You’ve Been Served: “The Melt Goes on Forever” (2022)

This event is jointly held with the Artist Representation Society (ARS) and Fordham Art Law Society (FALS) at Fordham Law School.

“You’ve been Served” – a movie ticket and a discussion. Join us for a chronicle of the elusive Black American art star David Hammons and his category-defying career.

The Melt Goes On Forever (2022) is a documentary film directed by Judd Tully and Harold Crooks, which 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’ 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.

A panel discussion on the movie followed the screening with Director of the film and Art Critic Judd Tully; Archival Researcher Nancy Marcotte; Gallerist Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn; and moderated by Critic and Arts Journalist David D’Arcy.

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This event is part of our film screening program that runs in parallel in New York City and Zurich (CH), which started in the 2023 Academic Year and will run into the 2024 Academic Year.