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Anxiety Of The Unknown In Art: Xu Bing's A Book From The Sky, Abigail Sease
Anxiety Of The Unknown In Art: Xu Bing's A Book From The Sky, Abigail Sease
Undergraduate Research Awards
Discusses Xu Bing's A Book from the Sky, an art installation piece composed of books, scrolls and banners written in pseudo-Chinese characters. The author posits that the purpose of the piece is to reflect the viewer's anxieties about the comprehension of language and information back onto themselves. The author's entry essay for the 2014 Undergraduate Research Awards is included.