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| BOOK FROM THE SKY, 1987-1991, Hand-printed books, ceiling and wall scrolls from false letter blocks, Installation view at the Elvehjem Museum of Art, Madison, WI, 1991 |
Xu Bing (born 1955) took the Beijing art scene by storm with his Book From the Sky (1987–1991), an installation of books and scrolls printed with invented characters—also pictured on pages 6–7. Critics now recognize it as one of the most important works of 20th-century Chinese art. Xu left China in the wake of the Tiananmen Square massacre and has had tremendous international success. |
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