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Xu Bing, the Glossary

Xu Bing (born 1955) is a Chinese artist who served as vice-president of the Central Academy of Fine Arts.^[1]

52 relations: A Book from the Sky, American Academy in Berlin, Asian Art Museum (San Francisco), Beijing, Beijing Review, Buddhism, Calligraphy, Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Chazen Museum of Art, Chinese characters, Chinese Communist Party, Chinese painting, Chongqing, Columbia University, Cornell University, Cultural Revolution, Expo 2010, Fenghuang, Fukuoka Prize, Great Wall of China, Hanging scroll, Henry David Thoreau, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Installation art, Jinshanling, Kenya, Latin alphabet, MacArthur Fellows Program, MacArthur Foundation, Mao Zedong, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, Ming dynasty, Movable type, New York City, Peking University, Princeton University Art Museum, Printmaking, September 11 attacks, Shan shui, Socialist realism, Stone rubbing, The Brooklyn Rail, The Enduring Passion for Ink, The New York Times, Today Art Museum, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Walden, War on terror, World Trade Center (1973–2001), ... Expand index (2 more) »
Academic staff of the Central Academy of Fine Arts
Artists from Chongqing
Central Academy of Fine Arts alumni

A Book from the Sky

A Book from the Sky is a book produced by Chinese artist Xu Bing in the style of fine editions from the Song and Ming dynasties, but filled entirely with meaningless glyphs designed to resemble traditional Chinese characters.

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American Academy in Berlin

The American Academy in Berlin is a private, independent, nonpartisan research and cultural institution in Berlin dedicated to sustaining and enhancing the long-term intellectual, cultural, and political ties between the United States and Germany.

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Asian Art Museum (San Francisco)

The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco – Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture Asian Art Museum website.

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Beijing

Beijing, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital of China.

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Beijing Review

Beijing Review, previously Peking Review, is China's only national news magazine in English, published by the Chinese Communist Party-owned China International Publishing Group.

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Buddhism

Buddhism, also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or 5th century BCE.

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Calligraphy

Calligraphy is a visual art related to writing.

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Cathedral of St. John the Divine

The Cathedral of St.

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Central Academy of Fine Arts

The Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA; Chinese: 中央美术学院) is the only institution of higher education for fine arts under the administration of the Ministry of Education of China.

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Chazen Museum of Art

The Chazen Museum of Art is an art museum located at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in Madison, Wisconsin.

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Chinese characters

Chinese characters are logographs used to write the Chinese languages and others from regions historically influenced by Chinese culture.

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Chinese Communist Party

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially the Communist Party of China (CPC), is the founding and sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC).

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Chinese painting

Chinese painting is one of the oldest continuous artistic traditions in the world.

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Chongqing

Chongqing is a municipality in Southwestern China.

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Columbia University

Columbia University, officially Columbia University in the City of New York, is a private Ivy League research university in New York City.

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Cornell University

Cornell University is a private Ivy League land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York.

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Cultural Revolution

The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a sociopolitical movement in the People's Republic of China (PRC).

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Expo 2010

Expo 2010, officially the Expo 2010 Shanghai China, was held on both banks of the Huangpu River in Shanghai, China, from 1 May to 31 October 2010.

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Fenghuang

Fènghuáng are mythological birds found in Sinospheric mythology that reign over all other birds.

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Fukuoka Prize

The is an award established by the city of Fukuoka and the Fukuoka City International Foundation (formerly The Yokatopia Foundation) to honor the outstanding work of individuals or organizations in preserving or creating Asian culture.

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Great Wall of China

The Great Wall of China (literally "ten thousand ''li'' long wall") is a series of fortifications that were built across the historical northern borders of ancient Chinese states and Imperial China as protection against various nomadic groups from the Eurasian Steppe.

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A hanging scroll is one of the many traditional ways to display and exhibit East Asian painting and calligraphy.

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Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817May 6, 1862) was an American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher.

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Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art

The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art ("The Johnson Museum") is an art museum located on the northwest corner of the Arts Quad on the main campus of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.

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Installation art

Installation art is an artistic genre of three-dimensional works that are often site-specific and designed to transform the perception of a space.

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Jinshanling

Jinshanling is a section of the Great Wall of China located in the mountainous area in Luanping County, Chengde, Hebei Province, 125 km (78 miles) northeast of Beijing.

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Kenya

Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya (Jamhuri ya Kenya), is a country in East Africa.

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Latin alphabet

The Latin alphabet, also known as the Roman alphabet, is the collection of letters originally used by the ancient Romans to write the Latin language.

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MacArthur Fellows Program

The MacArthur Fellows Program, also known as the MacArthur Fellowship and colloquially called the "Genius Grant", is a prize awarded annually by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to typically between 20 and 30 individuals working in any field who have shown "extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits and a marked capacity for self-direction" and are citizens or residents of the United States. Xu Bing and MacArthur Fellows Program are MacArthur Fellows.

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MacArthur Foundation

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is a private foundation that makes grants and impact investments to support non-profit organizations in approximately 117 countries around the world.

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Mao Zedong

Mao Zedong (26 December 1893 – 9 September 1976), also known as Chairman Mao, was a Chinese politician, Marxist theorist, military strategist, poet, and revolutionary who was the founder of the People's Republic of China (PRC).

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Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art

The Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) is a museum in a converted Arnold Print Works factory building complex located in North Adams, Massachusetts.

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Ming dynasty

The Ming dynasty, officially the Great Ming, was an imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty.

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Movable type

Movable type (US English; moveable type in British English) is the system and technology of printing and typography that uses movable components to reproduce the elements of a document (usually individual alphanumeric characters or punctuation marks) usually on the medium of paper.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Peking University

Peking University (abbreviated PKU or Beida) is a public university in Haidian, Beijing, China.

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Princeton University Art Museum

The Princeton University Art Museum (PUAM) is the Princeton University gallery of art, located in Princeton, New Jersey.

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Printmaking

Printmaking is the process of creating artworks by printing, normally on paper, but also on fabric, wood, metal, and other surfaces.

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September 11 attacks

The September 11 attacks, commonly known as 9/11, were four coordinated Islamist terrorist suicide attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States in 2001.

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Shan shui

Shan shui (pronounced) refers to a style of traditional Chinese painting that involves or depicts scenery or natural landscapes, using a brush and ink rather than more conventional paints.

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Socialist realism was the official cultural doctrine of the Soviet Union that mandated an idealized representation of life under socialism in literature and the visual arts.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xu_Bing

Also known as Square Word Calligraphy.

, Xu (surname 徐), 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre.

Xu Bing, the Glossary

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See also

Academic staff of the Central Academy of Fine Arts

Artists from Chongqing

Central Academy of Fine Arts alumni

References