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OverviewChinese-born, U.S.-based artist Xu Bing (born 1955) makes epic, language-based sculptures, books and installations that are frequently inspired by China's rich heritage of print culture and bookmaking. This beautifully designed volume records his acclaimed work Tianshu (or Book from the Sky ). Tianshu consists of four volumes of unreadable Chinese characters printed in a traditional Chinese style from 4,000 hand-carved pieces of wood type. (The number of invented characters was based on the actual number of characters in common usage in China.) It took Xu Bing four years to carve the type and create the characters for this extraordinary work, which he first conceived in 1986 as a book that no one would ever be able to read. The volume includes Xu Bing's own account of the work's genesis, as well as extended commentary by a range of scholars. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Xu Bing , Katherine Spears , John Cayley (Brown University USA) , Lydia Liu (Columbia University)Publisher: Bernard Quaritch Ltd. Imprint: Bernard Quaritch Ltd. Dimensions: Width: 17.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 26.90cm Weight: 0.599kg ISBN: 9780955085291ISBN 10: 0955085292 Pages: 177 Publication Date: 31 July 2012 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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