Xu Bing investigates language, writing and cultural translation through monumental print installations, invented scripts and public projects. His Book from the Sky used thousands of hand-carved pseudo-Chinese characters that look authoritative but cannot be read.
Printmaking; installation; calligraphy
Artist Films
Xu Bing in "Beijing" - Season 10 - "Art in the Twenty-First Century" | Art21
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Major Works
- 1987–91Book from the Sky
- 1994 onwardSquare Word Calligraphy
- 1990–91Ghosts Pounding the Wall
- 2008–10Phoenix
- 2004 onwardBackground Story
- 1999–2011Tobacco Project
- 1994A Case Study of Transference
- 2017Dragonfly Eyes
- 2003 onwardBook from the Ground
- 2004Where Does the Dust Itself Collect?
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
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