David Hammons’ cryptic series of billboard- and bus-shelter- sized photographs collectively entitled Concerto in Black and Blue (2002/2022) were subtly woven into the urban landscape beyond the boundaries of Project EATS’ farm sites, hidden in plain sight amidst the visual cacophony of New York City.

The abstract images, made in collaboration with Linda Goode Bryant, are artifacts of Hammons’ 2002 exhibition at Manhattan’s ACE Gallery in which the pioneering conceptual artist distributed tiny blue flashlights to visitors, who unwittingly collaborated to create a fleeting symphony of movement and light while searching in vain for the the artist’s work in an otherwise totally dark and empty space.

Project EATS’ presentation of Concerto in Black and Blue recontextualizes Hammons’ project beyond the gallery walls, inserting his slyly subversive and experimental images into the very built environment shared and navigated daily by a diverse population of millions.