The Emperor's Fools

Spectro Lucid Art | Stand : CA02, CA03, CA05

The Emperor’s Fools is a haunting, satirical painting that captures a bloated emperor, lounging atop an extravagant, golden palanquin. His face is swollen with arrogance, dull with self-indulgence. Beneath him, a procession of grotesque creatures and fools—some in celebration, others with twisted, expressionless faces—carry his immense weight. Their postures are strained, their eyes filled with hollow obedience, yet remain fixed. The streets are lined with celebrating fools, trapped between fear and apathy. Some blow horns of praise, while others avert their gaze, knowing the truth but too afraid to speak. The sky above is a sickly blue, casting an eerie glow over the scene. The painting’s surreal composition and exaggerated forms serve as a chilling allegory of blind submission, where even the absurd is accepted as authority, and truth is crushed beneath the weight of folly.

• Art Style: Surrealism
• Art Medium : Oil
• Size and orientation: Rectangular
• Dimensions (cm): Height- 122.00, Width- 152.00, Depth- 5.00
• Colour: gold, yellow, brown, red, blue
• Price: AED 33000