A Mushroom from the Grunewald Forest, 2006
Assemblage, 85 x 67 x 10 cm, 53 x 67 x 10 cm.
©image: Roman März
Collection: Courtesy of Galerie Wien Lukatsch, Berlin.
Two wooden boards are presented side-by-side: on one, the artist describes a process which results in the physical matter (the dried mushroom) being displayed on the other. He couples, in this way, a narrative to this strange object. Through his text, Durham tells us how he has found a giant mushroom during his wanderings in the Grünewald Forest. He approaches the spectator (“Yes it does look a bit strange; nevertheless you are also a bit strange”), assuming our presence and recognizing the context of this encounter when explaining that the mushroom is also “suitable for museums”.
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Artist
> Jimmie Durham.
Exhibitions & Ensembles
> Exhibition: Jimmie Durham - Pierres rejetées.... Musée D'Art moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, 30 January 2009 - 12 April 2009.
> Exhibition: Elements and Material from my Atelier in Berlin's Grunewald Forest. Barbara Wien - Galerie und Buchhandlung für Kunstbücher, Berlin, 29 April 2006 - 01 July 2006.
> Exhibition: Jimmie Durham – A Matter of Life and Death and Singing. M HKA, Antwerpen, 25 May 2012 - 18 November 2012.
> Ensemble: Jimmie Durham 1994 - 2012.