XU BING: WORD ALCHEMY OPENS FEBRUARY 22ND - FEATURING ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ARTISTS WORKING TODAY

Focusing on the artist’s longstanding engagement with words and language, Word Alchemy is the most comprehensive exhibition on this theme so far, and around one-third of the objects in the exhibition are being shown in the U. [...] In this Background Story, Xu Bing brings to life Zhao Mengfu’s famous Autumn Colors on the Qiao and Hua Mountains (1295) handscroll, and, for the first time, the artist will enhance the Background Story with animated projections that show the addition of colophons, seals, and inscriptions over the centuries. [...] He enrolled in the Printmaking Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing in 1977, completed his studies in 1981, and later joined the faculty. [...] Xu Bing's work has been displayed in numerous prestigious venues around the world, including the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Guggenheim Museum, and the Sackler National Gallery in Washington, D. [...] Spanning the fields of arts, business, culture, education, and policy, our programming is rooted in the educational and cultural development of our community — trusting in the power of art, dialogue, and ideas to combat bias and build a more inclusive society.