Ensemble: Jimmie Durham 1980 - 1993
        In de periode tussen 1973 en 1979 wijdde Durham zich voltijds aan de American Indian Movement (AIM) en maakte hij geen kunst. Hij was directeur van de International Indian Treaty Council en VN-vertegenwoordiger. In 1980 verliet hij de AIM, raakte betrokken bij de New Yorkse kunstscene en begon opnieuw kunst te maken. Zijn kunst uit die periode zit vol verwijzingen naar de identiteit van de Amerikaanse indianen en wat nog belangrijker is: vaak is ze een reactie was op wat het publiek verwachtte van een native American kunstenaar. In 1985 had Jimmie Durham een tentoonstelling in het Alternative Museum in New York, getiteld A Matter of Life and Death and Singing. Twee jaar later verhuisde hij naar Cuernavaca in Mexico. 1987-1993 was een periode waarin hij wereldwijd op grote schaal tentoonstelde en performances uitvoerde, zoals op Documenta IX, in het M HKA in Antwerpen en het Paleis voor Schone Kunsten in Brussel. Hij schreef ook regelmatig essays en poëzie en publiceerde in 1988 een dichtbundel en in 1993 een verzameling essays getiteld A Certain Lack of Coherence.
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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