The Melt Goes on Forever: The Art & Times of David Hammons
Directed by Harold Crooks and Judd Tully

Friday, June 9, 6 pm | BUY TICKETS

$12 | $8 Speed members

“A sly, toasty, piquant consideration of Hammons’ conceptual art, the way it mocks and eludes easy ownership.”—Wesley Morris, The New York Times

The Melt Goes on Forever is a striking portrait of a celebrated African American art star David Hammons whose rule-breaking practice offers an essential commentary on race in America.

This documentary chronicles the singular career of the elusive Hammons from Watts rebellion era 1960s 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.

Featuring eminent artists, curators and critics, a rich trove of archival footage, animation, and an evocative soundscape, The Melt Goes on Forever is a record of the work of an artist who constantly defies the establishment and remains subversive at every turn. 2022, U.S., DCP, 111 minutes. Recommended for 12+.