Jimmie Durham: Contemporary Artists series (Phaidon Contemporary Artists Series) - Hardcover

Mulvey, Laura; Snauwaert, Dirk; Durant, Mark Alice; Nesin, Kate

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0714874019 ISBN 13: 9780714874012

Publisher: Phaidon Press, 2017

Synopsis

An updated edition of the first - and still most authoritative - book on the legendary American iconoclast

Twenty years ago, Phaidon published what has become the definitive study of Arkansas-born Jimmie Durham's career. This highly anticipated new edition brings this important book up to date, tracing his remarkable life from his experiences in the US, Mexico, and Europe - including his early involvement with the American Indian Movement - to his most recent output. It presents a full assessment of his sculptures, performances, wall-based collages, and ersatz ethnographic displays, that deliver ironic assaults on the colonizing procedures of Western culture.

About this title

About the Author

Mark Alice Durant is is an artist, curator and Professor of Photography at the University of Maryland in Baltimore County.

Jimmie Durham is an artist, writer and poet based in Berlin and Naples.

Laura Mulvey is Professor of Film and Media Studies at Birkbeck College, University of London.

Kate Nesin is an Associated Curator for Contemporary Art at the Art Institute of Chicago.

Dirk Snauwaert is the Artistic Director of WIELS Contemporary Art Centre in Brussels.

From the Back Cover

Twenty years ago, Phaidon published what has
become the definitive study of Arkansas-born
Jimmie Durham's career. This highly anticipated
new edition brings this important book
up to date, tracing his remarkable life from his
experiences in the US, Mexico, and Europe -
including his early involvement with the
American Indian Movement - to his most
recent output. It presents a full assessment
of his sculptures, performances, wall-based
collages, and ersatz ethnographic displays,
that deliver ironic assaults on the colonizing
procedures of Western culture.

Edition details

• Publisher: Phaidon Press
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0714874019
• ISBN 13: 9780714874012
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240