Tlunh Datsi, 1985
Sculpture, 103 x 91 x 81 cm.
image: © Maria Thereza Alves
Collection: Private Collection, Belgium.
*Tluhn Datsi* was one of the works exhibited in the first show called [*A Matter of Life and Death and Singing*](http://ensembles.mhka.be/events/386), in New York, 1985. In that period Jimmie Durham intentionally used ethnically coded references in his materials and vocabulary. *Tluhn datsi*, meaning “panther” in Cherokee, is made of a puma skull with shells, feathers and fur, resting on a wooden stand that says “POLICE DEPT”. Often asked about the question of identity in his work, Durham has said: “I’m accused, constantly, of making art about my own identity. I never have. I make art about the settler’s identity when I make political art. It’s not about my identity, it’s about the Americans’ identity.” [watch the video bellow]
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>Tlunh Datsi
>Jimmie Durham in conversation with Kasper König [video]
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> Jimmie Durham.
Exhibitions & Ensembles
> Exhibition: MONOCULTURE | A Recent History. M HKA, Antwerpen, 25 September 2020 - 25 April 2021.
> Exhibition: A Certain Lack of Coherence. Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels, 30 September 1993 - 14 November 1993.
> Exhibition: A Matter of Life and Death and Singing. Alternative Museum, New York, 1985.
> Exhibition: Jimmie Durham – A Matter of Life and Death and Singing. M HKA, Antwerpen, 25 May 2012 - 18 November 2012.
> Ensemble: Animal Skulls and Other Figures.
> Ensemble: Jimmie Durham 1980 - 1993.
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> Ensemble: MONOCULTURE - ARTWORKS.
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> Ensemble: CULTURE WARS.