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(Los Angeles, CA)— The Hammer Museum presents Jimmie Durham: At the Center of the World, the first
North American retrospective of artist, performer, poet, essayist, and activist Jimmie Durham (b. 1940,
Washington, Arkansas) who is one of the most compelling and inventive artists working internationally
today. After studying art in Geneva and then returning to the United States and working for the American
Indian Movement for several years, Durham became part of the vibrant New York downtown art scene in
the 1980s. In 1987 he moved to Cuernavaca, Mexico, and then to Europe in 1994. While his work …