Ensemble: Jimmie Durham 1994 - 2012
© Maria Thereza Alves
Jimmie Durham moved to Europe in 1994 and has lived ever since in Brussels, Lisbon, Marseille, Rome and Berlin, where he is presently based (2012). Since then, Durham has been working with a series of projects focusing on themes such as architecture and national narratives. Stone has also been strongly present in Durham’s work as a material as well as a tool, often as an anti-architectural and anti-monumental statement.
He has continued exhibiting worldwide, also taking part in major events such as the Venice Biennale and will exhibit once more at Documenta in Kassel, Germany, in the summer of 2012. In May 2012 Durham’s work is presented in his largest retrospective to this date at the M HKA in the exhibition Jimmie Durham. A Matter of Life and Death and Singing.
Works
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>Jimmie Durham, Untitled, 1994.Text.
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>Jimmie Durham, Maria Thereza Alves, Nothing Works Out Right (Except Sometimes Almost), 1994.Text.
>Jimmie Durham, Les faux-tarots des franc-plombiers, 1994.Installation, paint, canvas, variable dimensions.
>Jimmie Durham, Corbel, 1994.Sculpture, painted wood, papier-mâché, polyester, 33 x 39 x 22 cm.
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>Jimmie Durham, A Friend of Mine Said that Art is a European Invention, 1994.Text.
>Jimmie Durham, Garçon, Garou, Gargouille, 1994.Sculpture, papier maché, pvc pipe, leather, 150 x 400 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Paradigm for an Arch, 1994.Sculpture, pvc pipe, wood, papier maché, horn, paper, polystyrene, cloth, 308 x 215 x 20 cm.
>Julian Villaseñor, Jimmie Durham, Maria Thereza Alves, The Man Who Had a Beautiful House, 1994.Video, dvd, 00:07:27.
>Jimmie Durham, Un example, 1994.Sculpture, wood, stone, papier maché, glass, coal expoxy, 46 x 65 x 11 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Não adianta..., 1995.Sculpture.
>Jimmie Durham, Parecem dramáticos..., 1995.Sculpture, wood, paper, iron, 28 x 23 x 34 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Não sei se posso desejar-lhe..., 1995.Sculpture, wood, ceramic, 113 x 12 x 14 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Foi coincidência, 1995.Sculpture, wood, stone, mirror, iron, grafite, photography, text, 20 x 49 x 43 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, The Center of the World at Middelburg, 1995.Installation, mixed media, variable dimensions.
>Jimmie Durham, Note on Glass, 1995.Text, paper, marker.
>Jimmie Durham, A Staff for the Center of the World in Siberia, 1995.Performance.
>Maria Thereza Alves, Jimmie Durham, 13, Rue Fenelon, 1995.Video, 00:30:00.
>Jimmie Durham, Pole for the center of the World and Brussels (sic), 1995.Sculpture, wood, mirror, cable, 185 x 6 x 6 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Maquette for Public Monument for the Birthday of Rome, 1995.Sculpture, mixed media, 34 x 20 x 20 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Public Monument for the Birthday of Rome, 1995.Installation, mixed media, 250 x 450 x 250 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Maria Thereza Alves, Enough!, 1995.Video, 00:02:40.
>Jimmie Durham, Do you Say I'm Lying?, 1995.Sculpture, wood, canvas, paint, steel, sea shell, metal coin, 62 x 66 x 17 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Resurrection, 1995.Multiple, tv set, flagstones, variable dimensions.
>Jimmie Durham, Triptych as Sandwich in Red Granite and Belgian Mail Sack, 1995.Sculpture, red granite, belgian mail sack, 11 x 47 x 29 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Maria Thereza Alves, Self-Portrait as Rosa Lévy, 1995-2006.Photography, ink, paper, variable dimensions.
>Jimmie Durham, Maria Thereza Alves, Collected Stones, 1995-2002.Video, dvd, 00:24:13.
>Jimmie Durham, Elements from La Porte de l'Europe (les bourgeois de Calais), 1996.Mixed Media.
