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XU Bing
(Chinese, b. 1955)
New English Calligraphy - Poem of Bei Dao (A pair) 2008 Ink on paper 153.5 x 38 cm (x2) Signed Xu Bing in English and dated 2008 With two seals of the artist QUOTATION CONTENT: "The Answer" Poem of Bei Dao Debasement is the password of the base Nobility the epitaph of the noble Xu Bing Two thousand and eight
NT$ 1,500,000-2,500,000 US$ 45,900-76,500 HK$ 353,000-588,000
徐冰 新英文書法—北島詩句（一對） 2008 水墨 紙 153.5 x 38 cm (x2) 簽名：XU BING 2008 鈐印：XU 鈐印：BING 引文翻譯： 『回答』 北島詩句 卑鄙是卑鄙者的通行證 高尚是高尚者的墓誌銘 徐冰 2008
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北島是中國知名當代詩人，祖籍浙江湖州， 1949年生於北京。著有詩集《太陽城劄 記》、《北島詩選》、《北島顧城詩選》 等。從1970年代開始創作以來，一直是中國 當代詩歌先行者。清醒的思辨與直覺思維產 生的隱喻、象徵意象相結合，是北島詩顯著 的藝術特徵，具有高度概括力的悖論式警 句，造成了北島詩獨有的振聾發聵的藝術力 量。北島的作品已被譯成二十多種文字出 版。代表作包括作於1976年的《回答》，其 中的「卑鄙是卑鄙者的通行證，高尚是高尚 者的墓誌銘」已經成為中國新詩名句。在美 國，其作品由Zephyr Press出版。曾多次獲 諾貝爾文學獎提名。是當今影響最大，也最 受國際承認的中國詩人。 作品《新英文書法—北島詩句》是著名藝術 家徐冰為一項非營利文學活動所捐贈的作 品。內容取自中國當代著名詩人、數次獲諾 貝爾文學獎提名的北島先生《回答》—詩的 名句。這兩句詩在八十年代曾膾炙人口、傳 誦一時，至今仍激勵著無數文學青年。聞名 世界的著名藝術家徐冰用獨創的新英文書法 創作了這幅作品。新英文書法自問世以來， 一直受到廣泛關注，世界各大博物館及重要 藏家爭相收藏。完美的藝術形式與深邃的詩 歌內涵，藝術界與文學界的兩位巨擘結合在 一起，將使這幅作品成為世人矚目之作。
Bei Dao is a modern poet in China. His roots were in Huzhou, Zhejiang Province. Bei was born in Beijing. He has published the poetry anthologies: “Extracts of the Sun City”, “The Collection of poems of Bei Dao”, “The Collection of Poems of Bei Dao and Gu Cheng”. Since he began writing in the 1970s, Bei has always been the frontrunner in Chinese modern poetry. The metaphor, together with
the combination of symbol and image, created by his clear mind and intuition constitutes the obvious artistic features of Bei Dao. His poems own unique artistic strength which force people rethink their values. There are paradox epigrams with brief expressions inside his poems. His works have been translated and published in more than 20 languages. "The Answer" in 1976 is his masterpiece and “Debasement is the password of the base; nobility the epitaph of the noble.” has become a renowned Chinese aphorism. In the USA, the poem of Bei Dao were published by Zephyr Press. His works were nominated for the Nobel Prize several times. He is the most influential Chinese poet who is widely-accepted by the international community. The work “New English Calligraphy - Poem of Bei Dao” was donated by the famous artist Xu Bing for a nongovernmental literary activity. The content was the well-known sentence from poem "The Answer" written by Bei Dao, who has been nominated for the Nobel Prize several times. These two sentences were in everyone’s mouth in the 1980s, and even now inspire many young people who are interested in literature. The world-famous artist Xu Bing used his specially created kind of calligraphy to compose this picture. Since the release of the New English Calligraphy, it received much public attention, many major museums around the world and some important collectors scrambled to have it in their own collection. The perfect artistic form and the deep intention of the poems, the combination of the great masters from the artistic circle and the literary circle enable this composition to be an eyecatching one.