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15/4/2010

Jimmie Durham

Glasgow Sculpture Studios, Glasgow

Seminal American sculptor, essayist and poet Jimmie Durham's 47-year career has seen him create, perform and exhibit work across the globe. His first solo exhibition at the University of Texas, Austin in 1965 occurred during a period when the cultural and political uses of material, objects and space were central to his practice.

Since that time his substantial career has deftly bridged the space between art and activism. From 1969 he was based in Europe (studying at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Geneva) returning to the USA in 1973; from 1987 -1994 he lived and worked in Mexico returning to Europe in the mid 90s where he is currently based. Although his work is primarily sculptural, Durham's oeuvre has also embraced theatre, performance, literature and poetry and is often embedded and affected by the location in which it is produced.

Founded in 1988, Glasgow Sculpture Studios is a unique centre for research, production, presentation and the dissemination of contemporary sculptural practices. It provides specialist production and research facilities to a vibrant community of over 120 professional Artist and Associate Members who are at varying stages of their careers; from emergent and recent graduates through to established artists whose practice is recognised at the highest level; from representing Scotland at the Venice Biennale, being nominated for the Turner Prize to winning Becks Futures.

Durham will undertake the next Glasgow Sculpture Studios Production Residency supported by The Henry Moore Foundation, The Glenfiddich Distillery and Cove Park this Spring; culminating in a series of intimate performance events, and leading to a large-scale sculptural installation, co-commissioned by, and exclusively for, the 2010 Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art.

This will be the first residency Durham has undertaken in Scotland, and his first solo exhibition of new work in the country, bringing Durham together with over fifty studio holders and members, offering a rare opportunity for dialogue and cultural exchange between Durham and a generation of artists whose practices may have been influenced by his practice.

Taking place in the city every other year, the Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art Festival has already become a unique event in the cultural calendar with one of the most groundbreaking and dynamic presentations in contemporary visual arts practice. The Festival will also provide an opportunity for both reflection and future gazing, coinciding as it does with the 20th anniversary of Glasgow's reign as European Capital of Culture in 1990.

Durham's Public Programme begins with a talk as part of The Glasgow School of Art's prestigious Friday Event Lecture Series, organised by The School of Fine Art.

Artist Talk: 6.30pm, Thursday 22 April 2010
Events: Talking whilst working with the artist Each Saturday during the Festival 2:30 - 4:30pm

For more information on Glasgow Sculpture Studios and/or the Public Programme contact Amy Sales via amy@glasgowsculpturestudios.org

Opening 16 April 2010

Glasgow Sculpture Studios
145 Kelvinhaugh Street, Glasgow G3 8PX
Sunday – Sunday 12 noon – 5pm or by appointment
(during Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art)
Thursday – Saturday 12 noon – 5pm or by appointment
Free Entry

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