Description

This sculptural white high heel combines seductive ornamentation with unsettling symbolism to explore the contradictions surrounding femininity, sexuality, and power. Decorated with playful strawberry motifs, the shoe initially evokes sweetness, innocence, and desire, yet its structure is supported by an exaggerated phallic heel complete with testicular forms, exposing the underlying dynamics of patriarchal control embedded within ideals of glamour and beauty.
Balancing precariously at the front of the shoe, a fragmented female torso appears both vulnerable and resilient, transforming the body into an object of display while simultaneously resisting stability. Behind it, a vivid purple gun introduces a theatrical symbol of threat and authority, disrupting the decorative surface with tension and unease.
Through surreal juxtapositions of softness, sexuality, and violence, the work critiques the commodification of women and the performance of femininity within contemporary culture. Humour and excess are used as tools of confrontation, inviting viewers to question the uneasy relationship between attraction, objectification, and control.