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Emerald Defiance XL by La Mama, a limited edition 1/6 on premium canvas (46 × 66 cm) using mixed media including AI and Giclée, hand-signed, in excellent condition, year 2020 et après, certificate of authenticity via email, sold directly by the artist, unframed.
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Emerald Defiance by La Mama – XL on canvas
The nobility of a Renaissance-inspired dress, deep velvet, delicate embroidery... Everything seems to announce a portrait from a collection of old masters. Yet, at the foot of this elegant silhouette, a simple pair of sneakers breaks the illusion.
In Emerald Defiance, La Mama plays with the eras and twists the codes of prestige. Elegance is no longer fixed in conventions: it becomes free, audacious, and deeply contemporary. The contrast between the garment's richness and the simplicity of the shoes tells of a time when style asserts itself without needing to follow the rules.
Between classical painting, fashion photography, and urban culture, this work celebrates a new vision of refinement, where tradition and modernity now advance side by side.
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About the work
• Title: Emerald Defiance
• Artist: La Mama
• Edition: Limited edition – Copy 1/6
• Format: XL – 46 × 66 cm
• Border: Additional white border of 3 cm included
• Medium: High-definition Fine Art print on premium canvas—no paper print
• Technique: Digital creation combining AI, digital painting, drawing, and manual retouching in Adobe Photoshop with a graphics tablet
• Condition: New
• Authenticity: Certificate of authenticity provided exclusively by email
• Framing: Work sold without stretcher or frame
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A digital craftsman’s work
The creation of Emerald Defiance rests on a digital creation process combining the use of AI as a creation tool with substantial manual painting and digital retouching by the artist.
AI contributes to the development of the artwork’s visual base. From this base, La Mama personally continues the creation in Adobe Photoshop, using a graphics tablet, for several hours.
Each detail is then worked with precision to reveal the deep nuances of the green velvet, the delicacy of the golden embroidery, and the softness of light play on the silhouette. The rich textures of the dress evoke grand aristocratic portraits, while the sneakers provide an immediate visual rupture, both discreet and full of character.
La Mama works directly at the graphics tablet like a painter before a canvas. She manually adjusts volumes, lights, materials, contours, and pictorial details, layer by layer, until the desired balance is achieved.
The process notably includes digital painting, correction and reconstruction of certain areas, work on the face and figure, modification of fabrics, embroidery, materials, light, colors, and contrasts, as well as overall finishing of the composition.
AI thus constitutes one of the tools used in the creative process, while the final appearance of the work also results from several hours of manual intervention and artistic choices made by La Mama.
This mastered contrast between artistic heritage and contemporary aesthetics gives birth to an elegant, timeless, and decisively modern composition.
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About the edition
Emerald Defiance is offered in a limited edition of only 6 copies.
This lot corresponds to copy 1/6.
This intentionally restricted edition accompanies the artwork’s exclusive character, and each copy is associated with its certificate of authenticity.
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Delivery and presentation
The work is printed on premium canvas, offering precise color reproduction, textures, contrasts, and the finest details. It is not a paper print.
It is carefully rolled and protected before being shipped in a reinforced protective tube to ensure it arrives in perfect condition.
The additional white border of 3 cm allows for future mounting while preserving the entire composition.
The certificate of authenticity is provided exclusively by email.
⸻
About the artist – La Mama
La Mama revisits the great codes of classical painting by confronting them with our era.
Her creations combine references to art history, contemporary culture, AI used as a creation tool, digital painting, drawing, and manual interventions with a graphics tablet. The artist thus builds compositions where artistic heritage, fashion, and contemporary symbols dialogue naturally.
Each composition is individually reworked to develop a unique visual identity within La Mama’s universe.
With Emerald Defiance, this encounter between centuries takes the form of a declaration of freedom: the ability to preserve the elegance of the past without following all of its rules.
