This publication documents the history of one singular work of Chinese artist Xu Bing, titled Phoenix.
The large-in-scale installation was first commissioned by a Chinese corporation to be put in the commercial area in Beijing. The work was created from the construction wastes left from the very construction site of the commissioning corporate party. The artist found it interesting to juxtapose the leftover of capitalist development within the capital itself. The motif of the phoenix corresponds to the idea of rebirth, which the artist saw fit to the context of this commission.
This publication has an new edition published in 2014, which is in English and simplified Chinese. The new edition documents the later development of the project, i.e. how it got collected and exhibited in various locations around the world.
The 2014 edition is also in AAA's collection.
Translated
Feng huang de gu shi: xu bing feng huang xiang mu
Onsite
Chinese - Simplified
2010
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artist monograph
The Story of the Phoenix: Xu Bing's Phoenix Project, 鳯凰的故事：徐冰《鳯凰》項目
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