Slasky - Balenciaga
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Balenciaga, a 2026 Italian plastic artwork by Slasky, hand-signed, in edition 1/1, measuring 57 cm high by 29 cm wide by 0.1 cm deep, not framed, in excellent condition.
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In this work the artist elevates the humblest, most ordinary object of Italian consumer culture — the white plastic bag from the supermarket Lidl — to a contemporary status symbol.
By ironicaly overlaying the word “BALENCIAGA” by hand onto the popular logo, the work both unmasks and celebrates the fluidity between high fashion and low cost, between the desire for luxury and everyday prosaic reality.
The bag, still creased from real use, is torn from its banal context and enclosed in an aseptic frame.
This forced musealization creates a powerful semantic short circuit: cheap plastic becomes a relic, mass-produced product becomes a unique item, the ironic gesture becomes social critique.
The work provocatively interrogates the current dynamics of luxury with sharp sarcasm: how much is a brand name worth today?
Is it enough to write “Balenciaga” on an object to turn it into a fetish?
Through this conceptual ready-made, the artist reflects on perceived value, on the cultural appropriation of luxury by the working classes, and on the spectacularization of daily life in the Instagram era and fast fashion.
Ironical, tragic and irresistibly Italian, it is a keen commentary on our time: an era in which even supermarket shopping can aspire to the eternity of art.
UNFRAMED
« Art is not about representing new things, but about representing them with novelty »
Slasky is an established Italian artist whose works have been exhibited in solo and group shows internationally
The artist has the ability to fuse classical artworks with techniques of contemporary digital art. With his neo-urban classical style, he combines tradition and modernity, bringing the protagonists of original artworks into contemporary social and artistic environments.
Upcoming exhibition
FACE 2 FACE
March 5th
Laundry Studios
2 Warburton Rd, London E8 3RT
UK
Latest Exhibitions
Tokyo Open Art | Art on Loop Exhibition
Venue Address
3 Chome-20-18 Jingumae, Shibuya,
Tokyo 150-0001,
Japan
Parallax Art Fair
Kensington Town Hall
Hornton Street
London
W8 7NX
2024
Solo Exhibition
CONTEMPORARY VENICE
Palazzo Pisani-Revedin
S. Marco, 4013A , 30124 Venezia, Italia
ARTLAB
Benjamin Eck Gallery
Munich, Germany
2021
Mia Fair
The informazioni Photography Art Fair Italy
Milan, Italy
Lausanne Art Fair
Beaulieu Lausanne
Booth 59
Swiss
Lille ArtUp 2021
Lille, France
StreetArt//UrbanArt
Legnano, Italy
2020
Woodward Gallery
WashYourHands Exhibition
New York City, NY
RedSheep Gallery
Work in Paper
Stockholm, Sweden
2019
Wopart Art Fair 2019 / Centro Esposizioni - Lugano, Swiss
Lang Leve Rembrandt
Rijks Museum Amsterdam
In this work the artist elevates the humblest, most ordinary object of Italian consumer culture — the white plastic bag from the supermarket Lidl — to a contemporary status symbol.
By ironicaly overlaying the word “BALENCIAGA” by hand onto the popular logo, the work both unmasks and celebrates the fluidity between high fashion and low cost, between the desire for luxury and everyday prosaic reality.
The bag, still creased from real use, is torn from its banal context and enclosed in an aseptic frame.
This forced musealization creates a powerful semantic short circuit: cheap plastic becomes a relic, mass-produced product becomes a unique item, the ironic gesture becomes social critique.
The work provocatively interrogates the current dynamics of luxury with sharp sarcasm: how much is a brand name worth today?
Is it enough to write “Balenciaga” on an object to turn it into a fetish?
Through this conceptual ready-made, the artist reflects on perceived value, on the cultural appropriation of luxury by the working classes, and on the spectacularization of daily life in the Instagram era and fast fashion.
Ironical, tragic and irresistibly Italian, it is a keen commentary on our time: an era in which even supermarket shopping can aspire to the eternity of art.
UNFRAMED
« Art is not about representing new things, but about representing them with novelty »
Slasky is an established Italian artist whose works have been exhibited in solo and group shows internationally
The artist has the ability to fuse classical artworks with techniques of contemporary digital art. With his neo-urban classical style, he combines tradition and modernity, bringing the protagonists of original artworks into contemporary social and artistic environments.
Upcoming exhibition
FACE 2 FACE
March 5th
Laundry Studios
2 Warburton Rd, London E8 3RT
UK
Latest Exhibitions
Tokyo Open Art | Art on Loop Exhibition
Venue Address
3 Chome-20-18 Jingumae, Shibuya,
Tokyo 150-0001,
Japan
Parallax Art Fair
Kensington Town Hall
Hornton Street
London
W8 7NX
2024
Solo Exhibition
CONTEMPORARY VENICE
Palazzo Pisani-Revedin
S. Marco, 4013A , 30124 Venezia, Italia
ARTLAB
Benjamin Eck Gallery
Munich, Germany
2021
Mia Fair
The informazioni Photography Art Fair Italy
Milan, Italy
Lausanne Art Fair
Beaulieu Lausanne
Booth 59
Swiss
Lille ArtUp 2021
Lille, France
StreetArt//UrbanArt
Legnano, Italy
2020
Woodward Gallery
WashYourHands Exhibition
New York City, NY
RedSheep Gallery
Work in Paper
Stockholm, Sweden
2019
Wopart Art Fair 2019 / Centro Esposizioni - Lugano, Swiss
Lang Leve Rembrandt
Rijks Museum Amsterdam
Details
Era
After 2000
Manufacturer/brand
slasky
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Country of origin
Italy
Style
Pop Art
Material
Plastic
Artist
Slasky
Title of artwork
Balenciaga
Signature
Hand signed
Edition
1/1
Year
2026
Condition
Excellent condition
Height
57 cm
Width
29 cm
Depth
0.1 cm
