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 u Bing (1955 Sichuan) has established himself as one of the world's most prominent artists by engaging in radical experiments with language and linguistic structures. He was part of the New Wave art movement that swept China in the early 1980s. And after graduating from Beijing's Central Academy of Fine Arts, he caused a sensation 1988 when his calligraphic masterpiece, "Book from the Sky," was shown in Beijing. He had designed, carved and printed a series of what appeared to be ancient literary texts using a set of thousands of invented or fake Chinese characters. In 1990, he moved to the U.S., where he continued to experiment with language, codes and meaning. He created "Square Word Calligraphy," an English-language alphabet composed like Chinese characters, often by placing one letter on top or inside of another. He also creatively fashioned characters into birds in flight, painted characters onto the backs of live pigs and produced an ink rubbing from a section of the Great Wall. Critics say Xu Bing's experiments are a profound and compelling commentary on the deceptions and cultural miscues that come from language. For his artistic inventions, Xu Bing was awarded the McArthur Genius Award in 1999. He was also the first living artist ever to be given a solo exhibition at the Smithsonian's Sackler Gallery in Washington, D.C. Xu Bing now lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. |
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A Piece of Seed, 1985, Xylograph, 44×60cm
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First Readers(detail), 2003, Glass
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Holding the Brush, 1996, 61×549cm
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Landscript: After Yuan Jiang
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A Case Study of Transference-2
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A Carved wooden printing Back from Tianshu(Book from the Sky
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An Introduction to New English Calligraphy
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Detail of Tianshu(Book from the Sky)
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The Silkworm Series-Opening
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Art for the People Banner
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Square Word Calligraphy Sign
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Tianshu(Book from the Sky)
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Solo Exhibitions:
2004
Xu Bing: The Glassy Surface of a Lake, Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States
Xu Bing in Berlin, Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Berlin, Germany
The Well of Truth, El Pozo de la Verdad, Sala La Gallera, Valencia
Where Does the Dust Collect Itself? National Gallery and Museum, Cardiff, Wales
Tobacco Project by Xu Bing, Shanghai Gallery of Art, Shanghai, China
Xu Bing & Gu Xiong, Museum London, Ontario, Canada
2003
Xu Bing, Chinese Art Centre, Manchester, England
Xu Bing, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
Xu Bing, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
Book from the Sky, Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey
2002
Xu Bing: Living Word 2, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Xu Bing, Emily Davis Gallery, Myers School of Art, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio
Classroom Calligraphy, Daryl Reich Rubenstein Gallery, Sidwell Friends School, Washington D.C.
Xu Bing, Commons Gallery, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii
2001
Word Play: Contemporary Art by Xu Bing, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.
Xu Bing: Prints and Books, Portland Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, Oregon
Xu Bing: One-Man Show, Eslite Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
Reading Landscape, North Carolina Museum of Art, North Carolina
2000
A Book from the Sky & Classroom Calligraphy, National Gallery of Prague, Czech Republic
Book/Ends: Imag(in)ing the Book- The work of Xu Bing, Albany Public Library, Albany, New York
The Tobacco Project: A Series of Installations Created by Xu Bing, The Duke Homestead & Tobacco Museum, and The Perkins Library Gallery, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
1999
Calligraphy for the People: A Site Specific Installation, Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston, Maine
1998
Xu Bing: Introduction to Square Word Calligraphy, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, New York
Xu Bing, Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, New York
Cultured Animal, The Wood Street Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Xu Bing: Recent Projects, California Institute for the Arts, Valencia, California
1997
Another Language of Art: An Installation by Xu Bing, Allen Priebe Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Xu Bing: Square Word Calligraphy, Hanart T Z Gallery, Hong Kong
Classroom Calligraphy, Joan Miro Foundation at Mallorca, Spain
Installation by Xu Bing, ICA-Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, United Kingdom
Xu Bing, Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Xu Bing, GalerÃa Charpa, Valencia, Spain
Xu Bing: Lost Letters, Asian Fine Arts Factory, Berlin, Germany
The Net: A Collaborative Installation by Xu Bing, Tarble Arts Center, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois
1996
Xu Bing: A Case Study of Transference, Ethan Cohen Fine Art, New York, New York
1995
Xu Bing: Language Lost, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, Massachusetts
Xu Bing Series Exhibition 2, North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, North Dakota
Xu Bing, Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Xu Bing, Dille Center for the Arts, Moorhead State University, Moorhead, Minnesota
Xu Bing: A Book from the Sky, University Art Museum, Albany, New York
1994
Xu Bing: Recent Work, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, New York
Xu Bing: Cultural Negotiations, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California
1993
Xu Bing: Experimental Exhibit, Han Mo Art Center, Beijing, China
Xu Bing: Le Livre de Ciel, La Galerie Bellefroid, Paris, France
1992
Xu Bing Series Exhibition 1, North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, North Dakota
1991
Three Installations by Xu Bing, Elvehjem Museum of Art, Madison, Wisconsin
One Man Show, Chinese Modern Art Center, Osaka, Japan
Book of Heaven, DF Fong & Spratt Galleries, San Jose, California
1990
Xu Bing: A Book from the Sky, Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Xu Bing’s One-Man Show, Lung Men Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
1988
Xu Bing: A Book from the Sky, National Fine Art Museum, Beijing, China
Xu Bing’s Woodcut Show, Lung Men Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan |
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