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Item: The Road Not Taken

Jimmie Durham

2007

Sculpture, ca 180 x 70 x 70.
Materials: wood, leather, horse skull

Collection: Reinking Collection, Hamburg.

The Road Not Taken is a wooden figure with a horse skull from which electrical cables with loose ends come out. The photo seen here shows this artwork as it was first exhibited in the St. Elisabeth-Kirche in Berlin. This Neo-Classical building from 1835 served as a church before it was almost totally destroyed during World War II except for its outside walls. It remained a ruin for more than 40 years until it became a venue for concerts and exhibitions. Jimmie Durham has made the ensemble of works shown at the exhibition Metaphrase/Metathesis in 2007 especially for this space.

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