Jimmie Durham
Biography
Jimmie Durham (1940-2021).
Born in USA, Jimmie Durham has worked as a visual artist, performer, essayist, and poet for more than forty-five years. Predominantly a sculptor, Durham often combines found objects and natural materials and incorporates text to expose Western-centric views and prejudices hidden in language, objects, and institutions. Calling himself an «interventionist» Durham is oftentimes critical in his analysis of society but with a distinctive wit that is simultaneously generous and humorous.
In 2017-2018, Jimmie Durham has benefited from an itinerant retrospective at Remai Modern (Saskatoon), Hammer Museum (Los Angeles), Whitney Museum of American Art and The Walker Art Center (Minneapolis).
Jimmie Durham has participated to major international events including Documenta : 1992, 2012, 2022 and the Venice Biennal : 1999, 2001, 2003, 2013, 2019 during which he received the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement.
Jimmie Durham's work has been exhibited at Hammer Museum (Los Angeles) ; Walker Art Center (Minneapolis) ; Whitney Museum of American Art (New York) ; MoMA - Museum of Modern Art (New York) ; Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst (Zürich) ; MAXXI - Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXIsecolo (Roma) ; Serpentine Gallery (London) ; Museo della Fondazione Querini Stampalia (Venice) ; Neuer Berliner Kunsteverein ; Parasol Unit foundation for contemporary art (London) ; MARCO - Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Vigo ; M HKA Antwerp ; Musée d'art moderne de Paris, MCA - The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago ; Gemeentemuseum Den Haag (The Hague) ; MIT Liste Visual Arts Center (Cambridge) ; Centre Georges-Pompidou (Paris) ; SMAK - Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst Gent ; Reykjavík Art Museum.
His work is part of prestigious collections as Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris) ; Musée d'art moderne de Paris ; MoMA - Museum of Modern Art (New York) ; SMAK - Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst Gent ; Tate Modern (London) ; Whitney Museum of American Art (New York) ; Hammer Museum (Los Angeles) ; Denver Art Museum ; M HKA Antwerp ; Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego ; SMAK (Ghent)...
Selected works
Jimmie Durham
Untitled , 2020
murano glass, stainless steel, mirror
135 x 50 x 50 cm (53.15 x 19.69 x 19.69 in)
unique artwork
Private collection Switzerland
N° Inv. DURH23124
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Jimmie Durham
Strike Twice , 2019
murano glass, metal
66 x 53 x 20 cm (25.98 x 20.87 x 7.87 in)
unique artwork
N° Inv. DURH23126
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Jimmie Durham
Verre en plein air 2 , 2017
steel structure with glass
165,5 x 87 x 89,5 cm / 65.1 x 34.2 x 35.2 in
unique artwork
Private collection, Grenoble, France
N° Inv. DURH17099
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Jimmie Durham
Verre en plein air 1 , 2017
steel structure with glass
165,5 x 87 x 89,5 cm / 65.1 x 34.2 x 35.2 in
unique artwork
Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung collection, Munich, Germany
N° Inv. DURH17098
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Jimmie Durham
Red Line , 2016
stone and acrylic on wood
150 x 150 x 5 cm (59.06 x 59.06 x 1.97 in)
unique artwork
N° Inv. DURH23123
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Jimmie Durham
Yellow Higgs Transmitting Apparatus , 2013
PVC-pipe, metal, wood, acrylic paint, glue
87 x 94 x 29 cm
unique artwork
Private collection, Luxembourg
N° Inv. DURH13090
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Jimmie Durham
Sweet, Light, Crude , 2009
25 oil barrels
various dimensions
unique artwork
Collection : Les Abattoirs, FRAC Occitanie, Toulouse, France - Don Raymond Azibert
N° Inv. DURH10082
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Jimmie Durham
Sans titre (5) , 2007
