Description

Simultaneously seductive and menacing, Loaded Beauty positions the high heel a long-standing symbol of femininity, desire, and constraint as a site of conflict. Adorned with fragmented female forms, the shoe reflects how women’s bodies have been sculpted, displayed, and consumed throughout history. Atop it sits a gun: a blunt, inescapable symbol of power, violence, and control. 

This fusion of elegance and armament invites layered readings. Is the weapon an external threat, or an inherited burden? Does it suggest defence, domination, or the inevitability of harm? The piece evokes the legacy of the muse and the martyr—where beauty is both armour and target, where the body is politicised and eroticised in equal measure. Loaded Beauty does not resolve these tensions; it walks with them.