Sam Durant (born 1961, in Seattle) is a multimedia artist whose works engage a variety of social, political, and cultural issues. Often referencing American history, his work explores the varying relationships between culture and politics, engaging subjects as diverse as the civil rights movement, southern rock music, and modernism.[1] His work of the 90s was inspired largely by the work of Robert Smithson, an artist well known for his interest in history and entropy. Durant's work has been widely exhibited internationally and in the United States. He has had solo museum exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, S.M.A.K., Ghent, Belgium, and the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery in New Zealand. His work has been included in the Panamá,[2] Sydney,[3] Venice,[4] and Whitney[5] Biennials. Durant shows with several galleries including Blum & Poe[6] in Los Angeles, Paula Cooper Gallery[7] in New York, Praz-Delavallade[8] in Paris and Sadie Coles HQ[9] in London. His work has been extensively written about including seven monographic catalogs and books.