David Hammons is an African American artist, primarily known for "doing things in the streets" of around Brooklyn and Harlem, in New York, which is positioned himself somewhere between Arte Povera and Marcel Duchamp. Hammons creates his work from waste and detritus of life of the African American community, such as chicken wings, Night Train liquor bottles, locks of curly hair, bottle caps, etc. His witty and refined sculptures and his installations, performances and bodily impressions are nourished by his critical view of racism and cultural stereotypes.