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Scroll B2

Xing Danwen Chinese

1999–2000

Not on view

Xing created her Scroll series in the summers of 1999 and 2000 while she was in Beijing in-between semesters at New York’s School of Visual Art. Scroll B2 features architectural elements of the Forbidden City and the alleys (hutong) of Beijing’s old residential neighborhoods. The juxtaposition of angles and silhouettes transforms the walls, rooflines, and gates into kaleidoscopic tapestries of abstract form. This composition, made from a single roll of film, consciously references both the cinematic filmstrip and the traditional handscroll format, creating a journey through shifting perspectives and changes in scale.

Scroll B2, Xing Danwen (Chinese, born 1967), Chromogenic print, photographic montage, China — This image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

Scroll B2, Xing Danwen (Chinese, born 1967), Chromogenic print, photographic montage, China

Scroll B2, Xing Danwen (Chinese, born 1967), Chromogenic print, photographic montage, China

Scroll B2, Xing Danwen (Chinese, born 1967), Chromogenic print, photographic montage, China

Scroll B2, Xing Danwen (Chinese, born 1967), Chromogenic print, photographic montage, China

Scroll B2, Xing Danwen (Chinese, born 1967), Chromogenic print, photographic montage, China

Scroll B2, Xing Danwen (Chinese, born 1967), Chromogenic print, photographic montage, China

Scroll B2, Xing Danwen (Chinese, born 1967), Chromogenic print, photographic montage, China

Scroll B2, Xing Danwen (Chinese, born 1967), Chromogenic print, photographic montage, China

Scroll B2, Xing Danwen (Chinese, born 1967), Chromogenic print, photographic montage, China

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Title: Scroll B2

Artist: Xing Danwen (Chinese, born 1967)

Date: 1999–2000

Culture: China

Medium: Chromogenic print, photographic montage

Dimensions: Image: 4 5/8 × 62 7/8 in. (11.7 × 159.7 cm)
Framed: 13 5/8 × 71 5/8 in. (34.6 × 181.9 cm)

Classification: Photographs

Credit Line: Lent by Christopher Phillips

Rights and Reproduction: © Xing Danwen

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