David Hammons: A Sculptor of Urban Echoes David Hammons, born in Springfield, Illinois on July 24, 1943, is an American artist whose work has profoundly shaped the landscape of contemporary art since the late 1960s. His career, marked by a deliberate resistance to conventional exhibition practices and a deep engagement with themes of race, identity, and the urban experience, continues to challenge viewers and provoke critical reflection. Hammons’s artistic journey began not within formal academic settings, but through a series of encounters—with Charles White at Otis Art Institute in Los Ang…