Stone Path
2008
Materials: Carved Stone
Dimension: Varies
Location: Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Germany
Background Story 4
Background Story 4，Hangzhou，2008
Background Story 4，Hangzhou，2008
Background Story 4，Hangzhou，2008
Background Story 4，Hangzhou，2008
2008
Materials: Light box and natural debris
Location: China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China
The Horse Keeps Running
Installation view at City Art Square, Sha Tin Town Hall Plaza, Hong Kong, 2008
Installation day view at City Art Square, Sha Tin Town Hall Plaza, Hong Kong, 2008
Installation night view at City Art Square, Sha Tin Town Hall Plaza, Hong Kong, 2008
2008
Materials: Carved artificial stone
Forest Project
Forest Project, 2008
Installation View at Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, California, USA, 2008
Installation View at Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, California, USA, 2008
Painting by Xu Bing, 2008
Xu Bing with children in classroom, Kenya, 2008
2008
Medium: Mixed media installation/ student drawings, large-scale landscape painting, primer, auction website
Location: Kenya, USA
Website: http://forestproject.net
Through art, the internet, culture, education and the involvement of local folks Forest Project creates a system to facilitate the automatic and uninterrupted flow of funds from developed countries to Kenya, earmarked for the planting of new trees.
Monkeys Grasp for the Moon
The idea for this installation came from a Chinese saying “monkeys grasp the moon” which alludes to an old folk tale about a group of monkeys who tried to capture the moon. Viewing the reflection of the moon on a pool of water from their place on the branch of a tree, the monkeys decided to link their arms and tails together to touch what they thought was the real moon. When at last they touched the moon, it vanished in the ripples of the water. This fanciful yet instructive tale reminds us that what we strive to achieve may in fact be an illusion.
A chain of monkeys formed out of word shapes. Each link in the chain is a word for “monkey” in a different language (21 languages in total), including Hindi, Japanese, French, Spanish, Hebrew and English.
