Imbue (1988) - Modern Medicine Happy Pill

Magnificent sculpture by Imbue, "Modern Medicine Happy Pill"

Oversized pill or tablet packaged in a customized transparent blister with a textured metallic cardboard support, adorned on the reverse with a holographic hot-stamped "Imbue Eye" motif.
Packed in a printed, custom box with debossed logo.
Card, PETG, PLA
155 x 155 x 30 mm
Direct provenance from the artist's studio
Careful, trackable, insured shipping

Imbue was born in London on January 19, 1988. He spent his childhood in Kent County, in the southeast of Australia. The artist recalls always having a penchant for creation, a quest fed by his father. Nicknamed the new Banksy, Imbue does not merely sign his name on walls. Provocative and transgressive, the street artist repurposes advertisements or military recruitment posters and even goes so far as to introduce a wicked Snow White on the shelves of a Disney Store. Playing with symbols, he melts a Coca‑Cola bottle into the body of the Virgin Mary, recontextualizing religious and popular iconography to give it a new meaning. In 2008, he installed sugar-dust dispensers bearing 'cocaine' and 'heroin' on the seafront of Brighton without concern, challenging the public and authorities about drugs found on every street corner.
(Source: Tracks ARTE TV)
He has been creating art for more than 10 years and is exhibited and collected worldwide.
Imbue has been inspired by artists such as Banksy, Shepard Fairey (Obey), JonOne, KAWS, Seen, Banksy, JR, M. Chat, Fake, Parra, Pantone Arsham, Vhils, Saraiva, Basquiat, Haring, Koons, Cattelan. Murakami, Stik, Brusk, Invader, D*Face.