{"product_id":"julien-bonet-corona-copy","title":"JULIEN BONET - Elizabeth","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTechnique:\u003c\/strong\u003e Promptography on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cspan\u003e50 x 40 cm\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e 3 + 1 AP\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eYear:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2023\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan\u003eSigned, dated and edition numbered by the artist on a separate label.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eElizabeth\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e A figure, towering like a living relic, almost disappears in ornament and splendor. Golden medallions, pocket watches, and emblems of nobility hang like heavy fruit from a green robe that resembles a mythical tree more than a royal gown. Only the purple legs, fragile and almost ironic, betray the humanity beneath the weight of the symbol.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e In the artist's words: \u003cem\u003e\"Disguised as a royal figure, she is the unattainable figure you can laugh at for a day.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eElizabeth\u003c\/em\u003e enacts the ambivalence of the monarchy—between veneration and parody, sacredness and spectacle. The figure stands unattainable, and it is precisely this distance that makes her a projection surface: for desire and ridicule, for nostalgia and criticism. She is a queen without an empire, a statue in a space that appears as magnificent as it is empty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e In the context of the series \u003cem\u003e\"Masquerades,\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eElizabeth\u003c\/em\u003e becomes an allegory for images of power that have persisted for centuries, even when their substance has long since faded. What remains is the ritual: coronations, insignia, gestures—signs that tell us more about us than about those who wear them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Part of the ongoing series \u003cem\u003eMasquerades\u003c\/em\u003e – contemporary myths between fear, ritual and collective memory.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AI - EDITION BERLIN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49624261427535,"sku":null,"price":900.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0828\/2826\/3759\/files\/elisabeth.jpg?v=1725731051","url":"https:\/\/ai-edition-berlin.myshopify.com\/en\/products\/julien-bonet-corona-copy","provider":"AI - EDITION BERLIN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}