Slasky (1972) - COPY/LOSS No.1

Gicleè on Hahnemuhle 350g + certificate of authenticity

Copy/Loss No.1
Limited edition of 5, 2026 | Diptych, 75 × 55 cm

In Copy/Loss No.1 the artist reflects on the loss of the aura of the iconic image in the era of infinite reproduction.

The diptych presents a double Marilyn Monroe: on the left the image explodes into saturated pop colors (magenta, cyan and green on a turquoise background), still powerful and seductive; on the right the same figure progressively dissolves into an evanescent grayscale, almost vanishing.

Through this transition from maximum saturation to disappearance, the work shows how every copy does not preserve, but consumes the original.

Marilyn becomes a symbol of the fragility of contemporary icons: the more they are reproduced, the more they lose identity and authority.
Part of the Archive Failure series, Copy/Loss No.1 is an elegy to the decline of the image in the age of post-reproduction.

An iconic face is duplicated until it loses stability.
The Pop image, born to be eternal and instantly recognizable, divides between presence and dissolution.

On one side the shiny surface of media culture survives; on the other emerges a worn, unstable, almost spectral copy.

The work does not celebrate the icon.
It observes its erosion through repetition, transforming the portrait into an archival artifact of collective memory.


"Art is not about representing new things, but representing them with novelty."

Slasky is a renowned Italian artist whose works have been exhibited in solo and group shows internationally.

The artist has the ability to fuse classical artworks with contemporary digital art techniques. With his neo-urban classic style, he unites tradition and modernity, bringing the protagonists of original artworks into contemporary social and artistic environments.


Institutional highlight: Long Live Rembrandt, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 2026. Work selected by the museum jury from thousands of international submissions for exhibition within the museum's permanent collection spaces. 15 July — 15 September 2019.

2026

* CI-AO
30 April - 28 May 2026
Via Del Vantaggio 28, Rome
Piazza del Popolo

* FACE2FACE
Laundry Studios · 5 – 9 March 2026

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2025

* Tokyo Open Art | Art on Loop Exhibition
Tokyo · 12 – 16 September 2025
* Art Parallax
London · 15 – 16 February 2025

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2024

* Waterloo — Solo Exhibition
Limassol · 10 – 20 December 2024
* ARTLAB 2024
Munich · 13 – 22 June 2024
* Must Be — Solo Exhibition
Anemi, Limassol · 3 – 10 February 2024
* Contemporary Venice 2024 — 13th Edition — Solo Exhibition
Venice · 12 – 15 January 2024

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2023

* Time Is An Illusion / Le temps est une illusion
Kramfors · 2 – 23 October 2023

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2022

* (UN)FAIR — (UN)DISCOVERED ART
Superstudio Maxi, Milan · 8 – 10 April 2022

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2021

* MIA Fair 2021
Superstudio Maxi, Milan · 7 – 10 October 2021
* Lausanne Art Fair
Lausanne · 30 September – 3 October 2021
* Lille Art Up!
Lille Grand Palais · 24 – 27 June 2021
* Works on Paper
Antibes · 18 March – 21 April 2021

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2020

* StreetArt // UrbanArt
Tozzo Atelier · 8 – 30 October 2020
* Work on Paper
Stockholm · 18 March – 21 April 2020

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2019

* Long Live Rembrandt ★ — Jury Selection
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam · 15 July – 15 September 2019
* Wopart Art Fair
Lugano · 19 – 22 September 2019
* Andy Warhol Exhibition — Group Show
· 14 April – 23 September 2019

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2018

* Neo Urban Classic — Solo Exhibition
MGallery by Sofitel, Kaluga · 16 March 2018
* Anti Donald Trump
Creative Debuts, London · 12 – 18 July 2018

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2016

* Arte Firenze — Sandro Botticelli International Contemporary Art Prize
Florence · 18 – 20 November 2016
* Twitter Art Exhibition
Trygve Lie Gallery · 31 March – 21 April 2016

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2015

* HUMAN RIGHTS? — La Casa della Pace
Fondazione Opera Campana dei Caduti, Rovereto · 31 May – 30 August 2015