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Urban Catalyst by SSICK, hand-signed, 2026, limited edition 1/5, a Giclée print on 300 g/m² museum-quality A3 paper (29.7 x 42 cm), in excellent condition and sold directly by the artist from Italy.
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GICLÉE PRINT ON PREMIUM MUSEUM-QUALITY PAPER A3, 29.7 x 42 cm, 300 g/m², LIMITED EDITION OF ONLY 5 COPIES.
The print depicts a dynamic meeting between the world of comics and street art. At the center of the scene, a Spider-Man rendered with textured and decisive brushstrokes — almost a 'painting within a painting' — is seen in the act of completing a gigantic mural on the wall of a nighttime alley.
The hero is not fighting but creating: with a spray can in hand, he is defining the final contours of a large, stylized black spider logo that looms on the blue brick wall. In the blurred background, the neon lights of the city create an urban, damp, nocturnal atmosphere, underscoring the contrast between the kinetic energy of the superhero and the static nature of the architecture. The work is a visual commentary on creativity as a form of urban expression and on the superhero as a modern icon integrated into the city landscape.
Production method: This piece was created starting from a sketch generated with artistic artificial intelligence, used solely as a compositional base and source of inspiration. Subsequently, the image was imported into digital painting software and entirely reworked by hand by the artist with digital brushes, anatomical corrections, color layers, and personal textures. The final result is a unique and original work, where the human painting intervention completely transformed the initial generation into an authentic and expressive creation.
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 studio born to experiment with the fusion between iconic aesthetics of contemporary media and historical visual languages.
The mission of SSICK 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 turns individual insights into choral 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 only premium couriers with prioritized handling. The shipment includes full insurance on the artwork’s value and a real-time tracking system. It is a white-glove service designed for those who will not compromise on delivery security.
paper description: Paper finish: Matte, smooth.
Paper weight: 300 g/m², durable and time-resistant.
Environmental impact: FSC-certified paper or equivalent, 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 TranslateGICLÉE PRINT ON PREMIUM MUSEUM-QUALITY PAPER A3, 29.7 x 42 cm, 300 g/m², LIMITED EDITION OF ONLY 5 COPIES.
The print depicts a dynamic meeting between the world of comics and street art. At the center of the scene, a Spider-Man rendered with textured and decisive brushstrokes — almost a 'painting within a painting' — is seen in the act of completing a gigantic mural on the wall of a nighttime alley.
The hero is not fighting but creating: with a spray can in hand, he is defining the final contours of a large, stylized black spider logo that looms on the blue brick wall. In the blurred background, the neon lights of the city create an urban, damp, nocturnal atmosphere, underscoring the contrast between the kinetic energy of the superhero and the static nature of the architecture. The work is a visual commentary on creativity as a form of urban expression and on the superhero as a modern icon integrated into the city landscape.
Production method: This piece was created starting from a sketch generated with artistic artificial intelligence, used solely as a compositional base and source of inspiration. Subsequently, the image was imported into digital painting software and entirely reworked by hand by the artist with digital brushes, anatomical corrections, color layers, and personal textures. The final result is a unique and original work, where the human painting intervention completely transformed the initial generation into an authentic and expressive creation.
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 studio born to experiment with the fusion between iconic aesthetics of contemporary media and historical visual languages.
The mission of SSICK 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 turns individual insights into choral 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 only premium couriers with prioritized handling. The shipment includes full insurance on the artwork’s value and a real-time tracking system. It is a white-glove service designed for those who will not compromise on delivery security.
paper description: Paper finish: Matte, smooth.
Paper weight: 300 g/m², durable and time-resistant.
Environmental impact: FSC-certified paper or equivalent, 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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Artist
SSICK
Sold by
Direct from the artist
Edition
Limited edition
Edition number
1/5
Title of artwork
Urban Catalyst
Technique
Giclée, Mixed technique
Signature
Hand signed
Country of origin
Italy
Year
2026
Condition
Excellent condition
Height
42 cm
Width
29.7 cm
Period
2020+
Sold with frame
No
