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O Cinema presents The Melt Goes On Forever: The Art & Times of David Hammons
July 16, 2023 @ 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
ART FILMS RETURNS TO IN-PERSON SCREENINGS!
Co-Presented by O Cinema and Oolite Arts, this screening of THE MELT GOES ON FOREVER: THE ART & TIMES OF DAVID HAMMONS will be followed by a post-film discussion with Co-Directors Judd Tully and Harold Crooks and moderated by Adeze Wilford, Curator at MOCA North Miami.
THE FILM
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. Featuring eminent artists, curators and critics, a rich trove of archival footage, animation, and an evocative soundscape, The Melt is a record of the work of an artist who constantly defies the establishment and remains subversive at every turn.