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The art of Xu Bing : words without meaning, meaning without words

by Bing Xu, Britta Erickson

This volume examines contemporary artworks utilising Chinese calligraphy and traditional media in unconventional settings. Accompanying a 2001 exhibition at the Sackler Gallery, it explores the relationship between word and image.

Accession 28298 ISBN 0295981431 Publisher Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
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