Mixed Media, 40 x 105 x 24 cm.
©image: M HKA
Collection: Collection of Jone Kvie, Sweden.
The three rocks presented here side-by-side on a shelf are like many others of Jimmie Durham’s stones: pretentious. A small gesture made by the artist transforms them into something else. Here, instead of painting them in a pretty colour or giving them human features like eyes or limbs, the artist placed three name plates underneath each one, labeling them as “doctor”, “lawyer” and “indian chief”.
Add to your list>Three Pretentious Rocks
>detail: Indian chief
>"Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief" by Betty Hutton [video]
> Jimmie Durham.
> Exhibition: Jimmie Durham – A Matter of Life and Death and Singing. M HKA, Antwerpen, 25 May 2012 - 18 November 2012.
> Ensemble: Stone as stone.