“Hello Kim!” – SOME© 2022

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Hello Kim!
SOME©, 2022
Stencil & Digital Pop on Canvas

A clash of icons: the kawaii innocence of Hello Kitty is hijacked by the unmistakable face of Kim Jong-un. Cute meets cult of personality, pink bow meets nuclear threat.

The piece destabilizes the glossy neutrality of consumer culture, exposing how even the most harmless mascots can become vessels of propaganda when overlaid with authoritarian imagery.

In Hello Kim!, pop aesthetics and political satire collide, reducing power into parody and cuteness into a weapon.