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Receptionist’s Door (after Adrian Piper)
Homage to January
(group show) Division of Labour 2013
Receptionist’s Door (after Adrian Piper) is a readymade door presented in response to Division of Labour’s inaugural exhibition, Homage to January, 2013. The title of the show references Seth Siegelaub’s exhibition; 5–31 January 1969.
The original exhibition featured four male artists and one female artist; Adrian Piper. The participating artists were Robert Barry, Douglas Huebler, Joseph Kosuth, and Lawrence Weiner.
Piper’s role was performative: the gallerist left a series of instructions for the receptionist to carry out. Through this delegated and often unseen labour, Piper’s participation became the performative artwork itself.
archival photos from January 5-31 1969 courtesy of MoMa
https://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2013/siegelaub/
https://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2013/siegelaub/