Element from The Little Carpenter

Jimmie Durham

1987

Sculpture, 21 x 150 cm.
Materials: Snakeskin, paint

Collection: Private collection, Geneva.

This snake-shaped piece was part of the exhibition Pocahontas and the Little Carpenter in London where an ensemble of works were presented as a commentary on the myth of Pocahontas.

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Pocahontas and the Little...

10 October 1988 - 19 October 1988.
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Jimmie Durham – A Matter ...

25 May 2012 - 18 November 2012.
In the spring of 2012, the M HKA brought a major retrospective of the work of Jimmie Durham. The US-born artist settled permanently in Europe

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