AMA • Pope (1985) - Aurora NotArt

AMA • Pope (1985) - "Aurora NotArt" - 12/20

When art dissolves into business.

Following the success of the Aurora Borealis series, Original Fake Aurora, Aurora Authentic Fake, Aurora Get Rich… AMA continues its ironic exploration of luxury codes, perceived value, and slogans that govern our era.

“Aurora NotArt” – Not Art, Only Business condenses the era into three simple, almost cynical words, etched like an advertising truth… and yet transformed into a luminous, chrome, hypnotic object, at the border of the manifesto.

On the base, the message is blunt:
NOT ART.

And right after, without unnecessary poetry, the sentence completes:
ONLY / BUSINESS.

A cold, assured statement.
A punchline that sounds like a rule of modern play: it is not art… it’s business.

The day: a mirrored, shiny, almost clinical icon.
The night: a northern lights of reflections and gleams, immersive, fascinating, almost “too beautiful” to be innocent.
A deliberate contrast: spectacle on one side, truth on the other.

Edition limited to 20 copies for 2025, signed, numbered, and delivered with AMA certificate of authenticity.
Fast and secure shipping (bubble wrap, tissue paper, reinforced carton) with signature on delivery.

Features:
- 7 bright colors
- 3 diffusion modes (static, fading transitions, simple transitions)
- Electrical power via USB cord with switch (included)
- Height: 20 cm
- Width: 9 cm
- Depth: 9 cm

Luminescent sculpture consisting of a resin base and a silver teddy bear made of rigid synthetic material with a glass-like appearance, commercially manufactured and personalized, hand-finished by artist Pope using a manual application technique of premium polymer vinyl.
The work personally carried out by the artist includes graphic design, adaptation of the visual to the sculpture’s shapes, precision vinyl cutting, as well as the positioning and manual application of each element.
Each copy of this edition is individually customized and hand-finished by artist Pope.
The limited edition applies exclusively to the graphic customization and artistic finish performed by artist Pope, and not to the commercially manufactured base luminescent sculpture.

Who is Pope?

Pope, co-founder of the AMA collective, develops a distinctive artistic universe driven by a practice in visual arts since childhood, a high standard of detail and meticulous visual research.
Through sculptures, paintings, and installations, he draws inspiration from photography, urban landscapes, and everyday scenes, with a sensitive and amazed gaze, attentive to both the simplicity and the complexity of the world around him.

Pope mainly sources inspiration from the surrounding world but also through currents of renowned artists such as Banksy, Keith Haring, Koons, Orlinski, Takashi, Fred Allart, Shepard Fairey, Warhol, Yayoi Kusama, Richard Hamilton, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Alec Monopoly, KAWS, Pantone, Mr. Brainwash, Blek le Rat, to name a few.

Whether as a gift, a memory, or your personal collection of contemporary art, you will easily find your favorite thanks to the diversity of our works. Indeed, Pope pursues his passion for urban art through street art and pop art creations (limited edition or not), tackling a wide range of themes such as cryptocurrencies (Bitcoin, Ethereum), the dollar, money, gold, wealth, the sex industry, drug abuse, luxury brands and haute couture, the world of comics and video games, the pharmaceutical industry and medicines, recycling and upcycling, food and fashion industry products (sports, sneakers...),

Brands guide our choices and often our lives without us realizing it. Aware of this impact, Pope likes to mischievously distort labels such as Louis Vuitton (LV), Chanel, Dior, Hermès, Prada, Gucci, Rolex, Yves Saint Laurent (YSL), Supreme, Obey, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Porsche, Bugatti, AMG, Mercedes, Nike (Air Jordan), Adidas (Stan Smith), Coca Cola, Pepsi, Marvel and Avengers (Batman, Joker, Superman...), Disney (Mickey, Scrooge McDuck...), Nintendo, Sega, Tintin, Lego, Pokemon, Vans and many others.

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