>Jimmie Durham, Drawing performance, 1996.Performance.
>Jimmie Durham, Maria Thereza Alves, Stoning the Refrigerator, 1996.Video.
>Jimmie Durham, Maria Thereza Alves, HTV, 1996.Video, pal, 00:02:30.
>Jimmie Durham, Maria Thereza Alves, A Heavy Stone, 1996.Video, pal, 00:01:00.
>Jimmie Durham, Maria Thereza Alves, A Stone from Metternich's House in Bohemia, 1996.Video, pal, 00:00:30.
>Jimmie Durham, Maria Thereza Alves, Incident at Middelburg, 1996.Video, pal, 00:01:12.
>Jimmie Durham, Oui / Pas Oui, 1996.Drawing, 9 x .
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>Jimmie Durham, The Libertine and The Stone Guest, 1996.Text.
>Jimmie Durham, Barrière rouge, en perspective, 1996.Installation, wood, string, variable dimensions.
>Jimmie Durham, Le bâton pour marquer le centre du monde à Reims, 1996.Sculpture, wood, mirror, 192 x 6 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Maria Thereza Alves, Un projet à Lille, 1996-1997.Video.
>Jimmie Durham, The Four Directions, 1996.Sculpture, wood, metal, bone button, variable dimensions.
>Jimmie Durham, Shrouds and Swaddling Clothes of Decomissioned Saints, 1996.Installation, plastic, clothes, dirt, hair, glue, 2 x (28 x 45 x 45 cm).
>Jimmie Durham, Une machine désire de l'instruction comme un jardin désire de la discipline, 1996.Installation, wood, cotton thread, print on paper, Variable dimensions.
>Jimmie Durham, A Fountain in Case Your Roof Leaks, 1996.Sculpture, glass, wood, steel pot, rope, 123 x 50 x 50 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, St. Frigo, 1996.Sculpture, refrigerator, 132 x 60 x 60 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, The Center of the World or How to get at Chalma, 1997.Installation.
>Jimmie Durham, One Thousand Objects for the Thousandth Anniversary of Trondheim, 1997.Installation, mixed media.
>Jimmie Durham, Maria Thereza Alves, Pink Granite at Work, 1997.Video, pal, 00:01:00.
>Jimmie Durham, Homage to David Hammons, 1997.Installation, porcelain, stone, pvc, Variable dimensions.
>Jimmie Durham, Arc de Triomphe for Personal Use (Turquoise), 1997.Sculpture, painted metal, 250 x 150 x 100 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Eurasia, A Scent, 1997.Sculpture, glass bottle, scent, textile, 25 x 7 x 10 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, The Fountain of the Two Birds, 1997-2012.Installation, plastic bottles, pvc gutter, water, variable dimensions.
>Jimmie Durham, Ketchup and Mustard, 1997.Mixed Media, condiments, canvas, 140 x 190 x 6 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Notwithstanding, 1998.Drawing, graphite, paper, 107 x 78 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Eleven Stone Parts, 1998.Sculpture, mixed media, variable dimensions.
>Jimmie Durham, A Stone Bra for the Venus de Milo, 1998.Mixed Media, chalk, ink, paper, 30 x 40 cm, 42 x 29.7 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, The Dangers of Petrification II, 1998-2007.Installation, paper, stone, variable dimensions.
>Jimmie Durham, The Dangers of Petrification I, 1998-2007.Installation, stone, paper, knife, ceramics, variable dimensions.
>Jimmie Durham, A Piece of Concrete Wearing a Stone Mask and a Necktie, 1999.Sculpture, mixed media, 93 x 34 x 18 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, You Have Another Chance [U Heeft Nog Een Kans], 2000.Installation.
>Jimmie Durham, Still Life with Architectural Elements, 2000.Assemblage, metal, table, marble table top, stone, acrylic paint.
>Jimmie Durham, A Stone Asleep in Bed at Home, 2000.Installation, grey granite, cotton, chestnut wood, pinewood, 200 x 155 x 101 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Stoneheart, 2001.Performance.
