Jimmie Durham
The artist, poet and political activist Jimmie Durham (*1940 in the US, living in Berlin), in the 1980s, became internationally known with objects and sculptures made of materials such as stones, animal skulls, graphite and carved wood. The relationship between history, architecture and monumentality, as well as a critical attitude towards political power relations and narratives of national identity are at the core of his artistic and literary work. In the series Roadkill (2015) stuffed animals submerged in graphite powder and thrown onto paper function as a tool. The act of moving and bouncing remains visible through the traces of graphite.
Most recently his works were shown, among others, at Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (2015); Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2014; 2003; 1993); Venice Biennale (2015; 2005; 2003; 2001; 1999); Museo Madre, Naples (2013; 2008); documenta, Kassel (2012; 1992); 29th São Paulo Biennial (2010); Centre Pompidou, Paris (2010).
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Curator: Marius Babias
The artist, poet and activist Jimmie Durham (b. 1940 in the US, living in Berlin) began to work as a sculptor in 1964, when at the same time, since the early 1960s, he was politically active in the American civil rights movement. In 1973, he graduated in Fine Art in Geneva and returned to the United States. […]
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Jimmie Durham began to work as a sculptor in 1963, when at the same time he had been politically active in the American civil rights movement since the early 1960s. In 1987, he left the US, first settled in Mexico and finally in 1994 in Europe. In 2012, in his contribution to dOCUMENTA (13) called "The History of Europe", Durham […]
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Poems: Written, Drawn, Selected and Read by Jimmie Durham
Poems: Written, Drawn, Selected and Read by Jimmie Durham is the first vinyl record published in the LP series of the Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k.) founded by Marius Babias and Sergio Edelsztein (Ediciones Inauditas).
The recording took place in Berlin in April 2021. Jimmie Durham reads from his books Columbus Day (1983), Poems That Do Not […]
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Jimmie Durham
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Jimmie Durham
The artist, poet, and political activist Jimmie Durham (*1940 in the USA, lives in Berlin and Rome) became internationally known in the 1980s with objects and sculptures made of natural materials such as stones, animal skulls, graphite, and carved wood. The relationship between history, architecture, and monumentality as well as a critical view of political power structures and narratives of […]
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Jimmie Durham
The artist, poet and political activist Jimmie Durham (*1940 in the US, living in Berlin), in the 1980s, became internationally known with objects and sculptures made of materials such as stones, animal skulls, graphite and carved wood. The relationship between history, architecture and monumentality, as well as a critical attitude towards political power relations and narratives of national identity are […]