Chinese artists by Michel Nau - Tehching Hsieh  謝德慶  
 

 

 
 

 

 
 

Tehching Hsieh

 
 

謝德慶

 
     
 

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謝德慶 pinyin Xie Deqing

1950

Tehching Hsieh  謝德慶 was born on 31st December, in Nanchou, in the South of Taiwan.

   

1967

He abandonned High school for painting, and Performances.
   

1973

For his first performance Jumping, he jumped from the second floor of a building

  and fractured his two ankles.
   
 

He wanted leave Taiwan to discover Art.

1974

He enlisted the Navy to join the United States, disembarked illegaly and joined

 

New York.

   

1978

He began his series of Five performances per year One Year Performance

 

in which he worked on confinement, the notion of time and space, isolation.

   

1986

On December 31st, he swore that he would not reveal anything of his Art until

  his 49th birthday.
 

It would be his last performance : Thirteen-Year-Plan..

   

2000

On 1st January, he completely stopped making Art.
   

2009

21.01 18.05 MOMA presented 365 photographs of its confinement in a cage.

   

2017

The artist represented Taiwan at the 57th Venice Biennial.

   
 

Danièle Sicard

   

   
 

Performances selection

   
 

1978 - 1979       Cage Piece

 

1980 - 1981      Time Clock Piece

 

1981 - 1982       Piece Outdoor     

 

1983 - 1984       Rope Piece 

 

1985 - 1986       No Art Piece

 

1986 - 1999      Thirteen Year Plan

   

   
 

Tehching Hsieh                                                           www.tehchinghsieh.com

 

 

 
 

Tehching Hsieh  謝德慶

 
 

Tehching Hsieh  謝德慶

 
 

Tehching Hsieh  謝德慶

 
 

Tehching Hsieh  謝德慶

 
 

 
 


Tehching Hsieh - TEHCHING HSIEH  1986 - 1999
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Tehching Hsieh  : The Lifeworks of TEHCHING HSIEH  
14.03 2015  New York
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