L’art de la Table presents a monumental fork piercing the ground, constructed entirely from ceramic plates. The title refers to European dining etiquette; an intricate set of rituals around hospitality, social conduct, and the choreography of domestic spaces. Associated with status, refinement, and luxury, these rituals have long shaped the relationships between objects, bodies, and hierarchies around the table. Traditionally, the plate occupies the central position: it is the stage where the meal unfolds, while the fork and knife serve merely as tools. Here, however, that hierarchy is overturned. The fork becomes the dominant figure, while the plates are reduced to the material from which it is made. This inversion operates as a form of  détournement, disrupting the expected logic of the objects and questioning their cultural function. The fork loses its familiar domestic role and acquires a monumental, almost threatening presence. Removed from its utilitarian context, it appears both absurd and aggressive, closer to a weapon than a dining utensil. The work becomes an invasive gesture, revealing the concealed violence that can lie beneath rituals of refinement and “good manners”. Created with the support of Vista Alegre.