Jimmie Durham: At the Centre of the World

Los Angeles, Munich, New York: Hammer Museum; Delmonico Books/Prestel, 2017. Cloth, 318 pages, colour illustrations; 29 cm Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "Published in conjunction with the first North American survey of the work of Jimmie Durham, this beautifully illustrated catalogue explores Durham's vital contributions to contemporary art since the 1970s, both in the US and internationally. Born of Cherokee descent, in 1940s Arkansas, Jimmie Durham takes up such issues as the politics of representation, histories of genocide, and citizenship and exile. This volume collects an array of Durham's sculptures, drawings, photography, video, and performance. It includes essays about Durham's material choices and their metaphoric potential; his participation in the NYC art scene in the 1980s; his use of language; and his ties to Mexico after living in Cuernavaca. An interview with Durham traces his involvement with the American Indian Movement and his self-exile from the US, which along with his essays and poetry, illuminate his life and work. This book provides an opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of Durham, arguably one of the most important artists working today." - Publisher. CONTENTS: Jimmie Durham: post-American, by Anne Ellegood; Jimmie Durham: self-portrait, by Elisabeth Sussman; Jimmie Durham's stones and bones, by Jessica L. Horton; Radio free Europe, by Paul Chaat Smith; 'I'm still sitting at the table': the Cuernavaca years, by Jessica Berlanga Taylor; Some irruptions and incoherences for Jimmie Durham, by Fred Moten; Categorical refusal: unwinding the wound, by Jennifer A. Gonza lez; A conversation, by Jimmie Durham and Anne Ellegood; Selected chronology, by MacKenzie Stevens; Texts, by Jimmie Durham.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to. Collectible.