Jimmie Durham obituary

Controversial artist whose work explored Native American imagery and themesIn 1986 the artist Jimmie Durham, who had died aged 81, lay down on a large sheet of canvas and asked his partner to score the shape of his body. To this outline he attached a crudely chiselled mask apparently depicting his own face, complete with synthetic hair, feathers, and shells for ears. On the canvas he scrawled in thick, handwritten capitals, curling over the right shoulder: “Hello I’m Jimmie Durham, I