>Jimmie Durham, Fruit Table, 2001.Video, 00:01:30.
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>Jimmie Durham, Nature in the City: a Diary., 2001.Text.
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>Jimmie Durham, A Gift To The Future, 2001.Text.
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>Jimmie Durham, Personal Triumphs of the Fourth Kind, 2001.Text.
>Jimmie Durham, The Vitrine of Childish Delights, 2001.Installation, glass vitrine, shells, seeds, wood, 85 x 75 x 25 cm.
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>Jimmie Durham, Anders Tornberg, 2002.Text.
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>Jimmie Durham, The Right to Dismiss, 2002.Text.
>Jimmie Durham, Maria Thereza Alves, The Pursuit of Happiness, 2002.Video, 35 mm, dvd, 00:12:00.
>Jimmie Durham, Almost Spontaneous #4, 2003.Painting, 120 x 100 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Hommage à Filliou 2, 2003.Installation.
>Jimmie Durham, Stone Top (Nest), 2003.Installation, car, stone, variable dimensions.
>Jimmie Durham, Perhaps Mr. Palomar , 2003.Sculpture, grey granite, acrylic paint, 21 x 12 x 12 cm.
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>Jimmie Durham, In the Joyeria of the Zanahorias, 2003.Text.
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>Jimmie Durham, On Contact [Over Contact], 2003.Text.
>Jimmie Durham, Black Walnut, 2003.Assemblage, paper, text, black walnut wood, walnuts, variable dimensions.
>Jimmie Durham, Hommage à Filliou, 2003.Sculpture, purpurin, oil, pine wood, 100 x 75 x 33 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, This Stone Had Always Wanted To Be a Fish... Some People Are Never Satisfied, 2003.Sculpture, grey granite, acrylic, 30 x 64 x 43 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, The Names of the Team of Scientists who Submitted an Article on the Human Chromosome 14 in Nature Magazine, February 2003., 2003.Mixed Media, 130 x 100 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Maria Thereza Alves, Tocetea, 2003.Video, dvd, 00:00:26.
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>Jimmie Durham, Stones Rejected by the Builder, 2004.Text.
>Jimmie Durham, Arc de Triomphe for Personal Use (Prague version), 2004.Sculpture, wood, paint, metal, 230 x 110 x 110 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Maria Thereza Alves, A Sculpture in Two Dimensions, 2004.Video, 00:00:30.
>Jimmie Durham, The Seven Directions, 2004.Installation.
>Jimmie Durham, Still Life with Stone and Car, 2004.Installation, car, stone, acrylic paint, variable dimensions.
>Jimmie Durham, Untitled (Apecar), 2004.Sculpture, stone, car, variable dimensions.
>Jimmie Durham, White Marble, Green Stone, Red Stone and Lavender Granite, 2004.Assemblage, cardboard, photograph, stone, 180 x 80 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Decorative Stones for Home, 2004.Assemblage, rug, semi-precious stones, 332 x 63 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Suggested Proposal for a New Architecture n°3, 2004.Sculpture, wood, stone, paper, 88 x 27 x 10 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Suggested Proposal for a New Architecture n°1, 2004.Sculpture, stone, wood, 70 x 8 x 8 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Suggested Proposal for a New Architecture n°2, 2004.Sculpture, stone, wood, 60 x 37 x 15 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Black Shale on European Wood, 2004.Sculpture, 90 x 93 x 51 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, A Staff to Mark The Center of the World, Gwangju Biennale, 2004.Sculpture, wood, ink and paint on paper, plastic, 3 pieces, each ca 250 x 10 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Prehistoric Stone Tool, 2004.Mixed Media, wood, paint, stone, 75 x 85 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Maria Thereza Alves, Smashing, 2004.Video, 00:92:00.
>Jimmie Durham, Snack bar variations, 2005.Text.
>Jimmie Durham, Détour, 2005.Installation, pvc, stone.
>Jimmie Durham, Charts, 2005.Drawing, pencil, ink, paper, 51 x 72 cm (x 4).
