2022

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Money Tree, 1992

David Hammons

Money Tree, 1992

Sale Date: December 15, 2021

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Obama Shrine - 16th Century - Obama, Japan,..., 2012

David Hammons

Obama Shrine - 16th Century - Obama, Japan,..., 2012

Sale Date: December 15, 2021

Auction Closed

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