ONE YEAR PERFORMANCE 1981-1982

(New York): (Exit Art), 1983. First edition. Very good.. Rare signed portfolio documenting Hsieh's third extended performance piece, a full year in New York City spent outside shelter of any kind (save for 15 hours inside a police station courtesy of the NYPD), issued in conjunction with an installation at Franklin Furnace. Each of Hsieh's one-year performances was preceded by a written statement of intent and documented with notes, on film, and in photographs, as his long endurance of his chosen conditions progressed: "In the same way that the images offer an apocalyptic view of the world, they show us the survivor hero who managed to endure the penalties of his circumstances" (Ingberman). Hsieh's first two performances required only personal and artistic discipline and the cooperation of one assistant - staying inside a constructed cell in his own studio and punching a time clock every hour, respectively. This third performance, his so-called 'Outdoor Piece,' was also an experiment in restriction and discipline, but one which took the artist outside the narrow ambit of a controlled gallery or studio space, relinquishing as much control as he asserted: in New York, outside, like Hell, is other people. An uncommon document of this pioneering performance artist, it is quite rare signed. 11'' x 14''. Folder containing six bifold leaves [24 pages] printed with artist's statement and large-scale black and white photographs. Signed by Hsieh below artist's statement. Light to moderate edgewear and scuffing to wrappers and leaves.