Jimmie Durham: At the Center of the World

Exhibition works

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  Jimmie Durham (b. 1940), Tlunh Datsi, 1984. Puma skull, shells, turquoise, turkey feathers, metal, sheep and deer fur, pine, acrylic paint. 40 ½ × 35 ¾ × 31 ¾ in. (103 × 91 × 81 cm). Private collection, Belgium

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  Jimmie Durham (b. 1940), Self-portrait, 1986. Canvas, cedar, acrylic paint, metal, synthetic hair, scrap fur, dyed chicken feathers, human rib bones, sheep bones, seashell, thread. 78 × 30 × 9 in. (198.1 × 76.2 × 22.9 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Contemporary Painting and Sculpture Committee. Digital image ©Whitney Museum, N.Y.

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  Jimmie Durham (b. 1940), Malinche, 1988–1992. Guava, pine branches, oak, snakeskin, , polyester bra soaked in acrylic resin and painted gold, watercolor, cactus leaf, canvas, cotton cloth, metal, rope, feathers, plastic jewelry, glass eye. 70 × 23 ⅝ × 35 in. (177 × 60 × 89 cm). Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (SMAK), Ghent, Belgium. Image ©S.M.A.K. / Dirk Pauwels

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  Jimmie Durham, Choose Any Three, 1989. Carved and painted wood, metal, and glass, 99 3/16 × 49 3/16 × 48 in. (251.9 × 124.9 × 121.9 cm), kurimanzutto, Mexico City. Courtesy the artist and kurimanzutto, Mexico City. © Jimmie Durham. Photograph by Jean Christophe Lett

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  Jimmie Durham (b. 1940), detail of Zeke Proctor’s Letter, 1989. Acrylic paint, ink, and enamel spray paint on paper, four parts. 32 ⅛ × 22 in. (81.6 × 55.9 cm) each. Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; promised gift of Beth Rudin DeWoody. Image courtesy of kurimanzutto, Mexico City

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  Jimmie Durham (b. 1940), detail of Zeke Proctor’s Letter, 1989. Acrylic paint, ink, and enamel spray paint on paper, four parts. 32 ⅛ × 22 in. (81.6 × 55.9 cm) each. Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; promised gift of Beth Rudin DeWoody. Image courtesy of kurimanzutto, Mexico City

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  Jimmie Durham (b. 1940), detail of Zeke Proctor’s Letter, 1989. Acrylic paint, ink, and enamel spray paint on paper, four parts. 32 ⅛ × 22 in. (81.6 × 55.9 cm) each. Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; promised gift of Beth Rudin DeWoody. Image courtesy of kurimanzutto, Mexico City

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  Jimmie Durham (b. 1940), detail of Zeke Proctor’s Letter, 1989. Acrylic paint, ink, and enamel spray paint on paper, four parts. 32 ⅛ × 22 in. (81.6 × 55.9 cm) each. Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; promised gift of Beth Rudin DeWoody. Image courtesy of kurimanzutto, Mexico City

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  Jimmie Durham (b. 1940), Science II, 1990. Dry pastels and pencil on paper. 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm). Courtesy of the artist and kurimanzutto, Mexico City

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  Jimmie Durham (b. 1940), Ahead, 1991. Pine, black walnut, metal, cotton shirt, tie, fiberglass, resin. 65 × 23 ¾ × 25 ½ in. (165 × 60 × 65 cm).  Private collection, courtesy of kurimanzutto, Mexico City. Photograph by Nick Ash

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  Jimmie Durham (b. 1940), Cortez, 1991–92. Fiberglass and resin, PVC, metal car parts, leather, glass, acrylic paint, rebar, sheet metal, pulleys, handles. 88 ½ × 57 × 20 ½ in. (225 × 145 × 52 cm). Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (SMAK), Ghent, Belgium. Image ©S.M.A.K. / Dirk Pauwels

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  Jimmie Durham (b. 1940), Language is a tool for communication, like a city, or a brain, 1992. Lithograph. Edition of 200. 22 ¼ × 29 ¾ in. (56.5 × 75.5 cm). Courtesy of the artist and kurimanzutto, Mexico City

