David Hammons: Rousing the Rubble

by David Hammons, Steve Cannon, Kellie Jones

Rousing the Rubble celebrates two decades of work by artist David Hammons, who has risen to prominence while at the same time consciously ducking the attention of critics, galleries, and museums, preferring to do things in the street. A recipient of both a MacArthur Foundation genius award and a Pric de Rome, Hammons places himself as an artist between Arte povera and Marcel Duchamp. He makes his art from refuse and the detritus of African-American life: chicken wings, Thunderbird and Night Train bottles, clippings from dreadlocks, basketball hoops. Hammons's deeply felt political views on race and cultural stereotypes give his witty and elegant sculptures, installations, and body prints an integrity that promises to keep the focus on his art rather than on his career.

96 pages, Hardcover

First published September 18, 1991

Reviews

[k. tauches]

I want to own this book. . .anyone know where I can find on that's less than $100 ??

or, actually, I'd rather have one of those photocopied books that triple candie published a few years back. . .hammons is the anti-art man. I LOVE his work.

like yoko, he'll only grow in legend as time moves forward. an inspiration

kt

[Robert]

got this to read the fourth essay, "On the Ideology of Dirt" by Tom Finkelpearl. I think it was mentioned in that other book I got on Abject Art. Plus I've been meaning to check out more of David Hammons work, he seems pretty interesting.

all in all a fine catalog. probably I should look at it again sometime.