Ensemble: Stone as stone
Most of nature is stone; stone is everywhere. However, presenting stones as art is something else. “Well, you have to help stones”, says Jimmie Durham, “they don’t work on their own”. It is therefore the role of the artist to present these stones in various ways, modify them, dress them up, label them, so that they can become works of art (still not neglecting their primal identity as stones) as we can see the works in this ensemble.
Works

I found these pieces of glass just outside what I believe must be the Villa Borghese, in Rome, 1997
Jimmie Durham
Mixed Media, glass, paper, semi-precious stones, metal, 61 x 43 x 57 cm

A Piece of Concrete Wearing a Stone Mask and a Necktie, 1999
Jimmie Durham
Sculpture, mixed media, 93 x 34 x 18 cm

Three Pretentious Rocks, 2001
Jimmie Durham
Mixed Media, stone, wooden shelf, wooden sign, 40 x 105 x 24 cm

Perhaps Mr. Palomar , 2003
Jimmie Durham
Sculpture, grey granite, acrylic paint, 21 x 12 x 12 cm

This Stone Had Always Wanted To Be a Fish... Some People Are Never Satisfied, 2003
Jimmie Durham
Sculpture, grey granite, acrylic, 30 x 64 x 43 cm

A Stone Rejected by the Builder (2), 2006
Jimmie Durham
Sculpture, stone, wood, acrylic paint, 26 x 48 x 20 cm, 75 x 59 x 28 cm

A Piece of Granite Shaped like a Camel's Head, 2006
Jimmie Durham
Sculpture, red granite, glass, 36 x 23 x 15 cm

Home Becomes Further Away, 2006
Jimmie Durham
Sculpture, cobblestones, wood, stone, variable dimensions

A Stone Rejected by the Builder (1), 2006
Jimmie Durham
Sculpture, stone, wood, acrylic paint, 34 x 41 x 20 cm (stone), 55 x 48 x 35 cm (table)

Rocks Encouraged, 2010
Jimmie Durham
Installation, petrified wood, text, variable dimensions