It is much like "A" ""Book Washing" Project", a performance piece done in the artist's home in Xiamen, which came three years earlier than "A Concise History of Modern Art." Often described as having a “radical anti-art history,” these works are a part of two of his early anti-art and anti-history periods. In "A "Book Washing" Project", he took all the books from his bookshelf and put them in the wash to create a pulp like he did in "A Concise History of Modern Art" but on a larger scale. He took the pulp created by the washing process he then stuck it back on the wall. The two pieces share the same premise and concept, but the specific materials (i.e. which books) he used in producing the pieces were different.