Slasky - Enjoy
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Slasky, Enjoy, 2020, a limited edition Giclée on canvas by an Italian artist, 25 cm by 50 cm, hand-signed, depicting mythology in a Pop Art style, in excellent condition.
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Slasky: Enjoy (2020)
Title: Enjoy
Artist: Slasky
Technique: Giclée on canvas / Digital Art
Critical Description
The work "Enjoy" represents a pivotal moment in Slasky's artistic research, a prominent figure of the so-called "Urban Classic Art".
The author performs a sophisticated de-contextualization, drawing from a purely baroque and mythological aesthetics to collide it with the most pervasive symbols of contemporary mass culture. Beneath the imposing Coca-Cola logo, rendered in the unmistakable red Spencerian Script, unfolds an elaborate scene of classical festivity that evokes the atmospheres of masters like Caravaggio or the great decorators of the eighteenth century.
Key Themes
Temporal Contrast: The artist creates a visual circuit-breaker between the eternity of museum art and the immediacy of the "brand". The logo of the multinational acts as a filter that overwrites the mythological narrative, transforming a sacred or pastoral scene into a visual consumer product.
Pop Iconography: The title itself, "Enjoy", recalls the famous advertising slogan, inviting the viewer not only to "enjoy" classic beauty but to consume it with the same rapidity with which a carbonated drink is consumed.
Beauty Reflection:
Through the use of digital technique, Slasky democratizes classical aesthetics, making it "pop" and accessible, while maintaining a deep deference to the original painting technique.
"In a world saturated with commercial messages, Slasky reclaims the past to speak to our present, suggesting that perhaps today our new Olympus is built on global brands and marketing icons."
"Art is not about representing new things, but representing them with novelty"
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
ST-ART, STRASBOURG 2021
25 - 28 NOV. 2021
PARC EXPO STRASBOURG
SM'ART AIX-EN-PROVENCE, 2021
14 - 18 OCTOBER 2021
BOOTH 123A
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
#BreakthroughArtCollection
Slasky: Enjoy (2020)
Title: Enjoy
Artist: Slasky
Technique: Giclée on canvas / Digital Art
Critical Description
The work "Enjoy" represents a pivotal moment in Slasky's artistic research, a prominent figure of the so-called "Urban Classic Art".
The author performs a sophisticated de-contextualization, drawing from a purely baroque and mythological aesthetics to collide it with the most pervasive symbols of contemporary mass culture. Beneath the imposing Coca-Cola logo, rendered in the unmistakable red Spencerian Script, unfolds an elaborate scene of classical festivity that evokes the atmospheres of masters like Caravaggio or the great decorators of the eighteenth century.
Key Themes
Temporal Contrast: The artist creates a visual circuit-breaker between the eternity of museum art and the immediacy of the "brand". The logo of the multinational acts as a filter that overwrites the mythological narrative, transforming a sacred or pastoral scene into a visual consumer product.
Pop Iconography: The title itself, "Enjoy", recalls the famous advertising slogan, inviting the viewer not only to "enjoy" classic beauty but to consume it with the same rapidity with which a carbonated drink is consumed.
Beauty Reflection:
Through the use of digital technique, Slasky democratizes classical aesthetics, making it "pop" and accessible, while maintaining a deep deference to the original painting technique.
"In a world saturated with commercial messages, Slasky reclaims the past to speak to our present, suggesting that perhaps today our new Olympus is built on global brands and marketing icons."
"Art is not about representing new things, but representing them with novelty"
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
ST-ART, STRASBOURG 2021
25 - 28 NOV. 2021
PARC EXPO STRASBOURG
SM'ART AIX-EN-PROVENCE, 2021
14 - 18 OCTOBER 2021
BOOTH 123A
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
#BreakthroughArtCollection
Details
Artist
Slasky
Sold by
Agent
Edition
Limited edition
Title of artwork
Enjoy
Technique
Giclée
Signature
Hand signed
Country of origin
Italy
Year
2020
Condition
Excellent condition
Height
25 cm
Width
50 cm
Depiction/theme
Mythology
Style
Pop Art
Period
2020+
Sold with frame
No
