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Details of object number: 2021
Title:Une blessure par balles (original title)
Object name:installation
Collection:Museion Collection
Created by:Durham, Jimmie (artist) (Houston, 1940-07-10 - Berlin, 2021-11-17)
Production date:2007
Description:Natural wood panel on which the artist has identified marks found on the front and back.
On the front is a red arrow with, in black block letters: “A BULLET / FROM THE / SECOND / WORLD WAR” marking a bullet hole in the wood. Further down in black is written: “INSECT / HOLE”.
On the back a red arrow running from top left to bottom right indicates a bullet hole. Next to it is a smaller, black arrow and the words: “A BULLET WOUND”. At the bottom left are several black arrows pointing at smaller holes and the words: “INSECT HOLES” and “WORM HOLES”.
On the front is a red arrow with, in black block letters: “A BULLET / FROM THE / SECOND / WORLD WAR” marking a bullet hole in the wood. Further down in black is written: “INSECT / HOLE”.
On the back a red arrow running from top left to bottom right indicates a bullet hole. Next to it is a smaller, black arrow and the words: “A BULLET WOUND”. At the bottom left are several black arrows pointing at smaller holes and the words: “INSECT HOLES” and “WORM HOLES”.
Hist. crit. notes:“Jimmie Durham, who is of Cherokee descent, began his artistic activities around 1960 against the backdrop of the civil rights movement. For years he campaigned intensively for the rights of Native Americans: having ceased his political activities, he returned to the plastic arts and writing. Jimmie Durham draws artistically on his own cultural roots, ironically deconstructing the stereotypes found in Western culture. He rejects a stable and precise position, instead advocating for an unbiased openness. His work Une blessure par balles consists of an upright, rough wooden panel on which the artist has labelled two different types of hole in the wood: bullet holes from the Second World War and holes made by insects and worms. Durham here brings out – not without a certain irony – the contrast between natural and violent (human) impacts on nature.”
(Exhibition “Sammeln für morgen: neue Werke im Museion”, Museion, 21.03.2015 – 10.01.2016)
(Exhibition “Sammeln für morgen: neue Werke im Museion”, Museion, 21.03.2015 – 10.01.2016)
Technique:gemalt
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Dimensions:
- artwork height: 134 cm
artwork width: 55 cm
artwork depth: 78 cm
Physical description:Wood, metal, acrylic paint, marker