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Book from the Ground: from point to point

• MIT Press • ISBN 9780262027083

Book from the Ground: from point to point cover

Book from the Ground: from point to point

• MIT Press • ISBN-13 9780262027083

ISBN-10 Not provided • 2013

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ISBN 9780262027083 • Completeness 48

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By Xu Bing With Brett Yasko Twenty years ago I made Book from the Sky , a book of illegible Chinese characters that no one could read. Now I have created Book from the Ground , a book that anyone can read.—Xu Bing Following his classic work Book from the Sky , the Chinese artist Xu Bing presents a new graphic novel—one composed entirely of symbols and icons that are universally understood.

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Publisher: MIT Press
2013
Pages: 128

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Contributor: Xu Bing With Brett Yasko Twenty years ago I made Book from the SkyContributor: a book of illegible Chinese characters that no one cMovement: PostmodernismMovement: Conceptual Art

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Category: Conceptual ArtCategory: Contemporary Chinese ArtCategory: Graphic DesignCategory: Language And WritingCategory: PublicationCategory: SemioticsCategory: Typography And LanguageCategory: Visual Communication

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