Tag Archives: China

1987: A Book Comes from the Sky

Posted on May 16, 2017 by corvusfugit

Xu Bing’s A Book from the Sky (1987) is a 604-page volume in the style of the Song and Ming dynasties—but it contains no actual Chinese characters; instead, the symbols—4,000 of them—are “meaningless glyphs designed to resemble traditional Chinese characters.” … Continue reading →

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2013: The Huge Buddha Head

Posted on May 12, 2017 by corvusfugit

Hua Weicheng: The Huge Buddha Head (2013) From the series End of Ashes (here)

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