Ensemble: Jimmie Durham 1980 - 1993
©image: Philippe De Gobert
In de periode tussen 1973 en 1979 wijdde Durham zich voltijds aan de American Indian Movement (AIM) en maakte hij geen kunst. Hij was directeur van de International Indian Treaty Council en VN-vertegenwoordiger. In 1980 verliet hij de AIM, raakte betrokken bij de New Yorkse kunstscene en begon opnieuw kunst te maken. Zijn kunst uit die periode zit vol verwijzingen naar de identiteit van de Amerikaanse indianen en wat nog belangrijker is: vaak is ze een reactie was op wat het publiek verwachtte van een native American kunstenaar. In 1985 had Jimmie Durham een tentoonstelling in het Alternative Museum in New York, getiteld A Matter of Life and Death and Singing. Twee jaar later verhuisde hij naar Cuernavaca in Mexico. 1987-1993 was een periode waarin hij wereldwijd op grote schaal tentoonstelde en performances uitvoerde, zoals op Documenta IX, in het M HKA in Antwerpen en het Paleis voor Schone Kunsten in Brussel. Hij schreef ook regelmatig essays en poëzie en publiceerde in 1988 een dichtbundel en in 1993 een verzameling essays getiteld A Certain Lack of Coherence.
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>Jimmie Durham, On Loan From the Museum of the American Indian, 1985.Installation, mixed media, variable dimensions.
>Jimmie Durham, Bedia's Stirring Wheel, 1985.Sculpture, aluminium, leather, fur, paint, feathers, skull, string, cloth, steering wheel, 115 x 46 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Pocahontas' Underwear, 1985.Object, feathers, beads, fabric, fasteners, 31 x 25 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Bedia's Muffler, 1985.Sculpture, metal, leather, beads, shells, acrylic paint, 86,4 x 115,2 x 12 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, New York Gitli, 1985.Sculpture, skull, braid, acrylic paint, shell, turquoise, metal, 120 x 29 x 70 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Tlunh Datsi, 1985.Sculpture, skull, feathers, turquoise, acrylic paint, shells, wood, 103 x 91 x 81 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, A Dead Deer, 1986.Sculpture, skull, bone, wood, paint, string, plastic, 120 x 72 x 14.4 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Self-Portrait, 1987.Sculpture, canvas, wood, paint, feather, shell, turquoise, metal, 173 x 87 x 29 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Two Legs of Wood, 1988.Other, 70 x 22 x 22 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Four Scenes for the British Army, 1988.Performance.
>Jimmie Durham, The Two Johns, 1988.Sculpture, wood, paint, 54 x 61 x 6 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, La Malinche, 1988-1991.Sculpture, wood, cotton, snakeskin, watercolour, polyester, metal, 168 x 56 x 84 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Raccoon (Skunk), 1989.Sculpture, mixed media, 170 x 62 x 52.
>Jimmie Durham, Heisenberg Principle, 1989.Sculpture, mixed media.
>Jimmie Durham, Articles 2 and 3 from the 1986 Pinkerton's Agency Manual, 1989.Installation, ceramic, wood, paper, polyester, 132 x 24 x 24 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, The Cathedral of St. John the Divine, 1989.Sculpture, moose skull, wood, antler, paint, metal, 244 x 144 x 137 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Footnote, 1989.Sculpture, bronze, chain, card, 10 x 31 x 7 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Crazy for Life, 1990.Video.
>Jimmie Durham, Rabbit, 1990.Sculpture, skull, shells, wood, paint, text, 51 x 66 x 120 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Maria Thereza Alves, Savage, 1991.Performance.
>Jimmie Durham, Untitled (Squirrel), 1991.Sculpture, cast head, beads, paint, wood, 127 x 63 x 28 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Cortez, 1991.Sculpture, metal, wood, pvc, paper, 225 x 145 x 52 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Language is a tool for communication like a city or a brain, 1991-1992.Installation, ink, paper, 360 x 510 mm.
>Jimmie Durham, Untitled, 1991.Sculpture, wood, canvas, paint, shells, 150 x 70 x 70 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Untitled (Armadillo), 1991.Sculpture, cast head, beads, paint, wood, photograph, 125 x 60 x 23 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Maria Thereza Alves, Virginia/Veracruz (Madrid), 1992.Performance.
>Jimmie Durham, Maria Thereza Alves, Virginia/Veracruz (London), 1992.Performance.
>Jimmie Durham, Maria Thereza Alves, Virginia/Veracruz, 1992.Performance.
>Jimmie Durham, Approach in Love and Fear, 1992.Installation.
>Jimmie Durham, Untitled (Amenemope, an Egyptian soldier, 1370 BC), 1992.Sculpture, wood, iron, bone, paper, 45 x 30 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Untitled, 1992.Mixed Media, brass, mud, glue, wood, 49.2 x 38.4 x 6 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Untitled, 1992.Mixed Media, papier mâché, marble dust, wood, 38 x 25 x 11 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Untitled (Caliban's Mask), 1992.Sculpture, glass eyes, button, mud, pvc pipe, glue, 24 x 16 x 5 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, I Forgot What I Was Going to Say, 1992.Sculpture, wood, metal, bone, paper, wire, 78 x 55 x 5 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Die kleine Fulda, 1992.Sculpture, pvc pipe, 265 x 20 x 120 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Himmelfahrt [Ascension], 1992.Sculpture, wood, iron, acrylic, 29 x 55 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Treff [Encounter], 1992.Sculpture, wood, iron, acrylic paint, 215 x 205 x 107 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Jesus. Es geht um die Wurst [Jesus. It's about the Sausage], 1992.Sculpture, wood, iron, steel, ink, paper, acrylic, mud, glue, 152 x 40 x 113 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Untitled (Zipper), 1993.Sculpture, mixed media, 142 x 11 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Untitled, 1993.Sculpture, painted wood box, bone, glass, 4 x 6 x 10 inch.
>Jimmie Durham, Untitled, 1993.Sculpture, plastic tube, wood, tape, 15 x 28 x 4 inch.
>Jimmie Durham, ελθων δ΄ εξ ορεος μεϒας αιετος αϒκυλοχειλης πασι κατ΄ αυχενας ηξε και εκτανεν, 1993.Sculpture, axe handle, canvas, metal, 19 x 12 3/4 x 1 1/2 inch.
>Jimmie Durham, mishap in the jungle. The rest of them were mostly Indians: tough young fellows with wiry strength and impassive faces. The whitest, 1993.Sculpture, plywood, paper, paint, 6 1/4 x 31 x 1 1/8 inch.
>Jimmie Durham, Sonderbar kam es mir vor, daß sie diese Übung an einer alten Stadtmauer ohne die mindeste Bequemlichkeit für die Zuschauer vornehmen; warum sie es nicht im Amphitheater tun, wo so schöner Raum wäre!, 1993-2012.Sculpture, viewmaster, flood light bulb, 39 x 15 x 15 inch.
>Jimmie Durham, Types of Murder Weapons, by Maigret, 1993.Mixed Media, wood, metal, pvc, 61 x 61 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Types of Pipes, by Magritte, 1993.Mixed Media, wood, metal, pvc, 61 x 61 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Gilgamesh, 1993.Sculpture, wood, iron, pvc, axe, metal, 355 x 63 cm, 300 x 140 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Miscellaneous Ludlow Characters.Collage, ink, paper, canvas, 32.4 x 160.2 cm.