{"product_id":"xu-bing-word-alchemy-hardback-9798218492694","title":"Xu Bing; Word Alchemy (Hardback) 9798218492694","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eXu Bing\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eWord Alchemy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSusan L. Beningson (Edited by), Owen Duffy (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9798218492694\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 24 June 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e160 pages, 89 color illus\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 20.3 x 1.9 cm, 0.95 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDistributed by University Press of Florida on behalf of Asia Society Texas\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBorn in China and now working in both Brooklyn and Beijing, artist Xu Bing is widely considered to be one of the most important artists to emerge from China in the 20th century. Focusing on the artist’s longstanding engagement with words and language, \u003cem\u003eWord Alchemy\u003c\/em\u003e was the most comprehensive exhibition on this theme so far, and approximately one-third of the objects in the exhibition are being shown in the U.S. for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished on the occasion of this landmark exhibition at Asia Society Texas, this catalogue assembles more than 50 of Xu Bing’s most important woodcut prints, videos, drawings, installations, and other ephemera representing almost 50 years of the artist’s creative output. Starting with Xu’s early engagements with social realism and Western art historical traditions alike, the exhibition charts the evolution of the artist’s linguistic experiments that challenge and expand not only the history of Chinese landscape painting, but the canons of contemporary art.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHighlights of the book include a new essay by Xu Bing, an interview between the artist and curator Susan L. Beningson, as well as several newly commissioned essays by the field's leading scholars and curators. The volume features vivid reproductions of Xu Bing’s early works, never-before-exhibited notebooks, landmark prints including the \u003cem\u003eSeries of Repetitions\u003c\/em\u003e handscroll, a new \u003cem\u003eBackground Story\u003c\/em\u003e with a connection to Zhao Mengfu’s famous \u003cem\u003eAutumn Colors on the Qiao\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eand Hua Mountains\u003c\/em\u003e handscroll, a new Texas-themed \u003cem\u003eSquare Word Calligraphy\u003c\/em\u003e, and a new installation of \u003cem\u003eMonkeys Grasp for the Moon\u003c\/em\u003e in Asia Society Texas' Fayez Sarofim Grand Hall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Asia Society Texas","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52652969918744,"sku":"9798218492694","price":35.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/xu-bing-word-alchemy-hardback-9798218492694","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}