Xu Bing : Book from the Sky to Book from the Ground
by
Xu Bing
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
China Culture Perspectives
ISBN-10
1788840623
ISBN-13
9781788840620
Publisher
ACC Art Books
Imprint
ACC Art Books
Country of Manufacture
CN
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 2nd, 2020
Print length
204 Pages
Weight
676 grams
Dimensions
18.60 x 25.70 x 2.40 cms
Ksh 5,400.00
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Monograph focusing on Xu Bing's most ambitious works of art: Book from the Sky and Book from the Ground
"The written word is the most basic element of human culture. To touch the written word is to touch the essence of culture." - Xu Bing
Book from the Sky certainly seemed to have fallen from the heavens: the text of this installation piece was written in a new language that resembled traditional Chinese. No matter who scours Xu Bing''s book for ''meaning'', they will only discover a semblance of it: mutated characters that resist interpretation. Carving out approximately four thousand wood blocks by hand, Xu Bing spent four years, from 1987 to 1991, making (in his own words) "something that said nothing".
After creating a book no one could read, it only made sense for Xu Bing to develop his next project: a book that transcended barriers of language: Book from the Ground. Composed entirely of pictographs, Book from the Ground is a groundbreaking study into the concept of universal communication.
Whether his goal is total comprehension or confusion, Xu Bing''s masterful exploration of language challenges the way we think about the written word.
Book from the Sky certainly seemed to have fallen from the heavens: the text of this installation piece was written in a new language that resembled traditional Chinese. No matter who scours Xu Bing''s book for ''meaning'', they will only discover a semblance of it: mutated characters that resist interpretation. Carving out approximately four thousand wood blocks by hand, Xu Bing spent four years, from 1987 to 1991, making (in his own words) "something that said nothing".
After creating a book no one could read, it only made sense for Xu Bing to develop his next project: a book that transcended barriers of language: Book from the Ground. Composed entirely of pictographs, Book from the Ground is a groundbreaking study into the concept of universal communication.
Whether his goal is total comprehension or confusion, Xu Bing''s masterful exploration of language challenges the way we think about the written word.
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