La Mama - Monkey Business - XL
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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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La Mama, Monkey Business - XL, a mixed-media canvas artwork measuring 46 × 66 cm, hand-signed, in excellent condition, edition limitée 7/10, created in France from 2020 onwards and sold directly by the artist, with an emailed certificate of authenticity and unframed.
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Monkey Business – Large XL Canvas Work by La Mama
A monkey, sitting on a toilet, reads its newspaper as if it were an ordinary man. The scene, deliberately absurd, distorts a private moment of daily life to create an image that is both funny and disturbing. Behind the humor, the piece questions our habits, our relationship with time, boredom, and modern loneliness, in a calm and almost melancholic mise-en-scène.
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Details of the work:
• Edition: Limited to 10 copies (7/10)
• Dimensions: 46 x 66 cm (white border included)
• Medium: Fine art print on premium canvas
• Framing: Artwork sold unframed
• Delivery: Careful and secure packaging
• Certificate of authenticity: Provided by email
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Technical and artistic work:
Artwork created using advanced mixed media, combining photography, digital painting, and manual retouching. Each element is crafted with precision to create a realistic and credible scene, reinforcing the contrast between the absurd situation and the polished visual treatment.
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About La Mama:
La Mama explores the boundaries between humor, social satire, and contemporary aesthetics. Her work distorts familiar scenes to reveal deeper readings on the human condition, blending visual elegance with a knowingly ironic undertone.
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Why this title?
Monkey Business evokes both the absurdity of the scene and the idea of inverted role-playing, where the animal becomes the ironic mirror of our own behaviors.
Monkey Business – Large XL Canvas Work by La Mama
A monkey, sitting on a toilet, reads its newspaper as if it were an ordinary man. The scene, deliberately absurd, distorts a private moment of daily life to create an image that is both funny and disturbing. Behind the humor, the piece questions our habits, our relationship with time, boredom, and modern loneliness, in a calm and almost melancholic mise-en-scène.
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Details of the work:
• Edition: Limited to 10 copies (7/10)
• Dimensions: 46 x 66 cm (white border included)
• Medium: Fine art print on premium canvas
• Framing: Artwork sold unframed
• Delivery: Careful and secure packaging
• Certificate of authenticity: Provided by email
⸻
Technical and artistic work:
Artwork created using advanced mixed media, combining photography, digital painting, and manual retouching. Each element is crafted with precision to create a realistic and credible scene, reinforcing the contrast between the absurd situation and the polished visual treatment.
⸻
About La Mama:
La Mama explores the boundaries between humor, social satire, and contemporary aesthetics. Her work distorts familiar scenes to reveal deeper readings on the human condition, blending visual elegance with a knowingly ironic undertone.
⸻
Why this title?
Monkey Business evokes both the absurdity of the scene and the idea of inverted role-playing, where the animal becomes the ironic mirror of our own behaviors.
Details
Artist
La Mama
Sold by
Direct from the artist
Edition
Limited edition
Edition number
7/10
Title of artwork
Monkey Business - XL
Technique
Mixed media
Signature
Hand signed
Country of origin
France
Condition
Excellent condition
Height
66 cm
Width
46 cm
Style
Conceptual art
Period
2020+
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