徐冰 XU BING | 布鲁克林美术馆馆藏作品 Brooklyn Museum

Square Word Calligraphy: Crossing Brooklyn Ferry, Walt Whitman, 2018. Ink on paper, 893/8 x 4813/16 in. (227 x 124 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Xu Bing to the Brooklyn Museum in honor of his father, 2018.24a–b. (Photo: Courtesy of the artist)

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徐冰 Xu Bing

One:Xu Bing

展期/ Duation: 25 Oct,2019-26 April,2020

地点/ Venue:  Focus Gallery, 2nd Floor, Brooklyn Musuem 纽约布鲁克林美术馆

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BANK 荣幸宣布艺术家徐冰作品《新英文书法：《穿越布鲁克林渡口》（Crossing Brooklyn)，沃尔特·惠特曼”(2018年) 》现在正在布鲁克林美术馆展出，该作品纳入该馆世界闻名中国艺术馆藏之一。这件作品是在与策展人苏珊·L·贝宁森(Susan L.Beningson) 共同商讨策划后，专门为布鲁克林博物馆创作的，以展示徐冰与布鲁克林区域的密切关系。上世纪90年代，他曾住在布鲁克林，现在还在此地保留一间工作室。

《新英文书法：〈穿过布鲁克林渡口〉，沃尔特·惠特曼》向沃尔特·惠特曼致敬，并于2019年展出，以纪念这位诗人的200岁生日。惠特曼是布鲁克林学徒图书馆协会(布鲁克林博物馆的前身)的早期图书管理员，这次展览还包括我们档案馆的材料，探索他与博物馆的关系。被称为美国民主诗人的惠特曼的诗《穿越布鲁克林渡轮》描述了我们之间的内在联系，并提出了一个重要的问题：“横架于我们之间的是什么？”

展览现场，《一：徐冰》，布鲁克林美术馆，图片来自徐冰工作室

徐冰来到纽约后，在20世纪90年代初发展了“方块字书法”作为书写英语的系统。虽然长方形的书写单位与汉字相似，但实际上每一个都是英语中的一个单词。整个作品阐述了《穿越布鲁克林渡口》的第一部分，反映了徐冰在纽约时在两种文化之间生活的经历。

徐冰曾经说过：“如果我继续生活在中国，这作品永远不会出现，它是我在纽约生活的结果。但如果我没有住在布鲁克林，我永远也不会知道沃尔特·惠特曼。”

One Brooklyn系列中的每个展览都侧重于从我们的百科全书收藏中选择的单个作品，揭示了许多故事编织成一个单一的艺术作品。One Brooklyn是由摩根大通(JPMorgan Chase&Co.)慷慨捐赠而成的。

BANK is very honored to announce that artist Xu Bing's work Square Word:Calligraphy: Crossing Brooklyn Ferry, Walt Whitman(2018) is now exhibited in Brooklyn Museum, New York as one of museum's world-renowed collection of Chinese art. 

Created specifically for the Brooklyn Museum in consultation with curator Susan L. Beningson, the work celebrates Xu Bing’s close relationship with Brooklyn, where he lived in the 1990s and maintains a studio today. Square Word Calligraphy: Crossing Brooklyn Ferry, Walt Whitman pays homage to Walt Whitman and is on display in 2019 in honor of the poet's 200th birthday. Whitman served as an early librarian at the Brooklyn Apprentices’ Library Association (the Brooklyn Museum’s predecessor), and this exhibition also includes material from our Archives that explores his relationship to the Museum. Known as the American poet of democracy, Whitman's poem “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” portrays our interconnectedness and asks an important question: “What is then between us?”

Xu Bing developed “square word calligraphy” as a system for writing English in the early 1990s after he came to New York. Although the rectangular units of writing resemble Chinese characters, each one is actually a word in English. The overall work spells out the first section of “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry,” reflecting Xu Bing’s experience living between two cultures while in New York. Xu Bing has said that “If I had continued living in China, this work never would have arisen; it was a result of my living in New York. But I never would have known about Walt Whitman if I hadn’t lived in Brooklyn.”

One: Xu Bing is curated by Susan L. Beningson, Assistant Curator, Asian Art, Brooklyn Museum.

Each exhibition in the One Brooklyn series focuses on an individual work chosen from our encyclopedic collection, revealing the many stories woven into a single work of art. One Brooklyn is made possible by a generous contribution from JPMorgan Chase & Co.

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