Tehching HSIEH (Sam HSIEH)
Taiwanese 1950
Born in Ping-Tung, Taiwan. Hsieh dropped out from high school in 1967 and took up painting. Hsieh had his first solo show at the gallery of the American News Bureau in Taiwan. He made a performance action "Jump Piece" in which he broke both of his ankles. Starting from 1978 to 1986, Hsieh made five One Year Performances. He spent one year locked inside a cage, one year punching a time clock every hour, one year completely outdoors, one year tied to another person, and, lastly, one year without making, viewing, discussing, reading about, or in any other way participating in art. "Thirteen Years Plan" was completed in 1999. Since the Millennium, he released from the restriction of not showing his works during the thirteen-year period and showing the work "I kept myself alive". 2010 "Kwangju Art Biennial", Korea; 2009 "Guggenheim in Hsinchu - Art Museum@The Art Park Grand Opening Exhibition", Taiwan; 2009 "Performance 1: Tehching Hsieh", New York.
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One Year Performance (1978-1979)
1980 ; 1993
Print, statement and poster, edition no. 123/365
127 x 97 cm (print); 27.5 x 21.5 cm (statement);
44.5 x 28.5 cm (poster) |
Estimate
283,000 - 405,000 70,000 - 100,000 9,000 - 12,900
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One Year Performance (1978-1979)
1980;1993
127 x 97 cm (print)
27.5 x 21.5 cm (statement) 44.5 x 28.5 cm (poster) |
Estimate
288,000 - 365,000 75,000 - 95,000 9,600 - 12,200
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Sold Price
323,077 84,000 10,825
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One Year Performance (1978-1999)
DVD published in 2000; Cage Piece created in 1980; print in 1993
DVD film and documents; statement and poster, print edition no. 87/365 127 x 97 cm (print)
27.5 x 21.5 cm (statement) 44.5 x 28.5 cm (poster) |
Estimate
580,000 - 770,000 150,000 - 200,000 19,100 - 25,500
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One Year Performance 1978-79 (Cage Piece)
Created in 1980 (print in 1993)
Print, statement and poster, edition no. 88/365 126 x 95 cm (print)
26.5 x 20 cm (statement) 43 x 27 cm (poster) |
Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 25,000 - 40,000 3,300 - 5,300
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Sold Price
333,333 90,000 11,568
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