L’embarras du choix presents a series of bodily sculptural objects arranged in a shop‑ or showroom‑like environment. The installation contains pierced silicone nipples, tongues, and a wound, all cast in transparent—sometimes pink‑tinted—resin and displayed on white pedestals of varying scale.
The installation investigates how desire, intimacy, and the body become fragmented into consumable units. The silicone nipples and tongues evoke affect and eroticism, yet casting and resin immobilize them, suspending sensation in a state of preservation. Piercings hint at individuality, but repetition dissolves it. The wound introduces a quiet disturbance, shifting the work from sensuality toward unease. Desire is neither affirmed nor denied; it is catalogued.
Dried flowers add a gesture of depleted care. Traditionally tied to vitality, affection, or mourning, they appear here as styling elements—care reduced to ornament. They signal tenderness after its function has expired.
The installation resonates with postmodern critiques of consumption and simulation, particularly those associated with Jean Baudrillard. Instead of spectacle, it offers a muted economic tableau in which the body is rendered as merchandise and choice becomes ritual.