#xu bing
Xu Bing
A Book from the Sky. 1987-91.
Mixed media installation / Hand-printed books and scrolls printed from blocks inscribed with ”false” characters.
An installation that took Xu Bing over four years to complete, A Book from The Sky is comprised of printed volumes and scrolls containing four thousand ”false” Chinese characters invented by the artist and then painstakingly hand-cut onto wooden printing blocks.
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Booklyn is excited to announce the upcoming release of our newest trade publication Freedom of the Presses: Artists’ Books in the 21st Century.
Freedom of the Pressesis a textbook and a toolbox for using artists’ books and creative publications to further community engagement and social justice projects. The book aims to expand and enhance scholarship about creative book-making, reflective of and relevant to the diverse global community of makers and readers. Freedom of the Presses features commentary and images from contemporary artists and scholars.
with essays by:
Kurt Allerslev:: Tia Blassingame :: Stephen Dupont :: Karen Eliot ::Bridget Elmer ::Fly::Ganzeer:: Sarah Kirk Hanley :: Richard Lee :: Florencia San Martin :: Mobile Print Power ::Janelle Rebel ::Aaron Sinift :: Suzy Taraba :: Deborah Ultan ::Marshall Weber ::Anton Wurth :: Xu Bing
This book is available for an exclusive pre-order* solely through our current Kickstarter Campaign, THIS OFFER WILL EXPIRE DECEMBER 17th, so order today!
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