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Where Does the Dust Itself Collect?
Square Word Calligraphy Classroom
2010
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Purple Breeze Comes from the East
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Where does the Dust Itself Collect?
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2002
A Consideration of Golden Apples
2001
The Foolish Old Man Who Tried to Remove the Mountain
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1999
Landscripts from the Himalayan Journal
1998
American Silkworm Series Part IV
American Silkworm Series Part III
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1995
American Silkworm Series Part II
1994
American Silkworm Series Part I
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A Consideration of Golden Apples
American Silkworm Series Part I
American Silkworm Series Part II
American Silkworm Series Part III
American Silkworm Series Part IV
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Brilliant Mountain Flowers Magazine
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Landscripts from the Himalayan Journal
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Purple Breeze Comes from the East
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Square Word Calligraphy Classroom
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The Foolish Old Man Who Tried to Remove the Mountain
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Where Does the Dust Itself Collect?
Y2002
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Exhibited: Guangzhou Biennale, China
Materials: Donkeys
The idea for this installation came from a newspaper article about peasants in Southern China who disguised normal horses as zebras to attract tourism. Xu Bing saw how this story exemplifies the kind of creativity and intelligence brought forth by recent developments in China's economic policies. The installation itself merely re-creates this borrowed wisdom of the masses. Similar to Xu Bing's language-based works, this project deals with the concept of masks. The zebras appear in camouflage, so while the viewer encounters a familiar face, what is perceived is inconsistent with its reality.