Distributed by University Press of Florida on behalf of Asia Society Texas

Born in China and now working in both Brooklyn and Beijing, artist Xu Bing is widely considered to be one of the most important artists to emerge from China in the 20th century. Focusing on the artist’s longstanding engagement with words and language, Word Alchemy was the most comprehensive exhibition on this theme so far, and approximately one-third of the objects in the exhibition are being shown in the U.S. for the first time.

Published on the occasion of this landmark...