Ensemble: Jimmie Durham 1980 - 1993
        Entre 1973 et 1979, Jimmie Durham se consacre à plein-temps au Mouvement amérindien (American Indian Movement, ou AIM) et abandonne la création artistique. Il est nommé directeur du Conseil international des Traités indiens et représentant des Amérindiens aux Nations Unies. En 1980, il quitte l'AIM, rejoint la scène artistique à New York et reprend sa carrière artistique. Les œuvres de cette époque regorgent de références à l'identité amérindienne, et plus important encore, elles constituent souvent une réponse aux attentes du public de la part d'un artiste amérindien. En 1985, Jimmie Durham présente à l'Alternative Museum à New York une exposition intitulée A Matter of Life and Death and Singing. En 1987, Durham s'installe à Cuernavaca au Mexique. Au cours de cette période, il expose et donne des performances dans le monde entier, comme à la Documenta IX, au Palais des Beaux-Arts à Bruxelles, et au M HKA à Anvers. C’est aussi une période pendant laquelle il écrit régulièrement des textes et de la poésie. En 1988, il publie un recueil de poèmes et en 1993, le compilation de textes A Certain Lack of Coherence.
Oeuvres

On Loan From the Museum of the American Indian, 1985
Jimmie Durham
Installation, mixed media, variable dimensions

Bedia's Stirring Wheel, 1985
Jimmie Durham
Sculpture, aluminium, leather, fur, paint, feathers, skull, string, cloth, steering wheel, 115 x 46 cm

Pocahontas' Underwear, 1985
Jimmie Durham
Object, feathers, beads, fabric, fasteners, 31 x 25 cm

Bedia's Muffler, 1985
Jimmie Durham
Sculpture, metal, leather, beads, shells, acrylic paint, 86,4 x 115,2 x 12 cm

New York Gitli, 1985
Jimmie Durham
Sculpture, skull, braid, acrylic paint, shell, turquoise, metal, 120 x 29 x 70 cm

Tlunh Datsi, 1985
Jimmie Durham
Sculpture, skull, feathers, turquoise, acrylic paint, shells, wood, 103 x 91 x 81 cm

A Dead Deer, 1986
Jimmie Durham
Sculpture, skull, bone, wood, paint, string, plastic, 120 x 72 x 14.4 cm

Self-Portrait, 1987
Jimmie Durham
Sculpture, canvas, wood, paint, feather, shell, turquoise, metal, 173 x 87 x 29 cm

Two Legs of Wood, 1988
Jimmie Durham
Other, 70 x 22 x 22 cm

Four Scenes for the British Army, 1988
Jimmie Durham
Performance

The Two Johns, 1988
Jimmie Durham
Sculpture, wood, paint, 54 x 61 x 6 cm

La Malinche, 1988-1991
Jimmie Durham
Sculpture, wood, cotton, snakeskin, watercolour, polyester, metal, 168 x 56 x 84 cm

Raccoon (Skunk), 1989
Jimmie Durham
Sculpture, mixed media, 170 x 62 x 52

Heisenberg Principle, 1989
Jimmie Durham
Sculpture, mixed media

Articles 2 and 3 from the 1986 Pinkerton's Agency Manual, 1989
Jimmie Durham
Installation, ceramic, wood, paper, polyester, 132 x 24 x 24 cm

The Cathedral of St. John the Divine, 1989
Jimmie Durham
Sculpture, moose skull, wood, antler, paint, metal, 244 x 144 x 137 cm

Footnote, 1989
Jimmie Durham
Sculpture, bronze, chain, card, 10 x 31 x 7 cm

Crazy for Life, 1990
Jimmie Durham
Video

Rabbit, 1990
Jimmie Durham
Sculpture, skull, shells, wood, paint, text, 51 x 66 x 120 cm

Savage, 1991
Jimmie Durham, Maria Thereza Alves
Performance

Untitled (Squirrel), 1991
Jimmie Durham
Sculpture, cast head, beads, paint, wood, 127 x 63 x 28 cm

Cortez, 1991
Jimmie Durham
Sculpture, metal, wood, pvc, paper, 225 x 145 x 52 cm

Language is a tool for communication like a city or a brain, 1991-1992
Jimmie Durham
Installation, ink, paper, 360 x 510 mm

Untitled, 1991
Jimmie Durham
Sculpture, wood, canvas, paint, shells, 150 x 70 x 70 cm

