Monkeys Grasp at the Moon is composed of 19 sculptural elements. Each element is the word for "Monkey" in a different international language. They are created to look like a chain of monkeys joined hand to tail.

Characters for the Chinese word "niao", which is "bird" in English take flight. As they soar upwards from the floor, the Chinese word transforms into the actual shape of a bird.

A,B,C... is one of Xu Bing's older installations. These ceramic blocks bear the Chinese characters that correspond with the phonetic pronunciation of the 26 letters of the Roman alphabet.

One of three of Xu Bing's Landscript drawings. Ink on Nepalese paper. The forms in these landscapes are created out of Chinese characters. It is, in effect, a written landscape.

The Landscript drawings are exhibited with Xu Bing's notebooks from his trip to Nepal as part of the Kiasma Gallery's Helsinki-Himalaya Exhange. While trekking in the Himalayas, Xu Bing began creating his "landscript" sketches.

Xu Bing extends Yuan Jiang's landscape painting beyond its frame using sculptural characters for the natural elements, such as 'water', 'earth' and 'grass', that are found in the painting.

A Book from the Sky (1987-1991) at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery.

The original carving and printmaking tools that Xu Bing used to produce A Book from the Sky (1987-1991).

One of Xu Bing's new installations titled Square Word Calligraphy: Computer Font Project. Gallery visitors type words into the computer. The computer program then generates a version in the Square Word Calligraphy style and form.

An installation view of Square Word Calligraphy:Quotations from Chairman Mao.

Gallery visitors practice writing in the Square Word Calligraphy style in the Square Word Calligraphy Classroom.