OUT OF NOW
The Lifeworks of Tehching Hsieh
by Adrian Heathfield and Tehching Hsieh

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Author(s)

Adrian Heathfield, Tehching Hsieh

Editor(s)

Adrian Heathfield, Tehching Hsieh

Publication

London ; Cambridge (MA) : Live Art Development Agency ; MIT , 2015

Scope

384 Pages, illustrated, 32 cm.

ISBN

9780262012553

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In the vibrant downtown Manhattan art scene of the late 1970s and early 1980s, Tehching Hsieh made an exceptional series of artworks: five separate one-year-long performances that were unprecedented in their use of physical difficulty over extreme durations and in their absolute conception of art and life as simultaneous processes. The rigor and dedication of his art inspires passion, while the elusive and epic nature of his performances generates speculation and mythology. ‘Out of Now is the first extensive critical account of these remarkable works.

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Person as subject

Tehching Hsieh

Keywords

performance , conceptual art

Location

Cabinet 4 - 2: Kunstenaars

Extra themes

Body and Space

Remarks

Incl. notes, bibliography, biographies