Xu Bing Square Word Calligraphy

XuBing(Chinese: 徐冰; pinyin:XúBīng; born 1955) is a Chinese artist who served as vice-president of the Central Academy of Fine Arts.An example ofXuBing's 'SquareWord'calligraphy, combining Latin characters into forms that resemble Chinese characters. PracticingSquareWordCalligraphywith its textbook and tracing book. 26 letters in English alphabet written inSquareWordCalligraphy.XuBinghas designed acalligraphicsystem known asSquareWordCalligraphyin which Englishwordscome to resemble Chinese characters.

Conceptual artistXuBingspeaks aboutSquareWordCalligraphyClassroom on exhibit at the Wallach Gallery, in which he devised a method of writing Englishwordsto resemble Chinese characters. XuBing(Chinese, born 1955).SquareWordCalligraphy: Crossing Brooklyn Ferry, Walt Whitman, 2018.Also included in the exhibition is archival material fromXuBingilluminating his artistic process in the creation of both “squarewordcalligraphy” and this specific painting. SquareWordCalligraphyis a form of writingXuBingbegan developing in 1993, in which English is written to resemble Chinese characters.Eying East, Wondering West —SquareWordCalligraphyClassroom on the Move.

Squarewordcalligraphyhelps demystify the Chinese written language, making the pleasures ofcalligraphyavailable to a wider audience.Calligrapher:XuBing(born 1955). XuBingSquareWordCalligraphyClassroom, 1994-1996, mixed media; dimensions variable. Installation view fromXuBingin Berlin, Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Berlin (now Museum für Asiatische Kunst), Germany, 2004.

Photo courtesy ofXuBingStudio. InSquareWordCalligraphy,XuBinghas devised a method of writing Englishwordsin rectangular arrangements which resemble Chinese characters. InSquareWordCalligraphy,XuBinghas devised a method of writing Englishwordsin rectangular arrangements which resemble Chinese characters.

When is Chinesecalligraphynot actuallycalligraphy? Well, when it comes fromXuBing’s brush, apparently. This Chinese artist is well known for what he calls ‘squarewordcalligraphy’, which he developed in 1993...