Jimmie Durham. texts and recordings
12 February – 2 April 2022, Barbara Wien Galerie, Berlin. Homage exhibition for the recently passed artist, based on his connection to the gallery since 2000.
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Mäßige Materialfehler. 2000
9 etchings and an accompanying text, numbered and signed
each 42 x 32 cm
Wiens Verlag, Berlin
Edition 6 + VI
The portfolio of prints titled Mäßige Materialfehler, is an edition Barbara Wien released with Durham in 2000. It consists of nine etchings which he made with sharp rocks and glass splinters instead of the usual etching tools. The accompanying text is titled A Meditation on Work and Language. As is often the case with Durham, it is about the connections between language, writing, and consciousness:
"Scratching words backwards into a hard surface is an odd experience. It makes clear that written language is drawing - and that, like stone tools, it comes from work and play.
I think that language does not begin with the desire to name things, but with the need to describe action: 'Search!, 'Help!, 'Run', 'Come', 'Dance', 'Work'."
© Photo: Nick Ash
Courtesy of Galerie Barbara Wien, Berlin
12 February – 2 April 2022, Barbara Wien Galerie, Berlin. Homage exhibition for the recently passed artist, based on his connection to the gallery since 2000.