Jimmie Durham Livres

This artist book is a companion to the exhibition Jimmie Knew Urk, held at the Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff (November 12, 2005 - March 26, 2006). The book is written in Durhams unique style, complete with original illustrations. Berlin-based, Durham, of Cherokee heritage, was active in the American Indian Movement throughout the 1970s and early 1980s. His work has been exhibited widely at venues including the Venice Biennale; Whitney Biennial, Matts Gallery, London; Documenta; DAAD Gallery, Berlin; and the Institute of Contemporary Art, London. Second Particle Wave Theory is co-produced with the Reg Vardy Gallery, University of Sunderland.

An updated edition of the first - and still most authoritative - book on the legendary American iconoclast

Jimmie Durham (born 1940) is an artist, political activist, and writer living in Berlin and Rome. "Material" is his contribution to the Documenta 100 Notes - 100 Thoughts publishing project. "We live in a world of our own construction . . ., and I want to look at that strangeness in the framework of material," the artist Jimmie Durham says. Taking the form of notes from a series of lectures given in Venice, Durham explores our relationship to the world through materials, whether they are concrete substance such as wood, oak, petroleum, or plastics, or abstract, theoretical matters such as math, prime numbers, or computing. His notebook breathes life into the notion that "our knowledge of the world comes from the way we are constructed. We construct the world as we are constructed." By using wood and petroleum as his focal points, he leads us through the history of the construction of Venice, to a sculpture and its built-in mistake, and finally to how the tissue in fish is filled with so much plastic that a scientist friend no longer eats the animals.

Focusing on the impact of the Trace Gallery in Cardiff, this book highlights its significant role in the evolution of installation and performance art. Featuring a foreword by prominent artist Jimmie Durham, it delves into the gallery's accomplishments and showcases the diverse works of numerous artists who have exhibited there, offering insight into the gallery's influence on contemporary art.

Jimmie Durham was born in the U. S. in 1940. He is a poet and visual artist. Several of his poems are included in the Anthology of Native American Poetry of the Twentieth Century, published by Harper and Row. His book of collected poems Columbus Day was published by West End Press, Albuquerque, in 1983. Poems That Do Not Go Together is the second part of his collected poems, written between 1966 and 2012. It brings together 41 poems.

Mit der Publikationsreihe how to write feiern wir das 25-jährige Bestehen der Galerie und Buchhandlung Wien Lukatsch (eröffnet am 10. Mai 1988 in Berlin). Publikationsreihe mit Texten von Künstlern. Jimmie Durhams Text „The Usual Song & Dance Routine with a Few Minor Interruptions“ ist die Transkription eines Vortrags, gehalten 2010 in Glasgow.

Since 1984, Parkett has been an important source of literature on international contemporary art. Each biannual issue is a collaboration with four artists, in which their work is explored in fully illustrated essays by leading writers and critics. In addition, each artist creates an exclusive limited edition, available to Parkett readers. The long list of artists who have collaborated with Parkett includes John Baldessari, Sophie Calle, Fischli/Weiss, Isa Genzken, Mike Kelley, Cady Noland, Meret Oppenheim, Gerhard Richter, Cindy Sherman, Rosemarie Trockel, Andy Warhol, and many more.