Wit, meticulous craft, and surprising juxtapositions of meaning are hallmarks in the paintings, photographs, and mixed media works by Jane Hammond. Hammond incorporates an encyclopedic collection of images—from the past and present, history and fiction—to explore the fluidity of meaning as images shift, a process she has referred to as “recombinant DNA.” Her recent works take the form of collaged photographs, 3-D drawings, and “Dazzle paintings,” which are titled for the reflective materials used and the phenomena that ensue.
Hammond’s works can be found in numerous museum collections including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C.; Walker Art Center, Minnesota; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Illinois; and Albertina, Austria. Her works have been the subject of solo museum exhibitions at institutions including the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, California; Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, Massachusetts; deYoung Museum, California; Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, Colorado; Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan; and FLAG Art Foundation, New York.
Hammond was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, in 1950. She currently lives and works in New York City.
University of Michigan Museum of Art
Ann Arbor, Michigan
August 2 – December 17, 2023
Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens
Jacksonville, Florida
February 28 – November 30, 2023
University of Colorado Art Museum
Boulder, Colorado
September 6, 2022 – July 15, 2023
by Hilarie M. Sheets
