mishap in the jungle. The rest of them were mostly Indians: tough young fellows with wiry strength and impassive faces. The whitest

Jimmie Durham

1993

Sculpture, 6 1/4 x 31 x 1 1/8 inch.
Materials: plywood, paper, paint

Collection: Courtesy of the artist.

Part of Durham's installation at the Whitney Biennial in 1992. See other works here.

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Jimmie Durham – A Matter ...

25 May 2012 - 18 November 2012.
In the spring of 2012, the M HKA brought a major retrospective of the work of Jimmie Durham. The US-born artist settled permanently in Europe

Whitney Biennial

1993.
Exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. Read a New York Times' article about the 1993 edition of the biennial here.

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Jimmie Durham 1980 - 1993

In the period between 1973 and 1979 Jimmie Durham was full-time involved with the American Indian Movement and did not make art. He was the d

Objects

"Artists now work with what is called conceptual methods and supposedly don’t use objects. But you can’t not use objects. A TV monitor is an

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Jimmie Durham