“Xijing” is a fictitious city-state. In 2007, the three artists, OZAWA Tsuyoshi (born in 1965 and currently residing in Saitama Prefecture), CHEN Shaoxiong (born in 1962 and currently residing in Beijing) and Gimhongsok (born in 1964 and currently residing in Seoul) formed a collaboration team called “Xijing Men” meaning people who come from Xijing. The team started a project which tells the story of a city-state somewhere in Asia that is not Beijing, Tokyo or Seoul where art-loving people reside. The story of Xijing can be interpreted as a story irradiating modern society, not just a story of a fictitious state removed from reality.
Xijing Men: Xijing is Not Xijing, Therefore Xijing is Xijing
April 29, 2016 - August 28, 2016
Location: | 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art
1-2-1 Hirosaka, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Japan |
Grantee(s): | Tsuyoshi Ozawa |