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Item: Prehistoric Stone Tool
2004
Mixed Media, 75 x 85 cm.
Materials: wood, paint, stone
Collection: Courtesy of the artist and Galleria Franco Soffiantino, Turin.
This simple flint hammer was made almost 40,000 years ago in the area of the river Seine close to present-day Paris. Of course, knowing so little of the lives and culture of people who produced this tool, it can only be conjecture as to its use. However, we can HEY! OW, OW, AIEE! STOP! STOP! WHY ARE YOU HITTING ME? PLEASE! STOP! OH NO! STOP! OUCH!
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Le ragioni della leggerez...
18 November 2004 - 22 January 2005.
It might seem paradoxical to use the title Reasons for Lightness for the exhibition of an artist who has taken a small, three-wheeler Ape tru -
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 -
Jimmie Durham - Pierres r...
30 January 2009 - 12 April 2009.
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Stoning
"Throwing stones at man-made objects, or dropping boulders on them, is not like May ‘68; it’s not even an echo. For me, it is more like a mim
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Jimmie Durham 1994 - 2012
Jimmie Durham moved to Europe in 1994 and has lived ever since in Brussels, Lisbon, Marseille, Rome and Berlin, where he is presently based (
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