The character of characters: an animation by Xu Bing

• • Is type of work 

    Books

By

• • Has author 

    Xu Bing

Contributors

• • Contributor 

    Erickson, Britta
  • Contributor 

    Asian Art Museum of San Francisco

Publisher

• Publication

  San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, c2012

Is about

• Person

  • As subject 

    Xu Bing

• Subject

  • As subject 

    schrift
  • As subject 

    videokunstwerken (medium)
  • As subject 

    tekenfilms

Type

• Language

  • Has publication language 

    English
  • Has publication language 

    Chinese

Classification

• ISBN

  • 0939117657
  • 9780939117659

Annotations / title notes

• Notes

  This publication includes a supplementary essay by Erickson and an extended personal commentary by the artist Xu Bing on his new work, "The character of characters", which Xu created to accompany the exhibition "Out of character: decoding Chinese calligraphy" at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco from October 5, 2012 through January 13, 2013. The entire animation is included on a DVD attached to the back page of the publication. - Table of contents: Director's preface / Jay Xu -- Xu Bing's journey through language / Britta Erickson -- The character of characters: an animation / Xu Bing.

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