Durham, Jimmie

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Durham, Jimmie
Date of birth
1940-07-10
Date of death
2021-11-17
Associated country
United States
Field of activity
Art
Cherokee art
Occupation
Artists
Poets
Sculptors
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 64161851
Wikidata: Q445487
Library of congress: n 79082720
BGU10: 000035720
Sources of Information
  • New York times WWW site, viewed February 6, 2022:obituary dated Nov. 17, 2021 (Jimmie Durham, Sculptor Who Explored Indigenous Themes, Dies at 81; born July 10, 1940 in Houston; mainly grew up in rural Arkansas; began his career as artist and activist in New York, 1970s; lived in Europe, mainly in Berlin and Naples, Italy, since 1994; died Wednesday [November 17] in Berlin; celebrated for incorporating traditional Native American imagery and materials into lively, unconventional sculptures before his claim of Cherokee ancestry was widely challenged)
  • Wikipedia, viewed February 6, 2022(Jimmie Durham; Jimmie Bob Durham; July 10, 1940-November 17, 2021; American sculptor, essayist, and poet)
  • Les Sept points cardinaux, c1978 (a.e.)t.p. (Jimmie Durham)
  • Jimmie Durham, 1995?:p. 150 (b. 1940 in Washington, Ark.)
  • Visual anthropology review, fall 2009:p. 122 (Jimmie Durham; Cherokee artist)