German Forest Rock Epic: in collaboration with Maria Thereza Alves and with former students and friends.
This piece was realized in front of Durham’s former Studio in Grunewald, Berlin, built in 1940 by Adolf Hitler in homage to his favourite sculptor Arno Breker
Jimmie Durham is a sculptor. He was born in the USA in 1940.
He has exhibited in venues around the world, including the Whitney Biennial (1993 and 2005), Documenta IX, ICA London, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Antwerp and the Venice Biennale (1999,2001,2003,2005) among many others. Recently Durham has exhibited in Sao Paulo Bienal and will partecipate in dOCUMENTA (13)
Since returning to Europe in 1994, Durham’s work has focused primarily on the relationship between architecture, monumentality and national narratives.
