Xu Bing Square Word Calligraphy
Xu Bing has designed a calligraphic system known as Square Word Calligraphy in which English words come to resemble Chinese characters. Like a linguistic breeder, the artist combines Chinese calligraphy with English writing to create a new "species". An Introduction to Square Word Calligraphy expands on the didactic potential of the new script by offering directions for how to prepare ink, hold a brush, and execute individual brushstrokes.
In the process of deciphering Xu's text, viewers break down cultural barriers. Learn about the Square Word Calligraphy system created by Xu Bing and David Kelley, where English words are written in square shapes using Chinese-like symbols. See examples, alphabet charts, links and more.
'Square Word Calligraphy' of Xu Bing on view at Katonah Museum of Art ...
Square Word Calligraphy An example of Xu Bing's 'Square Word' calligraphy, combining Latin characters into forms that resemble Chinese characters. The word is ' wiki '. From 1994 he started a new project, in which he adapted Latin alphabets into the shape of hanzi.
He called this New English Calligraphy, and gave lessons in how to write the. Xu Bing's Square Word Calligraphy Exhibition: A Cultural Dialogue in Hong Kong Since late March 2025, the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) has partnered with renowned Chinese artist Xu Bing to present " Eying East, Wondering West - Square Word Calligraphy Classroom". In Square Word Calligraphy, Xu Bing has devised a method of writing English words in rectangular arrangements which resemble Chinese characters.
XU BING - ARTWORK - Square Word Calligraphy: Deep in the Heart of Texas
A code of calligraphic script elements maps to the 26 Roman letters and a relatively simple set of rules for the composition of square words allow one to write English using Chinese calligraphic principles. Square Word Calligraphy, developed by internationally recognized contemporary artist Xu Bing starting in 1993, is an innovative method of writing English by combining strokes in a structure similar to Chinese characters. Conceptual artist Xu Bing speaks about Square Word Calligraphy Classroom on exhibit at the Wallach Gallery, in which he devised a method of writing English words to resemble Chinese characters.
Xu Bing was born in 1955 in Chungqing, in Sichuan province. He studied traditional bookbinding and calligraphy at the Beijing Academy of Fine Arts, and left China shortly after the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989. The genesis of the Square Word Calligraphy concept was definitely related to my living environment and conditions.
XU BING - ARTWORK - Square Word Calligraphy
Living in a foreign country means living in a region between two cultures.
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