Review: Square Word Calligraphy, the Duck-Rabbit, and the Gravitational Arena
By opportune timing and a sincere dedication, I was able to e-see Xu Bing’s Gravitational Arena (2021 – 2022), currently at the Pudong Art Museum in Shanghai, China, by proxy. Stretching from B1 to the 4th Floor, the vortex is made up of the artist’s Square Word Calligraphy, an English writing system Xu developed to mimic Chinese calligraphy.