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Xiyadie

Born in 1963

Overview

Xiyadie is a self-taught traditional Chinese papercut artist who starting creating works with homoerotic themes to tell his narrative of transformation. Xiyadie means Siberian Butterfly, a name he chose after his move to Beijing as a migrant worker in 2005, where he found an accepting community in the burgeoning gay subcultural scene. As he relates, the Siberian Butterfly is a northern creature. Surviving in the harshest conditions, it maintains its vanity and pursuit of freedom in an environmen...Read more

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Music, 2016
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Your lightbulb is fine (Such natural mutual love is part of human nature), 2018
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Sorting sweet potatos (Dad, don’t yell, we’re in the cellar sorting sweet potatoes), 1999
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Sorting sweet potatoes (Dad, don’t yell, we’re in the cellar sorting sweet potatoes), 2019
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Joy(乐), 1999
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Joy(乐), 1999
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Joy (乐), 2005
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Joy (乐), 1999
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Joy (乐), 1999
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Joy, 1999
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Joy, 1999
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Gate, 1999
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Gate, 1992
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Flowerpot, 1991
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Fish on a chopping board (Human suffering, depression and helplessness are like a beheaded fish on a chopping board, but at this very moment we are still happy), 2018
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Double happiness (Lovers are often together), 2018
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Joy, 1982
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Door, 1982
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Butterfly, 2006
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Boiling (A boiling pot resembles helplessness and suffering of humanity), 2018
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Gate, 2016
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Fish on a chopping board, 2018
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