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>Jimmie Durham, Zinnias, 2005.Text.
>Jimmie Durham, The Piece of Wood, 2005.Mixed Media, print on paper, wood, variable dimensions.
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>Jimmie Durham, The Piece of Wood, 2005.Text.
>Jimmie Durham, These Polished Stones Are from Brazil, 2005.Assemblage, polished stones, painted wood panel, text, 100 x 78 x 1 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Untitled (Radio), 2005.Object, mixed media, 147 x 35 x 23 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Something (Perhaps a Fugue or an Elegy), 2005.Installation, 100 x 600 x 400 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Where a heavy stone opened red, yellow and blue paint, 2006.Painting, paint, tubes, canvas, 100 x 120 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, A Stone Rejected by the Builder (2), 2006.Sculpture, stone, wood, acrylic paint, 26 x 48 x 20 cm, 75 x 59 x 28 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Head, 2006.Sculpture, wood, paper, hair, turquoise, metal tray, shell, 25 x 45 x 45 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, A Piece of Granite Shaped like a Camel's Head, 2006.Sculpture, red granite, glass, 36 x 23 x 15 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Confessional Hair and Dirt on Canvas Piece, 2006.Sculpture, hair, dirt, canvas, wood, 185 x 90 x 15 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Home Becomes Further Away, 2006.Sculpture, cobblestones, wood, stone, variable dimensions.
>Jimmie Durham, The Tower Was Equipped with a Glass Safety Shield, 2006.Sculpture, mixed media, 66 x 30 x 17 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, A Stone Rejected by the Builder (1), 2006.Sculpture, stone, wood, acrylic paint, 34 x 41 x 20 cm (stone), 55 x 48 x 35 cm (table).
>Jimmie Durham, A Mushroom from the Grunewald Forest, 2006.Assemblage, dried mushroom, ink, wood, mounted on cardboard. , 85 x 67 x 10 cm, 53 x 67 x 10 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Snake Eyes!, 2006.Collage, collage, wood, 125 x 81 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, They Almost Fit, 2006.Collage, wood, 110 x 85 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Maria Thereza Alves, Self-Portrait Pretending to Be a Stone Statue of Myself, 2006.Photography, ink, paper, variable dimensions.
>Jimmie Durham, Self-Portrait with Black Eye and Bruises, 2006.Photography, ink, paper, 79 x 60 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Maria Thereza Alves, Self-Portrait Pretending to Be Maria Thereza Alves as Terminator, 2006.Photography, ink, paper, 80,7 x 60,7 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Maria Thereza Alves, Self-Portrait Pretending to Be my Mother as Played by Isabel Perera, 2006.Photography, ink, paper, variable dimensions.
>Jimmie Durham, Maria Thereza Alves, Self-Portrait Pretending to Be Maria Thereza Alves, 2006.Photography, ink, paper, variable dimensions.
>Jimmie Durham, Here's a Peanut Shaped Like a Bird, 2006.Sculpture, wood, paint, formica, peanut, 160 x 49 x 47 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, You Cannot Book a Judge under Cover, 2006.Installation, 120 x 80 x 80 cm.
>Maria Thereza Alves, Jimmie Durham, Grünewald, 2006.Video, 00:13:55.
>Jimmie Durham, The Road Not Taken, 2007.Sculpture, wood, leather, horse skull, ca 180 x 70 x 70.
>Jimmie Durham, Red Foot, 2007.Mixed Media, mixed media.
>Jimmie Durham, Norwegian Construction Lumber n° 2, 2007.Sculpture, shale, wood, linseed oil, ca. 5m.
>Jimmie Durham, Xitle and Spirit, 2007.Sculpture, vulcanic stone, car, acrylic paint, variable dimensions.