Emerald Defiance by La Mama – XL on canvas
The nobility of a Renaissance-inspired dress, deep velvet, delicate embroidery... Everything seems to announce a portrait from a collection of old masters. Yet, at the foot of this elegant silhouette, a simple pair of sneakers breaks the illusion.
In Emerald Defiance, La Mama plays with the eras and twists the codes of prestige. Elegance is no longer fixed in conventions: it becomes free, audacious, and deeply contemporary. The contrast between the garment's richness and the simplicity of the shoes tells of a time when style asserts itself without needing to follow the rules.
Between classical painting, fashion photography, and urban culture, this work celebrates a new vision of refinement, where tradition and modernity now advance side by side.
⸻
About the work
• Title: Emerald Defiance
• Artist: La Mama
• Edition: Limited edition – Copy 1/6
• Format: XL – 46 × 66 cm
• Border: Additional white border of 3 cm included
• Medium: High-definition Fine Art print on premium canvas—no paper print
• Technique: Digital creation combining AI, digital painting, drawing, and manual retouching in Adobe Photoshop with a graphics tablet
• Condition: New
• Authenticity: Certificate of authenticity provided exclusively by email
• Framing: Work sold without stretcher or frame
⸻
A digital craftsman’s work
The creation of Emerald Defiance rests on a digital creation process combining the use of AI as a creation tool with substantial manual painting and digital retouching by the artist.
AI contributes to the development of the artwork’s visual base. From this base, La Mama personally continues the creation in Adobe Photoshop, using a graphics tablet, for several hours.
Each detail is then worked with precision to reveal the deep nuances of the green velvet, the delicacy of the golden embroidery, and the softness of light play on the silhouette. The rich textures of the dress evoke grand aristocratic portraits, while the sneakers provide an immediate visual rupture, both discreet and full of character.
La Mama works directly at the graphics tablet like a painter before a canvas. She manually adjusts volumes, lights, materials, contours, and pictorial details, layer by layer, until the desired balance is achieved.
The process notably includes digital painting, correction and reconstruction of certain areas, work on the face and figure, modification of fabrics, embroidery, materials, light, colors, and contrasts, as well as overall finishing of the composition.
AI thus constitutes one of the tools used in the creative process, while the final appearance of the work also results from several hours of manual intervention and artistic choices made by La Mama.
This mastered contrast between artistic heritage and contemporary aesthetics gives birth to an elegant, timeless, and decisively modern composition.
⸻
About the edition
Emerald Defiance is offered in a limited edition of only 6 copies.
This lot corresponds to copy 1/6.
This intentionally restricted edition accompanies the artwork’s exclusive character, and each copy is associated with its certificate of authenticity.
⸻
Delivery and presentation
The work is printed on premium canvas, offering precise color reproduction, textures, contrasts, and the finest details. It is not a paper print.
It is carefully rolled and protected before being shipped in a reinforced protective tube to ensure it arrives in perfect condition.
The additional white border of 3 cm allows for future mounting while preserving the entire composition.
The certificate of authenticity is provided exclusively by email.
⸻
About the artist – La Mama
La Mama revisits the great codes of classical painting by confronting them with our era.
Her creations combine references to art history, contemporary culture, AI used as a creation tool, digital painting, drawing, and manual interventions with a graphics tablet. The artist thus builds compositions where artistic heritage, fashion, and contemporary symbols dialogue naturally.
Each composition is individually reworked to develop a unique visual identity within La Mama’s universe.
With Emerald Defiance, this encounter between centuries takes the form of a declaration of freedom: the ability to preserve the elegance of the past without following all of its rules.
Details
Artist
La Mama
Sold by
Direct from the artist
Edition
Limited edition
Edition number
1/6
Title of artwork
Emerald Defiance - XL
Technique
AI, Giclée, Mixed technique
Signature
Hand signed
Country of origin
France
Condition
Excellent condition
Height
66 cm
Width
46 cm
Style
Conceptual art
Period
2020+
Sold with frame
No
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