Peter Roche & Linda Buis, Performance, RKS ART, Auckland, June 1982, photograph: Gregory Burke, courtesy of Peter Roche Estate
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Peter Roche & Linda Buis, Street Piece, performance, Queen St, Auckland, February 1980, photograph: Gregory Burke, courtesy of Peter Roche Estate
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Peter Roche & Linda Buis, Liaison, (part two), performance, Real Pictures, Auckland, March 1980, photograph: Gregory Burke, courtesy of Peter Roche Estate
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Curated by Gregory Burke and Christina Barton, this exhibition is the first focused examination of the performance works of artist-couple Peter Roche (1957–2020) & Linda Buis (1954–2015), who worked together between 1979 and 1985.
Drawing on the surviving archive of photographs, film and video footage, drawings, texts, artist-publications, and published and unpublished commentary, the exhibition re-examines their challenging durational live performances which physically and psychologically tested both the artists and their audiences.
Curated by Gregory Burke and Christina Barton, this exhibition is the first focused examination of the performance works of artist-couple Peter Roche (1957–2020) & Linda Buis (1954–2015), who worked together between 1979 and 1985.
Drawing on the surviving archive of photographs, film and video footage, drawings, texts, artist-publications, and published and unpublished commentary, the exhibition re-examines their challenging durational live performances which physically and psychologically tested both the artists and their audiences.
