Summary<\/p>\n
Dia Beacon presents Tehching Hsieh: Lifeworks 1978\u20131999, the first full retrospective of his durational performances
\nHighlights include \u201cCage Piece,\u201d \u201cTime Clock Piece,\u201d \u201cOutdoor Piece\u201d and \u201cRope Piece,\u201d alongside the monumental \u201cThirteen Year Plan\u201d<\/p>\n
Currently on view at Dia Beacon<\/a> is Tehching Hsieh<\/a>: Lifeworks 1978\u20131999, the first comprehensive retrospective dedicated to the Taiwanese American artist\u2019s radical durational performances. Enacted over a 21-year period, Hsieh\u2019s oeuvre consists of five iconic One Year Performances followed by his monumental \u201cThirteen Year Plan,\u201d all of which collapsed the traditional boundaries between art and life. This long-term view marks a significant milestone as it brings together all five year-long works for the first time, including \u201cRope Piece\u201d and the \u201cThirteen Year Plan,\u201d both of which have never been exhibited before.<\/p>\n The exhibition highlights Hsieh\u2019s uncompromising commitment to the principle of duration, defined by the artist as the time it takes the earth to revolve around the sun. Notable featured works include \u201cCage Piece (1978\u201379),\u201d where Hsieh lived in isolation within a wooden cage for a full year, and \u201cTime Clock Piece (1980\u201381),\u201d which documented his exhausting labor of punching a time clock every hour, on the hour.\n<\/p>\n Visitors will also experience the artifacts of \u201cOutdoor Piece (1981\u201382),\u201d where he lived on New York streets without shelter and \u201cRope Piece (1983\u201384),\u201d a collaboration with Linda Montano that forced the two artists to live tied together by an eight-foot rope without physical contact. The retrospective is organized around a unique architectural model conceptualized by Hsieh to represent \u201cart time\u201d \u2013 the periods of performance \u2013 and the life-intervals in between.\n<\/p>\n The Tehching Hsieh: Lifeworks 1978\u20131999 exhibition is currently set for long-term view at Dia Beacon, with no definitive ending date.\n<\/p>\n Dia Beacon
3 Beekman Street,
Beacon, NY 12508
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