1999－2011 Living Word. 29 Junjie Jiang The Doubleness of Sight/Site: Xu Bing’s Phoenix as an Intended Public Art Project I magine yourself walking among the glamorous skyscrapers in Beijing’s Central Business District, known as the CBD, an area designed to The Story of the Phoenix - Xu Bing's Phoenix Project Paperback – January 1, 2012 by Zhai Yongming (Author), etc Xu Bing (Illustrator) 3.4 out of 5 stars 4 ratings 2001－2011. Background Story 4. Stone Path. Tobacco Project. Dec 11, 2013 - Explore BlackBird's board "Xu Bing the Phoenix Project", followed by 228 people on Pinterest. Tobacco Project: Richmond. Images of the phoenix in Chinese culture date back at least 4000 years. 2011. Purple Breeze Comes from the East . Xu Bing Phoenix (MA) 2008 - 2010 / 2012 2011. 2008. Though Xu Bing continued to work on the Phoenix Project, he would not have been able to complete the pieces without the funding from Taiwanese art collector Barry Lam. Photo: Joe Griffin; Courtesy of Xu Bing Studio. “Phoenix Project” Unveiled in Beijing. For the Book fom the Ground installation, Xu Bing recreated his studio's working environment and brought some materials to the exhibition space, implying that this is a never-ending project in progress. Photo: Joe Griffin; Courtesy of Xu Bing Studio. 2008 - 2010 2009. Xu Bing’s studio also made a character database software that corresponds to the language of the book. Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, Chinese contemporary artist Xu Bing's aptly titled Phoenix soars above viewers, made from the remnants of old construction sites in China. From MASS MoCA, Xu Bing 徐冰, Phoenix Project (2007-2011), Debris and materials from construction sites, 88 1/2 × 99 × 26 1/4 in 2008. (Xu Bing, courtesy of the Sackler) Preparatory drawing of Xu Bing’s Phoenix Project. 2008. Xu Bing was born in Chongqing, in the newly-formed Communist People's Republic of China, in 1955. Background Story 7. 2008－2009. The phoenix of Western mythology is not the same as the Chinese fenghuang. The third of five children, he spent his childhood years growing up in Beijing, where his parents moved to work at Peking University when he was two years old. Events include outdoor installation, document exhibition, catalogue and series of scholarly lectures… Xu Bing Studio is pleased to announce the inaugural public exhibition of Xu Bing’s towering Phoenix Project at the Today Art Museum, Beijing.. 2011 ... Phoenix Project. Xu Bing supervising the installation of the Phoenix Project at Saint John the Divine. See more ideas about chinese artists, bing, installation art. Xu Bing supervising the installation of the Phoenix Project at Saint John the Divine.