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)...