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Item: Untitled (Amenemope, an Egyptian soldier, 1370 BC)
1992
Sculpture, 45 x 30 cm.
Materials: wood, iron, bone, paper
Collection: Private Collection, Belgium.
This small text piece was part of Jimmie Durham’s installation Approach in Love and Fear at Documenta IX in 1992. It hung on the outside of the L-shaped wall inside which most part of the artworks were presented. According to the artist, this is an authentic text from 1370 BC which sets the tone for what the visitor will see next.
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Documenta IX
13 June 1992 - 20 September 1992.
The 9th edition of Documenta was curated by Jan Hoet and had no general theme or title. Read an article about the exhibition. -
Jimmie Durham – A Matter ...
25 May 2012 - 18 November 2012.
In the spring of 2012, the M HKA brought a major retrospective of the work of Jimmie Durham. The US-born artist settled permanently in Europe
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Jimmie Durham 1980 - 1993
In the period between 1973 and 1979 Jimmie Durham was full-time involved with the American Indian Movement and did not make art. He was the d
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Objects
"Artists now work with what is called conceptual methods and supposedly don’t use objects. But you can’t not use objects. A TV monitor is an
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