Sally Chen b. 2000 (USA)
2022
Digital print on paper, mounted on foam board
6 panels, each 10 × 24 in
Artist bio:
Sally Chen is a queer, second-generation Chinese American children’s book illustrator, muralist, and poet born and based in New York City. Their work explores the quiet intimacies of daily life through expressive methods such as free-flowing lines, glowing silhouettes, and portraiture. They have exhibited at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum, worked with Sing for Hope and platforms such as NPR and QueerAF.
Sally Chen 是一位酷兒、華裔美籍第二代童書插畫家、壁畫家與詩人，出生並定居於紐約市。他們的創作透過流暢的線條、發光的剪影與肖像畫等具表現力的方法，探索日常生活中靜謐的親密感。其作品曾展出於布魯克林兒童博物館（Brooklyn Children’s Museum），並曾與 Sing for Hope 以及美國國家公共廣播電台（NPR）、QueerAF 等平台合作。
Artwork description:
One Day, The Sun Won’t Be Wounded is a series of digitally illustrated, hand-lettered poems that intertwine Chinese history, classical opera, mythology, folktales, and ancestral heritage to explore the artist’s queerness and transness. Originally developed as a BFA thesis, the project centers on Guanyin, examining their gender-expansive manifestations across centuries as a historical mirror for the artist’s own identity.
本作品是一系列數位插畫與手寫體詩歌，交織了中國歷史、古典戲曲、神話、民間故事與祖輩傳承，以此探索創作者自身的酷兒與跨性別（transness）認同。該計畫最初發展自藝術學士（BFA）的畢業論文，作品以觀音為核心，檢視了數個世紀以來觀音具備性別擴張性（gender-expansive）的顯化形象，以此作為映照藝術家自身認同的歷史之鏡。