Xu Bing: Tobacco Project, Duke/Shanghai/Virginia, 1999-2011

by Lydia Liu, Wu Hung, John B. Ravenal, et al.

Born in Chongqing, China, in 1955, Xu Bing is considered one of the most important artists of his generation. Between 1977 and 1987, he studied and taught at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing. He moved to the United States in 1990 and in 1999 received a MacArthur Fellowship, the celebrated "genius grant," in recognition of his "capacity to contribute importantly to society, particularly in printmaking and calligraphy." In 2008 Xu Bing was...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 091704696X
• ISBN13: 9780917046964
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.3" x 10.2"
• Age Range: 18 to 22 years
• Grade Range: Postsecondary