Landscape/landscript : nature as language in the art of Xu Bing
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
Landscape/landscript : nature as language in the art of Xu Bing
AUTHOR:
Vainker, S. J.
Goldman, Judith
McDonald, Peter D.
Xu, Bing, 1955-
ISBN:
9781854442697
PUBLICATION_INFO:
Oxford : Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2013
PHYSICAL_DESC:
204 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm
GENERAL_NOTE:
Includes bibliographical references
Published to accompany the exhibition held at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 28th Feb.-19th May 2013.
ABSTRACT:
The importance of the written word in Chinese art - as inscription, decoration or calligraphy with brush and ink - is one of the most discussed topics in the history of Chinese art. Here, Xu Bing examines the systems within the written language itself, illustrating how the visual elements articulate or create a relationship between the language user and the myriad objects around him.
SUBJECT:
| Xu, Bing, 1955- -- Exhibitions |
| Xu, Bing, 1955- -- Criticism and interpretation |
| Language and languages in art -- Exhibitions |
BIBSUMMARY:
The importance of the written word in Chinese art - as inscription, decoration or calligraphy with brush and ink - is one of the most discussed topics in the history of Chinese art. Here, Xu Bing examines the systems within the written language itself, illustrating how the visual elements articulate or create a relationship between the language user and the myriad objects around him.