The Kings

Inspirée du concept japonais homé-goroshi — l’art de "tuer par l’éloge" —, cette série de dessins et de bijoux de couronnes phalliques s’approprie les codes de la flatterie pour mieux saboter les vanités du pouvoir masculin. En proclamant un "You are the King" gribouillé au crayon, l’artiste feint de couronner l’ego patriarcal à l’ère post-Me Too pour mieux en souligner le ridicule. Ce trophée dérisoire, pensé pour être offert comme un bijou précieux, transforme la glorification de la virilité en un piège doré où la flatterie devient une sentence ironique.
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Inspired by the Japanese concept of homé-goroshi—the act of "killing with praise"—this series of drawings and phallic crown jewelry uses flattery as a weapon to dismantle masculine vanity in the post-Me Too era. The proclamation "You are the King" is deliberately scribbled in colored pencil, undermining the grand gesture with a childish, ironic sabotage. By transforming these crowns into bespoke, precious jewelry to be gifted, the artist creates a gilded trap : a trophy of ego so extreme that the ultimate praise becomes the ultimate mockery.

Inspired by the Japanese concept of homé-goroshi—the act of "killing with praise"—this series of drawings and phallic crown jewelry uses flattery as a weapon to dismantle masculine vanity in the post-Me Too era. The proclamation "You are the King" is deliberately scribbled in colored pencil, undermining the grand gesture with a childish, ironic sabotage. By transforming these crowns into bespoke, precious jewelry to be gifted, the artist creates a gilded trap : a trophy of ego so extreme that the ultimate praise becomes the ultimate mockery.