SSICK - Celestial Vanguard
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Giclée print on museum-quality premium paper, A3, 29.7 x 42 cm, 300 g/m², in a limited edition of only 5 copies.
This artwork features a powerful close-up portrait of the RX-0 Unicorn Gundam (in its “Destroy” mode with the psyco-frame exposed and horns open), rendered with tactile, impasto-like brushstrokes typical of expressionist painting. The imposing mecha, predominantly white with blue, red, and gold details, is set outdoors against a background of foliage and an equally tactile blue sky. The applied technique creates a rich, organic texture, capturing the essence of the original artwork, now available as a high-quality print.
Production method: This piece was created starting from a draft generated with artistic artificial intelligence, used exclusively as a compositional basis and source of inspiration. The image was then imported into digital painting software and entirely reworked by hand by the artist with digital brushes, anatomical corrections, color layering, and personal textures. The final result is a unique and original work, where the human painted intervention has fully 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 workshop born to experiment with the fusion between the 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 constantly at the service of pure creativity. Through the LAB, the artist transforms individual insights into corral works, challenging the boundaries of modern art.
Key points of SSICK’s vision:
Generational Roots: Class of 2003, carrying 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 its 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.
description of paper: Paper finish: Matte, smooth.
Paper weight: 300 g/m², durable and long-lasting.
Environmental impact: FSC-certified paper or equivalent, in accordance 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 museum-quality premium paper, A3, 29.7 x 42 cm, 300 g/m², in a limited edition of only 5 copies.
This artwork features a powerful close-up portrait of the RX-0 Unicorn Gundam (in its “Destroy” mode with the psyco-frame exposed and horns open), rendered with tactile, impasto-like brushstrokes typical of expressionist painting. The imposing mecha, predominantly white with blue, red, and gold details, is set outdoors against a background of foliage and an equally tactile blue sky. The applied technique creates a rich, organic texture, capturing the essence of the original artwork, now available as a high-quality print.
Production method: This piece was created starting from a draft generated with artistic artificial intelligence, used exclusively as a compositional basis and source of inspiration. The image was then imported into digital painting software and entirely reworked by hand by the artist with digital brushes, anatomical corrections, color layering, and personal textures. The final result is a unique and original work, where the human painted intervention has fully 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 workshop born to experiment with the fusion between the 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 constantly at the service of pure creativity. Through the LAB, the artist transforms individual insights into corral works, challenging the boundaries of modern art.
Key points of SSICK’s vision:
Generational Roots: Class of 2003, carrying 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 its 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.
description of paper: Paper finish: Matte, smooth.
Paper weight: 300 g/m², durable and long-lasting.
Environmental impact: FSC-certified paper or equivalent, in accordance 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 TranslateDetails
Artist
SSICK
Sold by
Direct from the artist
Edition
Limited edition
Edition number
1/5
Title of artwork
Celestial Vanguard
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
