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Stone Path

PHOTO|VIDEO

2008

Materials: Carved Stone

Dimension: Varies

Location: Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Germany


CHARACTER INSTALLATION

Series

  • Poem  Stone  Chairs

    2019

Background Story 4

Background Story 4,Hangzhou,2008

Background Story 4,Hangzhou,2008

Background Story 4,Hangzhou,2008

Background Story 4,Hangzhou,2008

PHOTO|VIDEO

2008

Materials: Light box and natural debris

Location: China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China


INSTALLATION

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

PHOTO|VIDEO

2008

Materials: Carved artificial stone 

CHARACTER INSTALLATION

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

PHOTO|VIDEO

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.


SOCIAL PROGRAMS

Monkeys Grasp for the Moon

PHOTO|VIDEO

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. 

CHARACTER INSTALLATION

Series

  • Monkeys  Grasp  for  the  Moon

    2008
  • Monkeys  Grasp  for  the  Moon  

    2001