Artforum, December 2006

BEST OF 2006: DAVID HAMMONS

By Alison M. Gingeras

"Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger" could be David Hammons' motto for 2006, a year that saw both an unauthorized retrospective of his work made of photocopies at the naughty Triple Candie arts center and a secondary-market show at Zwirner & Wirth (both in New York) made against the artist's wishes. These illicit yet highly rewarding attempts to conjure this elusive artist underscored how great work can resist even the most dubious of contexts -- not to mention how hungry we all are for a real Hammons show.