Tehching Hsieh: Doing Time / Taiwan Pavilion, Venice Art Biennale 2017

Tehching Hsieh: Doing Time at the Taiwan Pavilion of the Venice Art Biennale 2017 is one of the most remarkable exhibitions of the 57th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia. Curated by Adrian Heathfield and organized by the Taipei Fine Arts Museum of Taiwan, the show introduces the visitor to the work of Tehching Hsieh, who in the late 1970s and early 1980s carried out five separate yearlong performances that were unprecedented in terms of their use of physical difficulty over extreme durat