Jimmie Durham

Arkansas, United States · b. 1940 — d. 2021

Jimmie Durham American, 1940-2021

Timeline

Born 1940 — Died 2021

1980s

1989

The Cathedral of St. John the Divine in Manhattan is the World’s Largest Gothic Cathedral. Except, of course, that it is a fake; first by the simple fact of being built in Manhattan, at the turn of the century. But the stone work is re-inforced with steel which is expanding with rust. Someday it will destroy the stone. The Cathedral is in Morningside Heights overlooking a panoramic view of Harlem which is separated by a high fence.

1990s

My Blood

1992

Caliban Codex

Dans plusieurs de ces forêts et de ces bois, il n’y avait pas seulement des villages souterrains groupés autours du terrier du chef mais il y avait encore de véritables hameaux de huttes basses cachés sous les arbres, et si nombreaux que parfois la forêt en était remplie. Souvent les fumées les trahissaient. Deux de...

Linen on Polyvinyl Chloride

2000s

2000

Untitled from the Museum in Progress project TransAct: Transnational Activities in the Cultural Field

Our House

2010s

2013

Look Ahead (for Parkett no. 92)

2020s

2020

YOU ARE HERE*

Works

9 artworks

The Cathedral of St. John the Divine in Manhattan is the World’s Largest Gothic Cathedral. Except, of course, that it is a fake; first by the simple fact of being built in Manhattan, at the turn of the century. But the stone work is re-inforced with steel which is expanding with rust. Someday it will destroy the stone. The Cathedral is in Morningside Heights overlooking a panoramic view of Harlem which is separated by a high fence.

, 1989