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Item: The Cathedral of St. John the Divine
1989
Sculpture, 244 x 144 x 137 cm.
Materials: Moose skull, wood, antler, paint, metal
Collection: Collection of Dieter and Birgit Broska, Germany (Inv. no. JD03).
"In 1985 a young British sculptor named Nicholas Fairplay had been brought to Manhattan Island to carve stone for the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. The intention for the Cathedral is that upon completion it will be the World’s Largest Cathedral, and we may assume that at peak production it will have an ever-changing billboard out front which will read, 'Over One Million Souls Saved.'" [full text here].
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Jimmie Durham - The Bisho...
01 November 1989 - 02 December 1989.
Solo exhibition at Exit Art, New York, curated by Jeanette Ingberman. -
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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Animal Skulls and Other F...
“On a long walk around the area of my studio I found a dead, desiccated crow. I walked on, and then after a while turned back. Along the way
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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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