Untitled

Untitled

Xu Bing

1988

ink

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This print is all black ink on light paper. You see a busy landscape with trees, buildings, and a river. The trees and grass are made of tiny lines and dots. The river is full of small fish. The buildings look like they’re made of woven patterns. The artist used a tool to carve shapes into wood, then pressed ink into those grooves. That’s how the lines and textures were made. Look up woodcut to see how this print was made.

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