He is known for his printmaking skills and installation art, as well as his creative artistic use of language, words, and text and how they have affected our understanding of the world. He is an A.D. White …

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Xu Bing's significance as an artist lies not only in his harmonization of opposites, but also in his active efforts to promote collective learning and inter-cultural understanding.

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 …

Xu Bing received his BFA and MFA from Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, where he studied printmaking. Major awards include the U.S. Department of State Medal of Arts (2015); Artes Mundi …

Sep 7, 2024 · Few artists have reshaped the boundaries of language and image as profoundly as Xu Bing. Born in Chongqing in 1955 and trained at Beijing’s Central Academy of Fine Arts, he emerged …

Dec 13, 2021 · In 2006, the Princeton University Press published “Persistence/Transformation: Text as Image in the Art of Xu Bing” a multidisciplinary study of Xu Bing’s landmark work “Book from the Sky.”

Pioneering Chinese contemporary artist Xu Bing creates powerful, poignant mixed-media installations, in which he subverts systems of language, upending expectations and perception.

Xu Bing is a Chinese artist who served as vice-president of the Central Academy of Fine Arts. He is known for his printmaking skills and installation art, as well as his creative artistic use of...