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Jimmie Durham in Conversation

Join The National Arts Club for an online conversation with renowned artist and activist Jimmie Durham and culture advisor Michela Bondardo.

Jimmie Durham has worked as a visual artist, performer, essayist, and poet for more than forty-five years. A political organizer for the American Indian Movement during the 1970s, he was an active participant in the downtown New York City artistic community in the 1980s. In 1987 he moved to Cuernavaca, Mexico, then to Europe in 1994, where he has lived ever since. Predominantly a sculptor, Durham often combines found objects and natural materials and incorporates text to expose Western-centric views and prejudices hidden in language, objects, and institutions. Calling himself an “interventionist,” Durham is oftentimes critical in his analysis of society but with a distinctive wit that is simultaneously generous and humorous. In 2017, the artist’s retrospective at the Whitney Museum received raved reviews from The New York Times and others.

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When: Fri., May. 22, 2020 at 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Where: The National Arts Club
15 Gramercy Park S.
212-475-3424
Price: Free, donation suggested
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Join The National Arts Club for an online conversation with renowned artist and activist Jimmie Durham and culture advisor Michela Bondardo.

Jimmie Durham has worked as a visual artist, performer, essayist, and poet for more than forty-five years. A political organizer for the American Indian Movement during the 1970s, he was an active participant in the downtown New York City artistic community in the 1980s. In 1987 he moved to Cuernavaca, Mexico, then to Europe in 1994, where he has lived ever since. Predominantly a sculptor, Durham often combines found objects and natural materials and incorporates text to expose Western-centric views and prejudices hidden in language, objects, and institutions. Calling himself an “interventionist,” Durham is oftentimes critical in his analysis of society but with a distinctive wit that is simultaneously generous and humorous. In 2017, the artist’s retrospective at the Whitney Museum received raved reviews from The New York Times and others.

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