Slasky - Il Trionfo dell’Ombra

The Triumph of Shadow — Slasky

In this work, Slasky builds a visual short circuit between the theatricality of Italian Baroque and the absolute silence of American 20th-century abstraction.

From the background emerges the painting The Triumph of the Arts by Carlo Innocenzo Carlone, transformed into a spectral presence: the figures, once immersed in light and ascending movement, are darkened and frozen in a suspended dimension, almost archaeological.

To interrupt this pictorial memory, a red horizontal band intervenes, an explicit reference to the spiritual tension of Mark Rothko. Not a cancellation, but an emotional fracture: color replaces narration, the chromatic field takes the place of illusionistic perspective.

If Carlone led the gaze toward the sky, Slasky makes it retreat inward. The sacred Baroque thus becomes a contemporary, mute, introspective liturgy.

The work nullifies the historical distance between Rococo and Abstract Expressionism, fusing flesh, cloud, and pigment into a single surface of tension and memory.


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« Art is not about representing new things, but representing them with novelty »

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

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 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