ed in colored terry cloth. These elements reflect Hammons’ affinity for the art of assemblage and found obj

beverage, stereotypical motifs of Blackness which Hammons uses to articulate a celebration of Black culture

th presentation of either body of work, for which Hammons employed vanguard artistic methods and unconventi

In many of the works from his Basketball series, Hammons also incorporated found objects—ranging from a su

mensional framed drawings to sculptural entities, Hammons calls attention to the agency of art to do more t

73 x 15 cm) To make his Kool-Aid works (2003–07), Hammons applied the popular powdered drink to paper in vi