The Melt Goes On Forever - The Art and Times of David Hammons
Directed by Judd Tully / Harold Crooks
2022Documentary101 minUnited States
The singular career of the elusive David Hammons, from Watts-era Los Angeles to global art-world acclaim, and his fierce critique of race and the art establishment.
Synopsis
The Melt Goes On Forever chronicles the singular career of the elusive African-American art star David Hammons from Watts rebellion era ’60s L.A. to global art world prominence today. Hammons’ category-defying practice – rooted in a deep critique of American society and the elite art world – is in the words of one art critic “an invitation to confront the fissures between races” as the artist seeks to go beyond the dominant culture and his own to a new one for the 21st century.
The director
Judd Tully / Harold Crooks
Judd Tully is a veteran art-market journalist, and Harold Crooks is a Canadian documentary filmmaker known for Surviving Progress and The Price We Pay.
On screens
Already played at 1 cinema in Vancouver.
