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Giclée print on museum-quality paper by NOVA, titled The Beacon of Ultramar, hand-signed, 2026, edition 1/5, 42 × 30 cm, in excellent condition, produced in Italy and sold directly by the artist.
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GICLEE PRINT ON PREMIUM MUSEUM-QUALITY PAPER, A3, 30 x 42 cm, 300 g/m², IN A LIMITED EDITION OF ONLY 5 COPIES.
This artistic print captures the stoic essence of a Space Marine belonging to the Ultramarines chapter. The warrior is depicted in a frontal, solemn pose, while holding a lit torch that slices through the surrounding darkness, illuminating the golden details of his iconic blue armor.
The piece plays with a strong contrast between the sharp shadows in the background and the vivid reflections on metallic surfaces. The print style, characterized by bold, almost comic-book lines, emphasizes the majesty and resolve of the imperial sentinel, making it a symbol of hope and protection in the darkness of the future.
Production Method: Development of a preliminary visual architecture via AI generative models to define composition, tonal values, and color schemas, followed by a meticulous manual digital painting intervention aimed at perfecting anatomy, integrating customized textures, and imprinting the artist’s distinctive stylistic fingerprint.
The Artist: "NOVA"
NOVA is a 23-year-old Italian artist, a key figure of the SSICK LAB collective. Raised with a visceral passion for art and pop culture, NOVA brings to the team a vision focused on dynamism and visual storytelling. Her mission is to give physical and collaborative structure to an imagination that draws vitality from the world of American and Japanese animation, merging the iconic aesthetics of contemporary media with the historical visual languages.
Within the LAB, NOVA explores new expressive frontiers, contributing to a perfect synthesis where technological innovation is continually at the service of pure creativity. Through her sensitivity, she transforms individual insights into choral works, challenging the boundaries of modern art with an approach that blends technique and heart.
Key points of NOVA’s vision:
Generational Roots: Class of 2003, she carries the visual heritage of digital natives, mixing the speed of the web with the depth of animated storytelling.
Cross-Cultural Experimentation: A constant bridge between the history of classical art, the fluidity of Japanese Sakuga, and the iconic design of American animation.
Synergy in the Collective: Sees teamwork within SSICK LAB as a natural extension of her own artistic language, where collaboration elevates the individual stroke.
Movement Image Aesthetics: Pursuit of an aesthetic that, while tangible, preserves the energy and expressiveness typical of the great masters of international animation.
"My goal is to make dialogue between the rigor of the past and the vibrant energy of the animated worlds that defined our generation."
We use only premium couriers with priority handling. Shipping includes full insurance on the artwork’s value and a real-time tracking system. 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 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 TranslateGICLEE PRINT ON PREMIUM MUSEUM-QUALITY PAPER, A3, 30 x 42 cm, 300 g/m², IN A LIMITED EDITION OF ONLY 5 COPIES.
This artistic print captures the stoic essence of a Space Marine belonging to the Ultramarines chapter. The warrior is depicted in a frontal, solemn pose, while holding a lit torch that slices through the surrounding darkness, illuminating the golden details of his iconic blue armor.
The piece plays with a strong contrast between the sharp shadows in the background and the vivid reflections on metallic surfaces. The print style, characterized by bold, almost comic-book lines, emphasizes the majesty and resolve of the imperial sentinel, making it a symbol of hope and protection in the darkness of the future.
Production Method: Development of a preliminary visual architecture via AI generative models to define composition, tonal values, and color schemas, followed by a meticulous manual digital painting intervention aimed at perfecting anatomy, integrating customized textures, and imprinting the artist’s distinctive stylistic fingerprint.
The Artist: "NOVA"
NOVA is a 23-year-old Italian artist, a key figure of the SSICK LAB collective. Raised with a visceral passion for art and pop culture, NOVA brings to the team a vision focused on dynamism and visual storytelling. Her mission is to give physical and collaborative structure to an imagination that draws vitality from the world of American and Japanese animation, merging the iconic aesthetics of contemporary media with the historical visual languages.
Within the LAB, NOVA explores new expressive frontiers, contributing to a perfect synthesis where technological innovation is continually at the service of pure creativity. Through her sensitivity, she transforms individual insights into choral works, challenging the boundaries of modern art with an approach that blends technique and heart.
Key points of NOVA’s vision:
Generational Roots: Class of 2003, she carries the visual heritage of digital natives, mixing the speed of the web with the depth of animated storytelling.
Cross-Cultural Experimentation: A constant bridge between the history of classical art, the fluidity of Japanese Sakuga, and the iconic design of American animation.
Synergy in the Collective: Sees teamwork within SSICK LAB as a natural extension of her own artistic language, where collaboration elevates the individual stroke.
Movement Image Aesthetics: Pursuit of an aesthetic that, while tangible, preserves the energy and expressiveness typical of the great masters of international animation.
"My goal is to make dialogue between the rigor of the past and the vibrant energy of the animated worlds that defined our generation."
We use only premium couriers with priority handling. Shipping includes full insurance on the artwork’s value and a real-time tracking system. 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 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
NOVA
Sold by
Direct from the artist
Edition
Limited edition
Edition number
1/5
Title of artwork
The Beacon of Ultramar
Technique
Giclée, Mixed technique
Signature
Hand signed
Country of origin
Italy
Year
2026
Condition
Excellent condition
Height
42 cm
Width
30 cm
Period
2020+
Sold with frame
No