graphite on paper
70 x 49,5 cm (drawing), 76,6 x 56,6 (framed)
unique artwork
Private collection, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
N° Inv. DURH09068
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Jimmie Durham
Sans titre (20) , 2007
pigments on paper
70 x 49,5 cm (unframed)
unique artwork
Private collection, Paris, France
N° Inv. DURH08056
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Jimmie Durham
Do not waste words , 2007
various materials
160 x 50 x 50 cm
unique artwork
Private collection, Panama
N° Inv. DURH07014
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Jimmie Durham
Carta canta , 2007
mixed media
118 x 108 x 70 cm
unique artwork
Private collection, Grenoble, France
N° Inv. DURH07011
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Jimmie Durham
Desir n°2 , 1996-2015
wood, ceramics, PVC pipes, leather, plastic
98 x 56 x 36 cm / 38,6 x 22 x 14,2 in
unique artwork
Private collection, Milan, Italy
N° Inv. DURH15093
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Jimmie Durham
Sans titre , 1994
mixed media : wood, crutch, umbrella, drawing on paper
280 x 80 x 15 cm
unique artwork
Galerie Michel Rein collection, Paris, France
N° Inv. DURH08029
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Gallery exhibitions
Museum exhibitions
Museo Madre, Naples, 2022
Museo Madre, Naples, 2022
Museo Madre, Naples, 2022
Museo Madre, Naples, 2022
De Haan, Belgium
De Haan, Belgium
Bienniale di Venezia, Italy
Bienniale di Venezia, Italy
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Humanity is not a completed project, cur. Kathryn Weir, Museo Madre, Naples, 2022
Humanity is not a completed project, cur. Kathryn Weir, Museo Madre, Naples, 2022
Humanity is not a completed project, cur. Kathryn Weir, Museo Madre, Naples, 2022
Humanity is not a completed project, cur. Kathryn Weir, Museo Madre, Naples, 2022
Jimmie Durham installation, Beaufort Triennale 2021, Thinking of you , De Haan, Belgium, 2021 ph : Filip Claessens
Jimmie Durham installation, Beaufort Triennale 2021, Thinking of you , De Haan, Belgium, 2021 ph : Filip Claessens
Jimmie Durham installation, Arsenal Pavilion, Bienniale di Venezia, Italy, 2019
Jimmie Durham installation, Arsenal Pavilion, Bienniale di Venezia, Italy, 2019
Maria Thereza Alves & Jimmie Durham, The Middle Earth, IAC - Institut d'Art Contemporain, Villeurbanne, France, 2018
Maria Thereza Alves & Jimmie Durham, The Middle Earth, IAC - Institut d'Art Contemporain, Villeurbanne, France, 2018
Maria Thereza Alves & Jimmie Durham, The Middle Earth, IAC - Institut d'Art Contemporain, Villeurbanne, France, 2018
Maria Thereza Alves & Jimmie Durham, The Middle Earth, IAC - Institut d'Art Contemporain, Villeurbanne, France, 2018
Aphrodite Unchained, 2014, Tous des sangs-mélés, MAC/VAL Vitry-sur-Seine, 2017
Jimmie Durham: At the Center of the World, (cur. Anne Ellegood and Vincenzo de Bellis) Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA, 2017
Jimmie Durham: At the Center of the World, (cur. Anne Ellegood and Vincenzo de Bellis) Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA, 2017
Jimmie Durham: At the Center of the World, (cur. Anne Ellegood and Vincenzo de Bellis) Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA, 2017
Jimmie Durham: At the Center of the World, (cur. Anne Ellegood and Vincenzo de Bellis) Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA, 2017
Jimmie Durham: At the Center of the World, cur. Anne Ellegood, Hammer museum, Los Angeles, USA, 2017
Jimmie Durham: At the Center of the World, cur. Anne Ellegood, Hammer museum, Los Angeles, USA, 2017
Jimmie Durham: At the Center of the World, cur. Anne Ellegood, Hammer museum, Los Angeles, USA, 2017
Still life with spirit and xitle, 2007, Mexico City, commission Cesar Cervantes
Thinking of You, 2008, Sèvres Outdoor, Sèvres, France, 2014
Labyrinth, (cur. Paul Hervé Parsy), Château d'Oiron, France, 2007
Labyrinth, (cur. Paul Hervé Parsy), Château d'Oiron, France, 2007
