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David Hammons: Day's End

By (author) Adam D. Weinberg, By (author) Kellie Jones, By (author) Guy Nordenson, By (author) Ben Okri

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An in-depth look at a public art project by David Hammons with an overview of the enigmatic artistâ€™s career Â Published to commemorate David Hammonsâ€™s (b. 1943) public art project Dayâ€™s End, located in New York City, this book documents the sculpture and offers broader context into Hammonsâ€™s enigmatic work. In 2014, Hammons sent the Whitney Museum of American Art a sketch for a monument to Gordon Matta-Clark (1943â€“1978), paying homage to Matta-Clarkâ€™s legendary Dayâ€™s End (1975)â€”an industrial, cathedral-like space of altered architectureâ€”once located near todayâ€™s Whitney in Manhattanâ€™s Meatpacking District. Completed in 2021, Hammonsâ€™s work, also titled Dayâ€™s End, was realized by the Whitney in collaboration with Hudson River Park, and is on permanent view. One of the most important artists working in the United States, Hammons makes art across mediums, often outside traditional venues. In addition to photographic documentation, the book includes essays on the origins of Dayâ€™s End, Hammonsâ€™s career scope, and a contribution by poet Ben Okri. Distributed for the Whitney Museum of American Art