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2020 · Phone booth and digital prints
84 x 42 x 27” (213.4 x 106.7 x 68.6 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Jimmie Durham
1940–2021
InstallationContemporary
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11
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33
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Jimmie Bob Durham was an American sculptor, essayist and poet. He was active in the United States in the civil rights movements of African Americans and Native Americans in the 1960s and 1970s, serving on the central council of the American Indian Movement (AIM). He returned to working at art while living in New York City. His work has been extensively exhibited. Durham also received the Günther-Peill-Preis (2003), the Foundation for Contemporary Arts Robert Rauschenberg Award (2017), and the 58th Venice Biennale's Golden Lion for lifetime achievement (2019).
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