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Javier Mayoral’s Pants Off blends deadpan humor with a sly critique of intimacy and miscommunication. In the scene, a man and woman sit across from one another, drinks in hand, while the text above them reads: “Who gave you permission to take your stupid pants off?” The flat, almost cartoon-like rendering of the figures - his pants awkwardly pooled around his ankles, her dressed in a mint-green bikini - heightens the absurdity of the exchange. At once playful and biting, the work exemplifies Mayoral’s signature style: spare compositions that transform ordinary or erotic encounters into wry, satirical commentaries. With its mix of wit, awkwardness, and erotic tension, Pants Off reveals the humor hidden in moments of vulnerability.