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Sun Mu’s striking, untitled artwork presents us with a visual paradox in bold red and white. Two children, rendered in a crisp, almost propagandistic style, raise their hands in a gesture of salute or perhaps naive aspiration. Above them, the unmistakable silhouette of Mickey Mouse floats like a distant dream. The composition is stark: the red background flattens the space, pushing the figures and cartoon icon to the forefront, creating a sense of immediacy. This strategic juxtaposition of socialist realism with American pop culture opens a field of semiotic interpretation. The children, symbols of an ideological upbringing, reach for something that is both familiar and foreign, desirable and unattainable. The rigid, unwavering red is destabilized through the insertion of a more playful form. The image suggests a challenge to fixed meanings. It’s a reminder that art is a site of constant re-evaluation and questioning.