At his studio in Beijing, artist Zhang Xiaodong layers hundreds of sheets of thin paper on top of one another until they form a complete and impeccable image. When the chapters of his elaborate books ...

Thomas Doyle, “Firing for Effect” (detail), (2010), Mixed media sculpture. 44 in. diam. (courtesy of Thomas Doyle; all images via Thames & Hudson) A new book is looking at the scale of contemporary ...