Mixed Media, 75 x 85 cm.
Courtesy Franco Soffiantino Arte Contemporanea, Turin
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!
Add to your list> Jimmie Durham.
> Exhibition: Jimmie Durham - Pierres rejetées.... Musée D'Art moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, 30 January 2009 - 12 April 2009.
> Exhibition: Jimmie Durham – A Matter of Life and Death and Singing. M HKA, Antwerpen, 25 May 2012 - 18 November 2012.
> Exhibition: Le ragioni della leggerezza [Reasons for Lightness]. Franco Soffiantino Arte Contemporaneo, Torino, 18 November 2004 - 22 January 2005.
> Ensemble: Jimmie Durham 1994 - 2012.
> Ensemble: Stoning.