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Wu Street

A work made of four found oil paintings on canvas-covered board, photographic copies, magazine pages, and tracing paper, with collaged text and images.
© 1993 Xu Bing and Ai Weiwei

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  • A work made of four found oil paintings on canvas-covered board, photographic copies, magazine pages, and tracing paper, with collaged text and images.

Date:

1993

Artist:

Xu Bing and Ai Weiwei
Chinese, born 1955 and 1957

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Contemporary Art

Artist

Xu Bing

Title

Wu Street

Medium

Four found oil paintings on canvas-covered board, photographic copies, magazine pages, and tracing paper, with collaged text and images

Dimensions

Dimensions vary with installation. Three paintings, each: 90 × 60 cm (35 7/16 × 23 5/8 in.); One painting: 60 × 90 cm (23 5/8 × 35 7/16 in.); Single magazine pages, three stacks of magazine pages, and two magazines,, each page: 28 × 20 cm (11 1/16 × 7 7/8 in.); Dimensions vary with installation. Three paintings: 90 × 60 cm (35 7/16 × 23 5/8 in.); Single magazine pages, three stacks of magazine pages, and two magazines: 28 × 20.1 cm (11 × 7 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Through prior purchase from the Mary and Leigh Block Fund

Reference Number

2015.81a-h

Copyright

© 1993 Xu Bing and Ai Weiwei

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