Three works: (i) Cute Communists - Castro, (ii) Cute Communists - Stalin, (iii) Cute Communists - Mao

Scott Reeder's "Cute Communists" series presents portraits of infamous dictators Castro, Stalin, and Mao rendered in a disarmingly playful and cartoonish aesthetic using oil on board. By juxtaposing the visual language of cuteness with figures historically associated with authoritarianism and mass atrocity, Reeder creates an unsettling tension between form and subject matter. The works invite viewers to grapple with the uncomfortable collision of pop sensibility and political violence.