“The city Hangzhou is always renovating its roads.

A few days ago, I walked pass by a piece of excavated ground.

The hard asphalt pavement was opened with a window revealing the soil underneath it.

Just after the rain, the soil absorbed the water and became very malleable. The mud is covered with various footprints. With careful observation, I was amazed by the delicate design of various soles. The state of these patterns transcends the original functionality as sole patterns, revealing a sense of technology that modern civilizations admire.

They are intertwined, as if a sculpture created collaboratively by people who passed by entering different time and space. As I was carefully reading these footprints, I can not help but wondering their destinations, their names, their gaits…..

The hasty passengers passed by here have left proof that they were once here.”  —— Guo Xi

Vanguard Gallery is presenting Guo Xi’s solo exhibition “Peter Passed by Here” starts from November 6th  until December 31th . The exhibition is Guo’s second solo exhibition at the gallery after “Reenator” in 2016.