Jimmie Durham
image: (c) Boris Golz
I found these pieces of glass just outside what I believe must be the Villa Borghese, in Rome, 1997
Mixed Media
, 61 x 43 x 57 cm
glass, paper, semi-precious stones, metal
Jimmie Durham walks around cities looking for unexpected encounters and gathering things, as we can read in his text Nature in the City. In this artwork, a few pieces of semi-precious stones found by Durham in Rome are placed on a tray together with a handwritten text which does not intend to explain but rather give a new (narrative) dimension to these seemingly worthless stones.