Sprachraume: Xu Bing in Berlin / Berlin : Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst : 2004
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A.XB.36Title and Statement of Responsiblity
Xu Bing in Berlin: Sprachraume / Ausstellung und Katalog: Uta Rahman-Steinert; Ausstellungsarchitektur: Laurien Wurdig; Gestaltung: Britta Paulich, Berlin & Koln; Katalogtexte: Mayen Beckmann, Uta Rahman-Steinert; Deutsche Redaktion: Uta Rahman-Steinert, Dr. Paul Stoop; Englische Redaktion: Elisabeth Erlanger, Dr. Paul Stoop, Ute ZimmermannSummarization of Content
Catalogue for exhibition "Xu Bing in Berlin' by Xu Bing held at the Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Berlin, Germany, May 27 - August 1, 2004.Over nearly two decades, Xu Bing has been addressing one of the fundamental issues in a globalized world: the problem of communication. Faced with his system of written characters without meaning, even the wise doubt their own wisdom, while the unknowing might aspire to understand. Seeing a form of script that looks illegible, but in reality is a Latin system of writing camoflagued as Chinese characters, leads us to doubt our own faculties of perception. Landscapes dissolve into words.
Xu Bing brings together the opposites of the West and the East, and in doing so makes contemporary ideas manifest with traditional materials. His work both portrays and accomplishes transcendence of its social origin, intellectual background, and time.
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Berlin, Germany : Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst , 2004 ; Berlin, Germany : American Academy in Berlin , 2004Identifier for Manifestation
ISBN: 3-8809-492-8Extent
95 pages 56 photographs (30cm x 19.2cm x 1.3cm)Content Form and Media Type
text , still image : unmediated
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esea contemporary Library Collection ➔ Research Lab ➔ ArtistsAccess and Use
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This publication is available in the esea ResearchLab for non-commercial private research use.Related Information
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Xu Bing, (b. 1955), artist ; Smith, Gary ; Goedl, Rainer ; Solomon, Andrew ; Lloyd, Ann Wilson ; Spieler, Reinhard ; Rahman-Steinert, Uta ; Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst (-2006) ; American Academy in Berlin, (1994-)Keywords & Terms
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