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XU BING

A pioneering contemporary artist—with “Chinese” prefixed or not—Xu Bing needs little introduction, making him a more than suitable subject for what was essentially the comeback-blockbuster show of Beijing’s Ullens Center for Contemporary Art after it had been semi-refurbished and acquired by new owners. Simply, the task for an exhibition of an artist of this stature is to add to understandings of their practice and to

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