Xu Bing
(Chinese, born 1955)
Biography
Xu Bing is a contemporary Chinese installation artist and one of China’s best-known creative figures. A recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, he is celebrated for his “capacity to contribute importantly to society, particularly in printmaking and calligraphy.” Born in Chongqing, China in 1955, Xu grew up in Beijing where he studied printmaking at the Central Academy of Fine Arts. One of his best-known works, Book from the Sky (1987–1991), earned Xu international recognition in the 1980s. The work is a massive installation of hundreds of volumes and scrolls printed with 4,000 imagined Chinese characters, which were cut by hand into wood printing blocks. Describing his art practice, Xu has said: “I treat it in a wild way, not in a fixed way. This is good—you can bring something special, something new into contemporary art. If you can find a correct way to face your background, your tradition, maybe you can change that background in a good way.” Solo exhibitions of his work have been held at The Museum of Modern Art in New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and the British Museum in London, among other major institutions. Xu currently lives and works in Beijing, China and New York, NY.
Xu Bing Artworks
Xu Bing
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-1979年（852-1）、1981年（852-2、852-3）、1982年（852-4）-潮、炕、猎户、新家-tide-water,-brick-bed,-hunters.jpg "徐冰(b.1955)..., 1979–1982")
-1983年-北海后海-houhai.jpg "徐冰(b.1955) 1983年 北海后海 HOUHAI, 1983")
.jpg "石徑系列：頹 (Stone Path: Ruined)")
、1982年(830-4)、1985年(830-1、830-3);-春鸣、牧区人家、两只小船、高粱红了-(spring,-houses-in-a-pasturing.jpg "1981年(830-2)、1982年(830-4)、1985年(830-1、83, 1981–1985")
Xu Bing
1981年(830-2)、1982年(830-4)、1985年(830-1、83, 1981–1985
Sale Date: November 20, 2014
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.jpg "小院冬景 (Winter courtyard scene), 1982")
.jpg "Bird language (3 works), 2003")
.jpg "天书 (album of 4), 1987–1991")
-(various-sizes).jpg "鸟飞了(英文版) (various sizes), 2001")
-(3-works).jpg "新英文书法·《如梦令》(三首) (3 works)")
.jpg "新英文书法·《春江花月夜》 (6 works), 2012")
.jpg "新英文书法七言联 (couplet), 2006")
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