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  Jimmie Durham (b. 1940), Self-Portrait Pretending to Be Maria Thereza Alves, 1995-2006. Color photograph. Edition of 1 + 1 A.P. 32 × 24 in. (81.2 × 60.9 cm). Collection of fluid archives, Karlsruhe. Courtesy of ZKM Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe

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  Jimmie Durham (b. 1940), Something…Perhaps a Fugue or an Elegy, 2005. Cameras, television, VHS player, amplifier, tripod, steel pipes, hardware, PVC pipes, plastic, rope, acrylic paint, pine, seashell, brass heads, cast marble-dust head, oak box, glass bottle, wood furniture parts, tree branches, tire, mirrors, metal lock, metal chains, lights, wires, plywood pallets, armadillo shell, cow skull and bones, ink on paper. 71 × 275 ½ x 63 in. (180 × 700 × 160 cm). Fondazione Morra Greco, Naples, Italy. Image courtesy of kurimanzutto, Mexico City

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  Jimmie Durham (b. 1940), Head, 2006. Wood, papier-mâché, hair, seashell, turquoise, metal tray. 10 × 16 × 16 in. (25 × 40 × 40 cm). Fondazione Morra Greco, Naples, Italy. Image courtesy of kurimanzutto, Mexico City

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  Jimmie Durham (b. 1940), THERE’S PLENTY MORE WHERE THESE CAME FROM, 2008. Objects from the artist’s studio, acrylic paint, and ink on wood panel. 40 x 27 ½ in. (101.5 x 70 cm). Private collection, Mexico City. Image courtesy of kurimanzutto, Mexico City

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  Jimmie Durham (b. 1940), Various Elements from the Actual World, 2009. Acrylic and oil paint, Formica, gold leaf, wool  mittens, leather glove, various stones, paper, Egyptian wedding canopy, buttons made of mussels from the Mississippi River, shards of glass from Rome, chestnut wood, ink.  93 ½ × 118 ⅛ in. (250 × 300 cm). Collection of Lonti Ebers, New York City. Image courtesy of kurimanzutto, Mexico City

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  Jimmie Durham (b. 1940), The Forest and Brancusi, 2012. Three pieces of walnut, acrylic paint wood table. 110 ¼ × 19 ¾ × 15 ¾ in. (280 × 50 × 40 cm). Private collection, Nottingham. Image courtesy of kurimanzutto, Mexico City

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  Jimmie Durham (b. 1940), Untitled (On a Scale of One Through Ten, Recalcitrant Trends, Ill Wind, Seven Lines Indicating Various Colors and Trends, The Turquoise Line is Probably Indicative, Red and Blue Meeting, Water, Lightning and Anger,  Clearly, Not Everything Functions, Indications of the Frequent Escape Mechanisms of Clarity, From Normality..., More a Process Than a Beginning and an End), 2013. Suite of eleven drawings; graphite and pencil on paper. Two sheets, 11 ½ × 16 ½ in. (29.5 × 42 cm); two sheets, 16 ½ × 23 ¼ in. (42 × 59 cm); seven sheets, 20 × 28 ¾ in. (51 × 73 cm). Courtesy of the artist and kurimanzutto, Mexico City

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  Jimmie Durham (b. 1940), Yellow Higgs Transmitting Apparatus, 2013. PVC pipe, metal, wood, acrylic paint. 34 ¼ × 37 × 11 ¼ in. (87 × 94 × 29 cm). Hoche Partners, Luxembourg. Image courtesy of Michel Rein, Paris/Brussels. Photograph by Vincent Everarts

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  Jimmie Durham (b. 1940), Pink Palm-Tree-Like Glass Construction with Various Decorative Elements, 2015. Glass, steel, hawthorn branch, aluminum, plastic, found chestnut table. 65 ½ × 35 ½ × 19 ¾ in. (166.3 × 90.1 × 50.1 cm). Courtesy of the artist and kurimanzutto, Mexico City

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  Jimmie Durham (b. 1940), La Poursuite du Bonheur [The Pursuit of Happiness], 2003. 35mm film transferred to DVD, color, sound. 13:00 min. Courtesy of the artist and kurimanzutto, Mexico City

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  Jimmie Durham (b. 1940), Fleur de Pas Mal, 2005. Digital video, color, sound. Edition of 2 + 1 AP. 00:28 min. (loop) Courtesy of the artist and kurimanzutto, Mexico City