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Giclée on premium 300 g/m² paper (A3, 29.7 x 42 cm), edition 1/5, hand-signed by SSICK, 2026, in excellent condition, titled The Force of Creation, depicting Darth Vader assembling colorful bricks in a pop culture scene.

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Giclée print on museum-grade premium paper A3, 29.7 x 42 cm, 300 g/m², in a limited edition of only 5 copies.

This unique piece fuses the classical aesthetics of oil painting with contemporary pop culture. The work depicts the iconic Darth Vader as he manipulates matter with the Force, but with a playful and unexpected touch: instead of galactic debris, the Dark Lord of the Sith is assembling whirling colorful bricks.

The contrast between the solemn darkness of the character and the vibrancy of the primary colors, together with dynamic and textural brushstrokes, transforms a figure of power into a creator of imagination, suspended in a vibrant and abstract galaxy.

Production method: The process starts with a phase of conceptual exploration assisted by digital tools for visual brainstorming, culminating in a fully manual painterly composition. The artist then intervenes meticulously to define anatomy, apply proprietary textures, and consolidate their signature style.

The Artist: "SSICK"
SSICK is a 23-year-old Italian artist, raised with a visceral passion for art and pop culture. With the aim of giving a physical and collaborative structure to his vision, he founded SSICK LAB: a creative workshop born to experiment with the fusion between the iconic aesthetics of contemporary media and the historical visual languages.

SSICK's mission is to explore new expressive frontiers, guiding the collective toward a perfect synthesis where technological innovation is continually at the service of pure creativity. Through the LAB, the artist transforms individual insights into collective works, challenging the boundaries of modern art.

Key points of SSICK's vision:
Generational Roots: Born in 2003, he carries the visual heritage of digital natives.
Experimentation: A constant bridge between the history of classical art and new media.
Creative Leadership: The collective as an extension of his artistic language

We use exclusively premium couriers with priority handling. The shipment includes full insurance on the artwork’s value and real-time tracking. It is a white-glove service designed for those who do not compromise on delivery security.

paper description: Paper finish: smooth.
Paper weight: 300 g/m², durable and long-lasting.
Environmental impact: FSC-certified or equivalent paper, in line with sustainable practices.

Seller's Story

SSICK LAB is a contemporary artistic collective founded in 2025 by the Italian artist SSICK (born 2003), one of the youngest and most irreverent rising talents on the Italian scene. Born with the aim of exploring the boundary between technology, manual craft, and cultural provocation, SSICK LAB stands out for producing unique, limited art prints, created both with traditional techniques and through the deliberate use of artificial intelligence. Each print becomes an hybrid of digital error, aesthetic glitch, and human vision, reflecting the era we live in: between algorithmic chaos and the search for authenticity. At the center of the collective is the figure of SSICK, who simultaneously pursues a more intimate and radical pictorial research. His manual paintings — oil, acrylic, and mixed media on canvas — move between conceptual art and abstraction with a strong pop imprint. His works reinterpret icons of mass culture (from ’90s cartoon characters to symbols of contemporary capitalism) to overturn their meaning and transform them into powerful anti-system messages. Irony, social critique, generational nihilism, and melancholy merge in compositions full of emotional tension and color. A great passion of SSICK is also the world of Art Toys. He is, in fact, the creator of SSICKY, the collective’s iconic character: a grotesque, disturbed, and irresistibly collectible figure that represents the distorted alter ego of the artist and his generation. SSICKY appears in a limited sculptural version as well as inside many pictorial works and prints. SSICK LAB is not only a production collective: it is a think tank, an attitude, a space where painting tradition, technology, and toy culture clash to generate something new, uncomfortable, and authentic. “We don’t make art to please. We make art to infect.” — SSICK
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Giclée print on museum-grade premium paper A3, 29.7 x 42 cm, 300 g/m², in a limited edition of only 5 copies.

This unique piece fuses the classical aesthetics of oil painting with contemporary pop culture. The work depicts the iconic Darth Vader as he manipulates matter with the Force, but with a playful and unexpected touch: instead of galactic debris, the Dark Lord of the Sith is assembling whirling colorful bricks.

The contrast between the solemn darkness of the character and the vibrancy of the primary colors, together with dynamic and textural brushstrokes, transforms a figure of power into a creator of imagination, suspended in a vibrant and abstract galaxy.

Production method: The process starts with a phase of conceptual exploration assisted by digital tools for visual brainstorming, culminating in a fully manual painterly composition. The artist then intervenes meticulously to define anatomy, apply proprietary textures, and consolidate their signature style.

The Artist: "SSICK"
SSICK is a 23-year-old Italian artist, raised with a visceral passion for art and pop culture. With the aim of giving a physical and collaborative structure to his vision, he founded SSICK LAB: a creative workshop born to experiment with the fusion between the iconic aesthetics of contemporary media and the historical visual languages.

SSICK's mission is to explore new expressive frontiers, guiding the collective toward a perfect synthesis where technological innovation is continually at the service of pure creativity. Through the LAB, the artist transforms individual insights into collective works, challenging the boundaries of modern art.

Key points of SSICK's vision:
Generational Roots: Born in 2003, he carries the visual heritage of digital natives.
Experimentation: A constant bridge between the history of classical art and new media.
Creative Leadership: The collective as an extension of his artistic language

We use exclusively premium couriers with priority handling. The shipment includes full insurance on the artwork’s value and real-time tracking. It is a white-glove service designed for those who do not compromise on delivery security.

paper description: Paper finish: smooth.
Paper weight: 300 g/m², durable and long-lasting.
Environmental impact: FSC-certified or equivalent paper, in line with sustainable practices.

Seller's Story

SSICK LAB is a contemporary artistic collective founded in 2025 by the Italian artist SSICK (born 2003), one of the youngest and most irreverent rising talents on the Italian scene. Born with the aim of exploring the boundary between technology, manual craft, and cultural provocation, SSICK LAB stands out for producing unique, limited art prints, created both with traditional techniques and through the deliberate use of artificial intelligence. Each print becomes an hybrid of digital error, aesthetic glitch, and human vision, reflecting the era we live in: between algorithmic chaos and the search for authenticity. At the center of the collective is the figure of SSICK, who simultaneously pursues a more intimate and radical pictorial research. His manual paintings — oil, acrylic, and mixed media on canvas — move between conceptual art and abstraction with a strong pop imprint. His works reinterpret icons of mass culture (from ’90s cartoon characters to symbols of contemporary capitalism) to overturn their meaning and transform them into powerful anti-system messages. Irony, social critique, generational nihilism, and melancholy merge in compositions full of emotional tension and color. A great passion of SSICK is also the world of Art Toys. He is, in fact, the creator of SSICKY, the collective’s iconic character: a grotesque, disturbed, and irresistibly collectible figure that represents the distorted alter ego of the artist and his generation. SSICKY appears in a limited sculptural version as well as inside many pictorial works and prints. SSICK LAB is not only a production collective: it is a think tank, an attitude, a space where painting tradition, technology, and toy culture clash to generate something new, uncomfortable, and authentic. “We don’t make art to please. We make art to infect.” — SSICK
Translated by Google Translate

Details

Artist
SSICK
Sold by
Direct from the artist
Edition
Limited edition
Edition number
1/5
Title of artwork
The Force of Creation
Technique
Giclée, Mixed technique
Signature
Hand signed
Country of origin
Italy
Year
2026
Condition
Excellent condition
Height
42 cm
Width
29.7 cm
Depiction/theme
Pop Culture
Period
2020+
Sold with frame
No
Sold by
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Objects sold
100%
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