Poplea - HAPPY DRUG - POPLEA LABS - GROS MINET

Limited edition of 12 signed copies WORLDWIDE - The ONLY NUMBER 1/12

Digital painting (not AI) photographic print on premium paper – white frame + plexiglass + passe-partout – hand-signed – with certificate of authenticity.

Each work in the Happy Drug series is conceived as an 'emotional pill' encapsulating a piece of popular culture.

We extract pure emotion — one capsule at a time.

Popléa, the anonymous artist behind Popléa Labs, explores here the addictive power of icons.
Each capsule captures a fragment of collective memory — a piece of childhood — and transforms it into contemporary art that is both ironic, luxurious, and profoundly human.

Each draw becomes a prescription of art — a 'Happy Drug' for those who can still smile at everything.

The artist Popléa:
If you are in possession of this work, you have in your hands an authentic piece signed Popléa.
But you should know: Popléa is a pseudonym.
He or she has not yet revealed his or her identity—voluntarily. This choice is part of a larger artistic project, a form of experiment:
Create without a name, without status, without a biography.
The work alone. The image alone. What it evokes. What you feel.
The artist behind Popléa is already exhibited, recognized, and collected—but wanted to explore another, freer path. Rejecting filters, codes, and discourses.
Refuse to allow the same people – galleries, experts, networks – to always decide what has value.
Maybe what you have is the beginning of something.
Or maybe it's simply a work that speaks to you, here and now.
Both options are beautiful.
And deep down, perhaps that is true luxury.

The work is accompanied by a paper certificate of authenticity including some of the artist's hairs to prove his DNA.


The work is signed by hand, delivered ready to hang, in a 4x4 packaging with insurance included.
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