Description

This sculptural white high heel combines seduction, aggression, and satire to interrogate the contradictions embedded within ideals of femininity and desire. Adorned with delicate red love hearts, the shoe initially evokes romance, glamour, and playful femininity. Yet beneath this decorative surface, a phallic heel supports the structure, while sharp golden spikes erupt around it, transforming the elegant stiletto into an object of tension and threat.
The contrast between pristine white , sentimental motifs, and violent embellishment reflects the uneasy balance between vulnerability and power, affection and control. By merging symbols of romance with overtly sexual and defensive forms, the work exposes the ways femininity is often shaped through patriarchal expectations and performative desirability. Simultaneously alluring and confrontational, the sculpture invites viewers to reconsider the cultural relationship between beauty, sexuality, and dominance, using exaggeration and humour to reveal the instability beneath idealised representations of womanhood.