stoning the refrigerator / jimmie durham. 1996

“St. Frigo” is a sculpture Durham made in 1996 while doing an artist residency in France. By throwing stones at an old refrigerator every morning for ten days in the courtyard of Le Collège Gallery in Reims, Durham physically transformed the appliance from what he described as a “neutral” everyday object into a valuable and unique sculpture, saving it from the rubbish bin. Durham made an experimental video of this ritual titled “Stoning the Refrigerator”. Later commenting that the refrigerator had been “brave,” Durham decided to call the sculpture “St. Frigo”, as if it were a martyred saint.

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