Jimmie Durham
Subtitle: at the center of the world
By: Anne Ellegood
Contributors: Durham, Jimmie, artist; Hammer Museum
Publisher: Prestel
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 318
ISBN-13: 9783791355689
Subjects: Indian sculptors; Catalogs; Exhibitions; Artists
Other titles: At the center of the world
Notes: Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, Jan 29-May7, 2017 ; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, June 22 - October 8, 2017 ; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, November 3, 2017 - January 28, 2018 ; Remai Modern, Saskatoon, April - July, 2018.

"Published in conjunction with the first North American survey of the work of Jimmie Durham, this beautifully illustrated catalogue explores Durham's vital contributions to contemporary art since the 1970s, both in the US and internationally. Born of Cherokee descent, in 1940s Arkansas, Jimmie Durham takes up such issues as the politics of representation, histories of genocide, and citizenship and exile. This volume collects an array of Durham's sculptures, drawings, photography, video, and performance. It includes essays about Durham's material choices and their metaphoric potential; his participation in the NYC art scene in the 1980s; his use of language; and his ties to Mexico after living in Cuernavaca. An interview with Durham traces his involvement with the American Indian Movement and his self-exile from the US, which along with his essays and poetry, illuminate his life and work. This book provides an opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of Durham, arguably one of the most important artists working today"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-317).
Table of contents: title: Jimmie Durham :; title: post-American  -- Anne Ellegood; title: Jimmie Durham :; title: self-portrait  -- Elisabeth Sussman; title: Jimmie Durham's stones and bones  -- Jessica L. Horton; title: Radio free Europe  -- Paul Chaat Smith; title: "I'm still sitting at the table" :; title: the Cuernavaca years  -- Jessica Berlanga Taylor; title: Some irruptions and incoherences for Jimmie Durham  -- Fred Moten; title: Categorical refusal :; title: unwinding the wound  -- Jennifer A. González; title: A conversation  -- Jimmie Durham and Anne Ellegood; title: Selected chronology -- MacKenzie Stevens-- Texts /-- by Jimmie Durham.