MoMA The Museum of Modern Art (Venue Partner)
11 W 53rd St
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Tehching Hsieh, One Year Performance, 1978-79. Photo: Cheng Wei Kuong © 1979 Tehching Hsieh, New York
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Jan 21, 2009 – May 18, 2009
Mondays (10:30am–5:30pm)
Wednesdays–Thursdays (10:30am–5:30pm)
Fridays (10:30am–8pm)
Saturdays–Sundays (10:30am–5:30pm)
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- Price
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$20
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For more on Hsieh, check out a feature on the artist in the Daily Dose.
Art and life are inseparable for Tehching Hsieh. The Taiwan-born artist, who literally jumped ship into the US in 1974, created some of the most remarkable performance-art pieces of the '70s and '80s — culminating in a 13-year-long performance that ended with the beginning of the new millennium, in which Hsieh simply stayed alive. In his first performance, which is currently documented in this MoMA solo show, Hsieh locked himself in a cage for a whole year with nothing to do and no place to go. The exhibiton features all 365 photographs that mark the performance's creeping engagement with time.
