Jimmie Durham

American artist (1940–2021)
Person human Q445487
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Jimmie Durham

Summary

Jimmie Durham is a human[1]. He was born in Houston[2]. He was born on +1940-07-10T00:00:00Z[3]. He passed away in Berlin[4]. He died on +2021-11-17T00:00:00Z[5]. He worked as a visual artist[6], sculptor[7], writer[8], poet[9], and photographer[10]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (31 views/month, #7,274 of 1,000,298).[11]

Key Facts

  • Born in Houston[2], Jimmie Durham…
  • Jimmie Durham died in Berlin[4].
  • Jimmie Durham was born on +1940-07-10T00:00:00Z[3].
  • Jimmie Durham died on +2021-11-17T00:00:00Z[5].
  • Jimmie Durham held citizenship in United States[12].
  • Jimmie Durham worked as a visual artist[6].
  • Jimmie Durham worked as a sculptor[7].
  • Jimmie Durham's professions included writer[8].
  • Jimmie Durham worked as a poet[9].
  • Jimmie Durham's professions included photographer[10].
  • Jimmie Durham worked as a performance artist[13].
  • Jimmie Durham's field of work was visual arts[14].
  • Jimmie Durham's field of work was creative and professional writing[15].
  • Jimmie Durham's image is recorded as Jimmie Durham.jpg[16].
  • Jimmie Durham is recorded as male[17].
  • Jimmie Durham's instance of is recorded as human[18].
  • Jimmie Durham's movement is recorded as Postmodernism[19].
  • Jimmie Durham's ISNI is recorded as 0000000078369079[20].
  • Jimmie Durham's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 64161851[21].
  • Jimmie Durham's GND ID is recorded as 119225433[22].
  • Jimmie Durham's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n79082720[23].
  • Jimmie Durham's Union List of Artist Names ID is recorded as 500126643[24].
  • Jimmie Durham's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 13512221n[25].
  • Jimmie Durham's IdRef ID is recorded as 050249789[26].
  • Jimmie Durham's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA09756243[27].

Body

Origins and Family

Jimmie Durham was born in Houston[2]. He was born on +1940-07-10T00:00:00Z[3].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include visual artist[6], sculptor[7], writer[8], poet[9], photographer[10], and performance artist[13]. Fields of work include visual arts[14], a type of arts[28] and creative and professional writing[15], an academic discipline[29].

Death and Burial

Jimmie Durham died on +2021-11-17T00:00:00Z[5]. He passed away in Berlin[4].

Why It Matters

Jimmie Durham ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (31 views/month, #7,274 of 1,000,298).[11] He has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] He is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

FAQs

Where was Jimmie Durham born?

Jimmie Durham was born in Houston[2].

Where did Jimmie Durham die?

Jimmie Durham died in Berlin[4].

What did Jimmie Durham do for work?

Jimmie Durham worked as visual artist[6], sculptor[7], writer[8], poet[9], and photographer[10].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [16] . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] . The New York Times. Retrieved . nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . The New York Times. Retrieved . nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [17] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [12] . Museum of Modern Art online collection. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [18] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [15] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [6] . wikidata.org.
  10. [7] . The Fine Art Archive. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [8] . The Fine Art Archive. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [9] . The Fine Art Archive. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [10] . fotoCH. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] . The Fine Art Archive. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [19] . wikidata.org.
  16. [20] . International Standard Name Identifier. wikidata.org.
  17. [21] . wikidata.org.
  18. [22] . wikidata.org.
  19. [23] . wikidata.org.
  20. [24] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [25] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [26] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [27] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [3] . SNAC. Retrieved . nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [5] . The New York Times. Retrieved . exibart.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [11] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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