TEHCHING HSIEH

Following Tehching Hsieh’s unprecedented gift of 11 career-defining works to Dia in 2024, Tehching Hsieh is the first retrospective of the Taiwanese-American performance artist’s career. The exhibition covers the time in which Hsieh enacted his five iconic One Year Performances (1978–1986) followed by his longest work, Thirteen Year Plan (1986–1999). During the five One Year Performances, Hsieh lived locked in a cage (One Year Performance 1978–79 [Cage Piece], 1978–79); punched a time clock every hour on the hour (One Year Performance 1980–81 [Time Clock Piece], 1980–81); lived entirely outdoors (One Year Performance 1981–82 [Outdoor Piece], 1981–82); lived tied to another artist, Linda Montano (Art/Life One Year Performance 1983–84 [Rope Piece made in collaboration with Linda Montano], 1983–84); and refrained from looking at, talking about, and making art (One Year Performance 1985–86 [No Art Piece], 1985–86).