Untitled (Armadillo), 1991
Jimmie Durham
Sculpture, cast head, beads, paint, wood, photograph, 125 x 60 x 23 cm

Virginia/Veracruz (Madrid), 1992
Jimmie Durham, Maria Thereza Alves
Performance

Virginia/Veracruz (London), 1992
Jimmie Durham, Maria Thereza Alves
Performance

Virginia/Veracruz, 1992
Jimmie Durham, Maria Thereza Alves
Performance

Approach in Love and Fear, 1992
Jimmie Durham
Installation

Untitled (Amenemope, an Egyptian soldier, 1370 BC), 1992
Jimmie Durham
Sculpture, wood, iron, bone, paper, 45 x 30 cm

Untitled, 1992
Jimmie Durham
Mixed Media, brass, mud, glue, wood, 49.2 x 38.4 x 6 cm

Untitled, 1992
Jimmie Durham
Mixed Media, papier mâché, marble dust, wood, 38 x 25 x 11 cm

Untitled (Caliban's Mask), 1992
Jimmie Durham
Sculpture, glass eyes, button, mud, pvc pipe, glue, 24 x 16 x 5 cm

I Forgot What I Was Going to Say, 1992
Jimmie Durham
Sculpture, wood, metal, bone, paper, wire, 78 x 55 x 5 cm

Die kleine Fulda, 1992
Jimmie Durham
Sculpture, pvc pipe, 265 x 20 x 120 cm
![Himmelfahrt [Ascension]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/001/234/square_75/Durham,%20Jimmie,%20Himmelfahrt,%201992%20photo%20Jan%20Kempenaers.jpg?1304929538)
Himmelfahrt [Ascension], 1992
Jimmie Durham
Sculpture, wood, iron, acrylic, 29 x 55 cm
![Treff [Encounter]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/001/236/square_75/Durham%20Jimmie,%20Treff,%20Detail%20photo%20clinckx.jpg?1304929861)
Treff [Encounter], 1992
Jimmie Durham
Sculpture, wood, iron, acrylic paint, 215 x 205 x 107 cm
![Jesus. Es geht um die Wurst [Jesus. It's about the Sausage]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/001/216/square_75/Durham,%20Jimmie,%20Es%20geht%20um%20die%20wurst,%201992%20collection%20M%20HKA.jpg?1304687153)
Jesus. Es geht um die Wurst [Jesus. It's about the Sausage], 1992
Jimmie Durham
Sculpture, wood, iron, steel, ink, paper, acrylic, mud, glue, 152 x 40 x 113 cm

Untitled (Zipper), 1993
Jimmie Durham
Sculpture, mixed media, 142 x 11 cm

Untitled, 1993
Jimmie Durham
Sculpture, painted wood box, bone, glass, 4 x 6 x 10 inch

Untitled, 1993
Jimmie Durham
Sculpture, plastic tube, wood, tape, 15 x 28 x 4 inch

ελθων δ΄ εξ ορεος μεϒας αιετος αϒκυλοχειλης πασι κατ΄ αυχενας ηξε και εκτανεν, 1993
Jimmie Durham
Sculpture, axe handle, canvas, metal, 19 x 12 3/4 x 1 1/2 inch

mishap in the jungle. The rest of them were mostly Indians: tough young fellows with wiry strength and impassive faces. The whitest, 1993
Jimmie Durham
Sculpture, plywood, paper, paint, 6 1/4 x 31 x 1 1/8 inch

Sonderbar kam es mir vor, daß sie diese Übung an einer alten Stadtmauer ohne die mindeste Bequemlichkeit für die Zuschauer vornehmen; warum sie es nicht im Amphitheater tun, wo so schöner Raum wäre!, 1993-2012
Jimmie Durham
Sculpture, viewmaster, flood light bulb, 39 x 15 x 15 inch

Types of Murder Weapons, by Maigret, 1993
Jimmie Durham
Mixed Media, wood, metal, pvc, 61 x 61 cm

Types of Pipes, by Magritte, 1993
Jimmie Durham
Mixed Media, wood, metal, pvc, 61 x 61 cm

Gilgamesh, 1993
Jimmie Durham
Sculpture, wood, iron, pvc, axe, metal, 355 x 63 cm, 300 x 140 cm

Miscellaneous Ludlow Characters
Jimmie Durham
Collage, ink, paper, canvas, 32.4 x 160.2 cm