Which Mu Pan character are you?

Mu Pan appears in his own work sitting next to John Lennon. Born in Taiwan in 1976, he grew up in a family of mainland Chinese and at the age of 21 moved to the USA. The blending of cultures has become his artistic trademark.

In 2018 he paints Mu Pan's Garden of Earthly Delights, a work that reinterprets El Bosco's masterpiece. His triptych is a visual performance that interweaves personal iconography, religious imagery and popular culture.

The painting is presented as a triptych with scenes inspired by the Apocalypse according to St. John in three scenes throughout the triptych. The central panel depicts a hot pot, a large traditional Chinese banquet full of characters. Some of them more than well known.

Jesus Christ, Elvis and John Wayne enjoy this traditional hot pot together. The three could represent cultural influence and its impact and legacy in different areas of society: spirituality, morality and cultural.

Mao Zedong and Chiang Kai-shek, opposite leaders but who authoritatively managed China, fish together. Very close, a version of Goya's Saturnio could evoke a critique of authoritarian and totalitarian regimes, metaphorically representing both Mao and Chiang.

Louis Armstrong, musician and leader of the African-American community, plays the sax to Robert E, but the general does not listen. Lee was one of the defenders of segregationism in the US during the American civil war. The scene says it all: Lee doesn't listen to Armstrong.

The flamboyant owner of the chocolate factory, symbolizes indulgence and unbridled fantasy. The chocolate fountain and the packaging of well-known chocolate brands question the excesses and negative effects of excessive desire and the culture of consumption.

On the other side, Buddhist monkeys sacrifice themselves to feed the others. Mu Pan concludes that heaven, earth and hell are part of the same place, presenting a universe from his imagination