Labyrinth, (cur. Paul Hervé Parsy), Château d'Oiron, France, 2007
Labyrinth, 2007, Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris (MAMVP), Paris, France, 2013 (MAMVP collection)
Labyrinth, 2007, Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris (MAMVP), Paris, France, 2013 (MAMVP collection)
Labyrinth, 2007, Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris (MAMVP), Paris, France, 2013 (MAMVP collection)
Smashing, video, 92', 2004, Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris (MAMVP), Paris, France, 2013 (MAMVP collection)
A Sweet light crude, Les Abattoirs, Toulouse, France, 2013 (Les Abattoirs collection)
Documenta 13, Kassel, Germany, 2012
Documenta 13, Kassel, Germany, 2012
Documenta 13, Kassel, Germany, 2012
Documenta 13, Kassel, Germany, 2012
Crisis: America Latina, arte y confrontaction, Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico DF, 2011
Jimmie Durham: A Matter of Life and Death and Singing, MUKHA, Antwerp, Belgium, 2011 - solo show
Jimmie Durham: A Matter of Life and Death and Singing, MUKHA, Antwerp, Belgium, 2011 - solo show
Jimmie Durham: A Matter of Life and Death and Singing, MUKHA, Antwerp, Belgium, 2011 - solo show
Jimmie Durham: A Matter of Life and Death and Singing, MUKHA, Antwerp, Belgium, 2011 - solo show
MAC, Marseille, France, collection-permanente
The Good the Bad & the Ugly, Cultureel Center Strombeek, Belgium, 2010
Jimmie Durham: rocks encouraged, Portikus, Frankfurt, Germany, 2010 - solo show
Jimmie Durham: rocks encouraged, Portikus, Frankfurt, Germany, 2010 - solo show
Mediacity, Seoul, South Korea, 2010
Jimmie Durham: Universal Miniature Golf (The Promised Land), Glasgow Sculptures Studios, UK, 2010 - solo show
Biennal Sao Paulo, 2010
Jimmie Durham: Pierres rejetées, Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris (MAMVP), Paris, France, 2009 - solo show
Jimmie Durham: Pierres rejetées, Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris (MAMVP), Paris, France, 2009 - solo show
Jimmie Durham: Pierres rejetées, Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris (MAMVP), Paris, France, 2009 - solo show
Jimmie Durham: Pierres rejetées, Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris (MAMVP), Paris, France, 2009 - solo show. Coll. MAMVP
Jimmie Durham: Pierres rejetées,Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris (MAMVP), Paris, France, 2009 - solo show
Biennale de Lyon, France, 2009
Biennale de Lyon, France, 2009
Before the Law, Ludwig Museum, Köln, Germany, 2011 (Building a Nation, 2006, Ludwig Museum collection)
Before the Law, Ludwig Museum, Köln, Germany, 2011 (Building a Nation, 2006, Ludwig Museum collection)
Videos
Klash ! L'art en acte - Jimmie Durham
KLASH - Jimmie Durham by Frank Perrin
CONVERSATION
Jimmie Durham in conversation with Dirk Snauwaert I Museum MMK für Moderne Kunst
INTERVIEW
Jimmie Durham winner of the Golden Lion I Biennale Arte 2019
Press
Cronica
Jimmie Durham, el destructor
2025
Meer
Conforming to a canon of good art
2025
La Lettura
Il «Presepio» di Jimmie Durham
2024
Crash
The private opening of "Nobody is a stranger" curated by Armelle Leturcq
2024
Le Quotidien de l'Art
Arte Fiera, flash-back sur 1974
2024
Artforum
Fondazione Morra Greco Museo Madre
2023
Romandie Guide
Le meilleur de 2022 dans l'art selon Angela Tecce
2023
artpress
Jimmie Durham's "No"
2022
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Publications
Jimmie Durham
Publisher: Phaidon
2017
Jimmie Durham: At the center of the world
Publisher: Prestel
2017
Sound and Silliness
Publisher: MAXXI ; Nero
2016
Jimmie Durham : Venice, work and tourism
Publisher: Mousse Publishing
2015
Talking Art 1, Art Monthly interviews with artists since 1976
Publisher: Patricia Bickers and Andrew Wilson
2013
A Matter of Life and Death and Singing
Publisher: Anders Kreuger
2012
Amoxohtli, Libro de carretera, A road book
Publisher:
2011
Rejected Stones
Publisher:
2009
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