Slasky - L'Assunzione

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The Assumption of the First Date
(Homage to Guido Reni and Pop Culture)


This creation arises from a bold détournement operation, in which the sacred meets the profane in a vibrant and ironic dialogue. The compositional basis is a freer reinterpretation of the Baroque iconography of the Assumption (inspired by Guido Reni’s famous altarpiece), where the central figure of the Virgin, suspended among the clouds and surrounded by cherubs, is transposed into a new semantic universe.

The original palette is twisted by a neon-pink lighting that invades the upper part of the painting. This acidic, modern light turns the divine aura into a kind of neon sign from a club or a contemporary photoshoot set.

In stark contrast to the XVIIth-century painting style, the words "First Date" appear in a rounded, psychedelic font clearly inspired by the 1970s. The inscription is not just a title, but becomes the focal element that redefines the entire scene: spiritual ecstasy is reinterpreted as the euphoric, “celestial” emotion of a first romantic encounter.

The painting plays on the exaggeration of feelings. If in the original seventeenth-century work the aim was to move the soul toward the infinite divine, here the tension is directed toward the hyper-romanticism of our times. It is a celebration of the sacredness of everyday life and of modern social rituals, treated with the same solemnity as a religious miracle.

The work presents itself as a piece with strong impact, capable of attracting the gaze and sparking conversations, perfectly positioned within the tradition of New Pop Art.

Slasky (b. 1972, Italy) is a self-taught artist working from Artena, Rome. His practice emerged from outside the institutional art system, a background in manual labour that informs both the materiality of his work and the precision of its conceptual framework.

Active since 2015, he has built an independent market presence across Europe and Asia before undertaking a decisive shift toward institutional research practice.


Selected Exhibitions (2015 — 2026)

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

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

Slasky is an acclaimed Italian artist whose works have been shown in solo and group exhibitions internationally.

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