(Liste) New English Calligraphy
All good things must come to an end and for the exhibition masterpieces of chinese painting 700 1900 that was the case on sunday 19th jan 2014.
New english calligraphy. Yes xu bing is the artist who combines english letters and chinese calligraphy together. New english calligraphy china in the v a. I was really really impressed when i saw it. The characters are really beautiful but i can hardly recognize them. In the process of deciphering xu s text viewers break down cultural barriers. He calls it new english calligraphy. Kelley in 2012 is a new version of the original square word calligraphy 英文方块字 system developed in 1994 by the chinese artist xu bing 徐冰.
The square word calligraphy system presented on this page and developed by dr. The art of producing beautiful writing often created with a special pen or brush. Xu bing s thought provoking new english calligraphy lot 813 provides a close reading of the renowned stanza of zen poetry by huineng. Square word calligraphy helps demystify the chinese written language making the pleasures of calligraphy available to a. Ken draper february 25 2014. But you still have until this sunday the opportunity to visit the john madejski garden at the v a to enjoy travelling to the wonderland an installation by the.