Jimmie Durham

USA, 1940

Born in Houston, Texas, and studied art in Geneva. He was an artist, poet, author, and political activist. At the same time as his engagement for the rights of indigenous peoples, he developed a sculptural and performative practice. Jimmie Durham lived in Europe since the 1970s and died in 2021 in Berlin.
In his artistic work Jimmie Durham always invented unexpected ways to negotiate with the West-centric art norms and thereby to deconstruct colonialist heritages in contemporary culture and social life. Ultimately, his work, like his personal engagement with decolonisation activism, is a frontal critique of colonialism and its contemporary variations.

Represented by Christine König Gallery, Vienna.