Xu Bing

Chinese(b. February 26, 1955)

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Works

Xu Bing creates conceptual installations exploring language, translation, and cultural systems, most famously "Book from the Sky" featuring invented characters. His "Background Story" series uses found materials to create landscape tableaux, while "Phoenix" transforms construction debris into monumental sculptures. He is collected by MoMA, Guggenheim, and British Museum.

Printmaking Repetition Chinese Art Series Artist's Proof Xu Bing Conceptual Art Nature Woodcut Contemporary Art 1987

Five Series of Repetition

Five Series of Repetition: (i) Haystack Reflection; (ii) Black Pool; (iii) Withered Pool; (iv) Pool of Life; (v) Black Tadpoles; (vi) Field; (vii) Big River; (viii) Moving Cloud; (ix) Farmland; (x) Mountain Place

1987

Artists in conversation