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[A white fortune cookie paper with blue text. Front: The best times of your life have not yet been lived. Lucky Numbers 41, 36, 22, 51, 39, 34 Back: August, Chinese text 八 (bā) 月 (yuè)]
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Tehching Hsieh -
Road Repair,
Taipei, Spring 1973.
謝德慶,《修補道路》(台北,1973年春天)
Leaving his initial practice of abstract painting behind, Tehching Hsieh began to make artworks with his camera. He wandered the streets of Taipei, searching for instances where the simple task of repairing holes in the road had led to striking compositions in spilled tar. Hsieh’s camera reframed these accidents – derived from the commonplace labour of others – giving them artistic force. He became concerned with serial photography, repetition and difference. Hsieh’s commitment to the value of mundane, seemingly valueless activity, the ‘little nothings’ of life, proceeds from this point.
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