Description

This sculptural ceramic shoe confronts the uneasy relationship between desire, power, and the objectification of women through the exaggerated language of fashion and sexuality. Rendered in an alluring blue glaze, the high heel is transformed into an overtly masculine form: a penis replaces the stiletto heel, while testicles emerge from the pointed toe, disrupting the seductive elegance traditionally associated with the feminine shoe. Balancing humour with discomfort, the work exposes the ways female identity is often constructed through male desire and patriarchal expectations. The shoe becomes both fetish object and critique—simultaneously glamorous, grotesque, and confrontational. Through distortion and exaggeration, the sculpture challenges viewers to reconsider how sexuality, femininity, and power are performed, consumed, and controlled within contemporary culture.