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Buddhist caves at Dunhuang
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Description
The famous Thousand Buddha Caves at Dunhuang in Central Asia were drawn by many well-known artists of the mid-20th century. Xu Bing’ s 1984 drawing retains aspects of the French- and Soviet-influenced styles of his schooldays and late teens and includes new methods of his own. Areas of granulation near the centre of the composition were created by his placing grains of the Gobi Desert sand beneath the paper on his drawing board.
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › China › Gansu province › Dunhuang (Dunhuang caves) (place of creation)Asia › China › Gansu province › Dunhuang (Dunhuang caves) (subject)
- Date
- 1984
- Artist/maker
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Xu Bing (born 1955) (artist)
- Material and technique
- pencil and chalk on paper
- Dimensions
- 37.4 x 46.6 cm (height x width)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent by Xu Bing's Studio.
- Accession no.
- LI2007.26
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Further reading
Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 28 February-19 May 2013, Xu Bing Landscape/Landscript: Nature as Language in the Art of Xu Bing, Shelagh Vainker, ed. (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2013), no. 15 on p. 46, p. 39, illus. p. 47 fig. 15
Past Exhibition
see (1)
Location
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- returned to owner
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