Slasky - Amore e Psiche - XL
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Amore e Psiche - XL by Slasky, a limited edition Giclée print on Hahnemühle 350 g with certificate of authenticity, 100 x 70 cm, edition 1/5, hand-signed, made in Italy, in excellent condition and sold directly by the artist.
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Tattoed Cupid and Psyche – a Slasky revisitation
Inspired by François Gérard’s painting Love and Psyche, 1798.
In my interpretation, the two mythological protagonists abandon the neoclassical purity to incarnate an aesthetic marked by experience and contemporary identity. Psyche, seated in her iconic pose, preserves the delicate grace of the original gesture but her body is traced with tattoos: arabesques, symbols and narrative signs that rewrite her skin as a living surface. Cupid, bent over her, brushes her forehead with a kiss: even his wings and his body are decorated with tattoos, modern traces that dialogue with the ancient.
The scene does not lose its poetic intensity, but gains new resonances. The tattoo becomes universal language, a sign of personal and collective stories carved into flesh as much as emotions and memories. The neoclassical ideal blends with the visual culture of the present: Love and Psyche transform into eternal figures, but finally anchored to an imagination that speaks to our time.
Giclée on Hahnemühle 350gsm + certificate of authenticity
« 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 at an international level
The artist has the ability to fuse classical artworks with techniques of contemporary digital art. With his neo-urban classic style, he combines tradition and modernity, bringing the protagonists of the original artworks into contemporary social and artistic environments.
Latest Exhibitions
TheHolyArtGallery
Venue Address:
3 Chome-20-18 Jingumae, Shibuya,
Tokyo 150-0001, Japan
September 12th-16th 2025
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
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 informations 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
Tattoed Cupid and Psyche – a Slasky revisitation
Inspired by François Gérard’s painting Love and Psyche, 1798.
In my interpretation, the two mythological protagonists abandon the neoclassical purity to incarnate an aesthetic marked by experience and contemporary identity. Psyche, seated in her iconic pose, preserves the delicate grace of the original gesture but her body is traced with tattoos: arabesques, symbols and narrative signs that rewrite her skin as a living surface. Cupid, bent over her, brushes her forehead with a kiss: even his wings and his body are decorated with tattoos, modern traces that dialogue with the ancient.
The scene does not lose its poetic intensity, but gains new resonances. The tattoo becomes universal language, a sign of personal and collective stories carved into flesh as much as emotions and memories. The neoclassical ideal blends with the visual culture of the present: Love and Psyche transform into eternal figures, but finally anchored to an imagination that speaks to our time.
Giclée on Hahnemühle 350gsm + certificate of authenticity
« 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 at an international level
The artist has the ability to fuse classical artworks with techniques of contemporary digital art. With his neo-urban classic style, he combines tradition and modernity, bringing the protagonists of the original artworks into contemporary social and artistic environments.
Latest Exhibitions
TheHolyArtGallery
Venue Address:
3 Chome-20-18 Jingumae, Shibuya,
Tokyo 150-0001, Japan
September 12th-16th 2025
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
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 informations 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
Details
Artist
Slasky
Sold by
Direct from the artist
Edition
Limited edition
Edition number
1/5
Title of artwork
Amore e Psiche - XL
Technique
Giclée
Signature
Hand signed
Country of origin
Italy
Condition
Excellent condition
Height
100 cm
Width
70 cm
Depiction/theme
Pop Culture
Style
Caravaggisti
Period
2020+
Sold with frame
No
