Ensemble: Stone as stone
©image: Henrik Ericson
Het merendeel van de natuur is steen, steen is overal. Maar stenen als kunst presenteren is iets anders. 'Wel, je moet stenen helpen', zegt Jimmie Durham, 'op zichzelf werken ze niet. Het is dan ook de rol van de kunstenaar om deze stenen op verschillende manieren te presenteren, aan te passen, aan te kleden, te labellen, zodat ze een kunstwerk worden (zonder hun oorspronkelijke identiteit als stenen te verwaarlozen) zoals we kunnen zien in dit ensemble.
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>Jimmie Durham, I found these pieces of glass just outside what I believe must be the Villa Borghese, in Rome, 1997.Mixed Media, glass, paper, semi-precious stones, metal, 61 x 43 x 57 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, A Piece of Concrete Wearing a Stone Mask and a Necktie, 1999.Sculpture, mixed media, 93 x 34 x 18 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Three Pretentious Rocks, 2001.Mixed Media, stone, wooden shelf, wooden sign, 40 x 105 x 24 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Perhaps Mr. Palomar , 2003.Sculpture, grey granite, acrylic paint, 21 x 12 x 12 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, This Stone Had Always Wanted To Be a Fish... Some People Are Never Satisfied, 2003.Sculpture, grey granite, acrylic, 30 x 64 x 43 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, A Stone Rejected by the Builder (2), 2006.Sculpture, stone, wood, acrylic paint, 26 x 48 x 20 cm, 75 x 59 x 28 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, A Piece of Granite Shaped like a Camel's Head, 2006.Sculpture, red granite, glass, 36 x 23 x 15 cm.
>Jimmie Durham, Home Becomes Further Away, 2006.Sculpture, cobblestones, wood, stone, variable dimensions.
>Jimmie Durham, A Stone Rejected by the Builder (1), 2006.Sculpture, stone, wood, acrylic paint, 34 x 41 x 20 cm (stone), 55 x 48 x 35 cm (table).
>Jimmie Durham, Rocks Encouraged, 2010.Installation, petrified wood, text, variable dimensions.