Slasky - Lettera d'Amore
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Rotari, Lettera d'Amore, a 2026 Giclée limited edition 2/5 print, 52 by 43 cm, hand-signed, in excellent condition.
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In this work, preserved at the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, Rotari captures a moment of absolute female autonomy: the protagonist is not portrayed as an object of others’ gaze, but as an active subject of her own sentimental destiny.
It is she who takes up the pen, she who chooses the words, she who decides what to entrust to the page. In an era when women had little control over their emotional and social choices, the very act of writing becomes a gesture of personal affirmation.
The gaze that lifts toward the observer does not seek confirmation: it is complicity, it is self-awareness.
Independence here is not declared, it is enacted: in the confident gesture of the hand, in the relaxed yet masterful posture within the space, in the choice, entirely hers, of what to entrust to the page.
Contemporary Art, Bacchante, Malkov, Baroque Inspired Art, Classical Painting Reimagined, Dom Pérignon, Dom Pérignon Rosé, Champagne Art, Luxury Art, Contemporary Collage, Pop Art, Neo Baroque, Wine Art, Fine Art Print, Museum Style, Luxury Interior, Statement Artwork, Collector Art, Modern Allegory, Italian Contemporary Artist, Slasky, Luxury Branding, Contemporary Wall Art.
2026
* CI-AO
30 April - 28 May 2026
Via Del Vantaggio 28, Rome
Piazza del Popolo
* FACE2FACE
Laundry Studios · 5 – 9 March 2026
⸻
2025
* Tokyo Open Art | Art on Loop Exhibition
Tokyo · 12 – 16 September 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
2021
Mia Fair
The informazioni 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
#salvagecollection
#BreakthroughArtCollection
Seller's Story
Slasky once again begins to crack open the barriers of time with a work that acts as a refined visual and conceptual short circuit. At the center of the composition emerges the magnetic and indissoluble gaze of a classical feminine portrait, imbued with the meticulous realism typical of the great northern European painting tradition of the Seventeenth Century. The austere dignity of the noblewoman, framed by a lavish frilled white lace collar, is however intercepted, severed, and partially concealed by a geometric pattern of white and black diagonal stripes.
This graphic intervention is not a mere aesthetic overlay, but a powerful statement of urban poetics. Slasky introduces a pattern that immediately evokes the visual codes of contemporary road signage, Optical Art, and modern street graphics. The geometric crossbar acts as a barrier or censoring filter that fragments the face: one half remains faithful to its museum and historical dimension, while the other half dissolves into the cold rationality of the abstract code.
The work thus interrogates the perception of identity in the digital age. The face of the past, guardian of an intimate and solemn historical memory, is reactivated and compelled to dialogue with the syncopated rhythms and the brazen geometries of contemporary culture. To underscore this dichotomy, the choice of frame is decisive: a sumptuous black Baroque profile in relief that envelops the work, transforming the jarring pop contrast into a sacred object of museum-design.
With his unmistakable technical and editorial deftness, Slasky does not destroy the antique, but re-encodes it, proving that classical art belongs not only to the past, but is a living matter, ready to be traversed and re-signified by the symbols of our present.
Translated by Google TranslateIn this work, preserved at the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, Rotari captures a moment of absolute female autonomy: the protagonist is not portrayed as an object of others’ gaze, but as an active subject of her own sentimental destiny.
It is she who takes up the pen, she who chooses the words, she who decides what to entrust to the page. In an era when women had little control over their emotional and social choices, the very act of writing becomes a gesture of personal affirmation.
The gaze that lifts toward the observer does not seek confirmation: it is complicity, it is self-awareness.
Independence here is not declared, it is enacted: in the confident gesture of the hand, in the relaxed yet masterful posture within the space, in the choice, entirely hers, of what to entrust to the page.
Contemporary Art, Bacchante, Malkov, Baroque Inspired Art, