Xiyadie is the first known Chinese paper-cut artist to publicly depart from the Chinese folk-art context as well as the only paper-cutting artist in mainland China to engage with queer themes.
‘Xiyadie: Queer Cut Utopias’, organized by Associate Curator Rosario Güiraldes, features more than 30 of Xiyadie’s intricate paper-cuts, dating from the early 1980s through today.
Xiyadie: Queer Cut Utopias
3 Feb – 14 May, 2023
The Drawing Center
35 Wooster Street, New York, NY, 10013
Organized by Associate Curator Rosario Güiraldes
Xiyadie, Sewn, 1999. Papercut with water-based dye and Chinese pigments on Xuan paper, 140 x 140 cm.
Xiyadie, Gate, 1999. Papercut with water-based dye and Chinese pigments on Xuan paper, 140 x 140 cm.
Xiyadie, Boiling (A boiling pot resembles helplessness and suffering of humanity), 2018. Papercut with water-based dye and Chinese pigments on Xuan paper, 20 x 20 cm.
Xiyadie, Butterfly, 2006. Papercut with water-based dye and Chinese pigments on Xuan paper, 28 x 30 cm.
Image courtesy of the artist.