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.

David Hammons Artworks

David Hammons (202 results)
Untitled (Body Print), 1970

David Hammons

Untitled (Body Print), 1970

Sotheby's New York

Est. 1,000,000–1,500,000 USD

Untitled, 1976–1977

David Hammons

Untitled, 1976–1977

White Cube

Contact Gallery

Fly Jar, 1998

David Hammons

Fly Jar, 1998

White Cube

Contact Gallery

Body Print, 1977

David Hammons

Body Print, 1977

White Cube

Contact Gallery

Untitled, 2010

David Hammons

Untitled, 2010

White Cube

Contact Gallery

Tribes, 1991

David Hammons

Tribes, 1991

Aaron Galleries

Price on Request

The Man Nobody Killed., 1986

David Hammons

The Man Nobody Killed., 1986

Sale Date: April 4, 2024

Auction Closed

Flies in a Bottle, 1996

David Hammons

Flies in a Bottle, 1996

Sale Date: March 13, 2024

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Untitled, 2012

David Hammons

Untitled, 2012

Sale Date: March 1, 2024

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Untitled, 1969

David Hammons

Untitled, 1969

Sale Date: July 5, 2020

Auction Closed

Money Tree (for Parkett 31), 1992

David Hammons

Money Tree (for Parkett 31), 1992

Sale Date: December 15, 2023

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The Man Nobody Killed, from Cobalt Myth..., 1986

David Hammons

The Man Nobody Killed, from Cobalt Myth..., 1986

Sale Date: December 1, 2023

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Untitled (Hidden from View), 2002

David Hammons

Untitled (Hidden from View), 2002

Sale Date: November 10, 2023

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Untitled (Kool-Aid), 2007

David Hammons

Untitled (Kool-Aid), 2007

Sale Date: November 10, 2023

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African American Flag, 1990

David Hammons

African American Flag, 1990

Sale Date: November 15, 2023

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Money Tree (for Parkett 31), 1992

David Hammons

Money Tree (for Parkett 31), 1992

Sale Date: October 31, 2023

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The Holy Bible: Old Testament, 2002

David Hammons

The Holy Bible: Old Testament, 2002

Sale Date: October 26, 2023

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The Man Nobody Killed, from Cobalt Myth..., 1986

David Hammons

The Man Nobody Killed, from Cobalt Myth..., 1986

Sale Date: October 30, 2023

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Paris Blue/ Dont 4get me

David Hammons

Paris Blue/ Dont 4get me

Sale Date: December 9, 2022

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Zonder titel, 1990

David Hammons

Zonder titel, 1990

Sale Date: December 9, 2022

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Disegno a penna cm, 1995

David Hammons

Disegno a penna cm, 1995

Sale Date: October 24, 2023

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