Wu Street

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Contemporary Art

Artist

Xu Bing

Title

Wu Street

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1993

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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