Jimmie Durham, Sculptor Who Resisted Easily Legible Identities, Dies at 81
Durham's incisive art makes a mockery of the notion that one's identity could—or should—be easily understood.
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Jimmie Durham, Cildo Meireles, and Pedro Cabrita Reis at Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo
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Jimmie Durham Will Receive Venice Biennale’s 2019 Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement
"We should probably be giving him two lifetime awards by this point in time," the show's curator, Ralph Rugoff, said.
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From the Archives: Native American Artists Ponder History and Visibility, in 1992
"What should we think when we encounter stereotypes in museums? What if some artists were—from the perspective of the politically correct 1990s—racists?"
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The Skin We’re In: Exhibitions Around New York Explore Changing Notions of the Human Body
On 'Trigger: Gender As a Tool and a Weapon,' Barbara Hammer, Carolee Schneemann, Jimmie Durham, and more.
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“Unholding”
With an unusual gerund for a title, “Unholding” dwelled in the tension between the tenses used to describe Indigenous presence. “We were here”: prior occupancy. “We are still here”: survivance. “We…
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Farewell Our Globalism
Sampling China's post-Tiananmen avant-garde, the Guggenheim Museum evokes both fading one-world hopes and rising ethical divisiveness.
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Issues & Commentary: Jonathan Griffin Responds
Jonathan Griffin responds to Ashley Holland (Cherokee Nation) and America Meredith regarding his feature on Jimmie Durham from Art in America's May 2017 issue.
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Issues & Commentary: Ethnic Fraud and Art
To be Cherokee, at the very minimum, requires Cherokee ancestors. Jimmie Durham has none.
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