Du Jingze’s Ali Western (2019) is a painting that juxtaposes hyperrealism with abstraction to question ideals of masculinity, media, and identity. Executed in a restrained grayscale palette, the muscular figure—head partially obscured by geometric shapes—clutches a Coca-Cola bottle, a potent symbol of Western consumer culture. Bold colour blocks disrupt the monochrome realism, creating a visual tension between representation and distortion. This work is emblematic of Jingze’s practice, where he reconfigures found imagery through digital and painterly processes, exploring the fragmentation of contemporary identity in an image-saturated world.