Mu Pan’s Micro MUniverse at Hashimoto Contemporary NYC zooms his sprawling narrative worlds to a molecular scale—each small image like a drop of blood holding multiple universes. Inspired by a Buddhist adage about microscopic life in a cup of water, acrylic works on paper show animals, humans, and beasts in gory kaleidoscopes of nourishment and cycle. Pan shifts from epic battle plots toward simplified character interactions and the transcendence of narration.