>Jimmie Durham, Sea Shell Piece, 2007.Mixed Media, mixed media sculpture with sea shell and sound: fuck you, 119 x 22 x 51 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Red Handle, 2007.Mixed Media, mixed media sculpture with sound: glass, 95 x 105 x 92 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Familial (overcoat), 2007.Mixed Media, mixed media sculpture with overcoat and sound: low frequency, 60 x 90 x 80 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, S'Leave, 2007.Mixed Media, mixed media sculpture and sound: lonesome day, 189 x 80 x 100 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Black Guard, 2007.Mixed Media, mixed media sculpture with sound: duo jimmie durham and maria thereza, 125 x 55 x 80 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Lawrence Livermore Radiation Facility, 2007.Mixed Media, mixed media sculpture with jacket and sound: you always hurt, 183 x 80 x 80 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Dial Tone , 2007.Mixed Media, mixed media sculpture with sound: baby lament, 60 x 80 x 200 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Arc de Triomphe for Personal Use (Grey), 2007.Sculpture, wood, paint, 150 x 100 x 100 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Maria Thereza Alves, Painted Self-Portrait, 2007.Photography, acrylic, marker, ink, colour photograph, 83 x 60.5 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Labyrinth Elements, 2007.Installation, wood, metal, variable dimensions (each piece 5 to 6 cm).
>Jimmie Durham, Untitled (performance at Reykjavik Experiment Marathon), 2008.Performance.
>Jimmie Durham, Pallas Athena, 2008.Mixed Media, 245 x 145 x 90 cm.
>Maria Thereza Alves, Jimmie Durham, Museum of European Normality, 2008.Installation.
>Jimmie Durham, The Bluebird of Happiness and the Miner's Canary, 2008.Sculpture, hat rack base (american black walnut wood), truck rear-view mirror, deer antler, television antena, paint brushes, acrylic paint, drumsticks, pins, oak sapling, 300 x 80 x 90 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Thinking of You, 2008.Sculpture, steel, aluminium, 300 x 150 x 150 cm, base : 99cm (diameter).
>Jimmie Durham, Maria Thereza Alves, Self-Portrait Pretending to Be Euroman, 2008.Photography, ink, paper, 81 x 61 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Maria Thereza Alves, Self-Portrait Pretending to Be Haim Steinbach as Played by Haim Steinbach, 2008.Photography, ink, paper, 81 x 61 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Sweet Light Crude, 2008.Installation, painted oil barrels, variable dimensions.
>Jimmie Durham, Encore tranquillité, 2008.Sculpture, airplane, stone, chains, 150 x 860 x 860 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, The pen is mightier, Mexico, 2009.Drawing, graphite, cotton paper, 81 x 61 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Joe David Screen, 2009.Mixed Media, black marker, projection screen, 220 x 90 x 140 cm .
>Jimmie Durham, Various Elements from the Actual World, 2009.Mixed Media, 300 x 250 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Detour over Rome, 2009.Installation.
>Jimmie Durham, Obsidiana, 2009.Video, dvd, 00:05:43.
>Jimmie Durham, Tower, 2009.Sculpture, wood, glass, 210 x 90 x 90 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Self-portrait with Traditional Scottish Kwilt, 2010.Mixed Media, 100 x 3,5 x 85 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Second Life, 2010.Sculpture, wooden table, wooden golf club, plastic tape, a book, 73 x 60 x 110 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Rocks Encouraged, 2010.Installation, petrified wood, text, variable dimensions.
>Jimmie Durham, Maquette for a Museum of Switzerland, 2011.Installation.
>Andrea Lissoni, Jimmie Durham, Andrea Amichetti, CUJO - Jimmie Durham, 2011.Book, paper, plastic.
>Jimmie Durham, Jimmie Durham - Amoxohtli, Libro de Carretera / A Road Book, 2011.Book, 20,9 cm x 15,8 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, 100 Notes - 100 Thoughts / 100 Notizen - 100 Gedanken (Booklet N° 049 dOCUMENTA 13) : Jimmie Durham - Material, 2012.Book, ink, paper, 21 cm x 14,7 cm, 22 p.
>Jimmie Durham, Maria Thereza Alves, Nature Morte.Video, pal, 00:00:45.