POPLEA - Poplea BUZZ - HAPPY DRUG— (2000)
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Selected by Egidio Emiliano Bianco
Holds a bachelor’s degree in art history and a master’s degree in arts and cultural management.
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POPLEA, Poplea BUZZ - HAPPY DRUG— (2000), a limited edition digital painting (4/12) in 53 × 73 cm, signed by the artist, from France, in excellent condition and sold with a frame by Galerie.
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HAPPY DRUG — by POPLÉA LABS
Concept series imagined by Popléa around a simple idea:
what if our emotions, our memories and our popular culture could be consumed like medicines?
Each capsule contains an iconic character, frozen like an emotional sample under glass.
The work distorts pharmaceutical codes to transform nostalgia, entertainment and collective references into 'emotional substances'.
Through this series, Popléa plays with our modern dependence on images, childhood heroes and popular symbols.
The characters change according to the works, but the principle remains the same:
an encapsulated emotion, ready to be 'prescribed'.
Between minimalist sculpture, luxury design and gentle critique of consumer society, HAPPY DRUG deliberately blurs the boundary between art, collectible object and fictional pharmaceutical product.
Each piece acts as a mental capsule:
an instantaneous memory, a dose of nostalgia, a visual injection of popular culture.
POPLÉA LABS
We extract pure emotion — one capsule at a time.
The artist Popléa:
If you possess this work, you hold an authentic piece signed Popléa.
But you should know: Popléa is a pseudonym.
He or she has not yet revealed their identity — deliberately. This choice is part of a broader artistic project, a form of experiment:
Creating without name, without status, without biography.
The work alone. The image alone. What it evokes. What you feel.
The artist behind Popléa is already exhibited, recognized, collected — but wished to explore another path, more free. Refusing filters, codes, discourses.
Refusing that it should always be the same — galleries, experts, networks — who decide what has value.
Perhaps what you own is the beginning of something.
Or perhaps it is simply a work that speaks to you, here and now.
Both options are beautiful.
And deep down, perhaps that is the true luxury.
The work is hand-signed, delivered ready to hang, in a 4x4 packaging with insured shipping included.
Happy bidding
Latest buyer comments:
"Very happy with my purchase! The piece received is magnificent, you can immediately feel the technical skill and work it required. The packaging was particularly careful"
"Exceptional packaging for a work that is just as exceptional! Thanks to the artist for this quality work."
HAPPY DRUG — by POPLÉA LABS
Concept series imagined by Popléa around a simple idea:
what if our emotions, our memories and our popular culture could be consumed like medicines?
Each capsule contains an iconic character, frozen like an emotional sample under glass.
The work distorts pharmaceutical codes to transform nostalgia, entertainment and collective references into 'emotional substances'.
Through this series, Popléa plays with our modern dependence on images, childhood heroes and popular symbols.
The characters change according to the works, but the principle remains the same:
an encapsulated emotion, ready to be 'prescribed'.
Between minimalist sculpture, luxury design and gentle critique of consumer society, HAPPY DRUG deliberately blurs the boundary between art, collectible object and fictional pharmaceutical product.
Each piece acts as a mental capsule:
an instantaneous memory, a dose of nostalgia, a visual injection of popular culture.
POPLÉA LABS
We extract pure emotion — one capsule at a time.
The artist Popléa:
If you possess this work, you hold an authentic piece signed Popléa.
But you should know: Popléa is a pseudonym.
He or she has not yet revealed their identity — deliberately. This choice is part of a broader artistic project, a form of experiment:
Creating without name, without status, without biography.
The work alone. The image alone. What it evokes. What you feel.
The artist behind Popléa is already exhibited, recognized, collected — but wished to explore another path, more free. Refusing filters, codes, discourses.
Refusing that it should always be the same — galleries, experts, networks — who decide what has value.
Perhaps what you own is the beginning of something.
Or perhaps it is simply a work that speaks to you, here and now.
Both options are beautiful.
And deep down, perhaps that is the true luxury.
The work is hand-signed, delivered ready to hang, in a 4x4 packaging with insured shipping included.
Happy bidding
Latest buyer comments:
"Very happy with my purchase! The piece received is magnificent, you can immediately feel the technical skill and work it required. The packaging was particularly careful"
"Exceptional packaging for a work that is just as exceptional! Thanks to the artist for this quality work."
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Artist
POPLEA
Sold with frame
Yes
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Edition
Limited edition
Edition number
4/12
Title of artwork
Poplea BUZZ - HAPPY DRUG— (2000)
Technique
Digital painting
Signature
Hand signed
Country of origin
France
Condition
Excellent condition
Height
53 cm
Width
73 cm
Weight
5 g
Depiction/theme
Pop Culture
Style
Op Art
Period
2020+
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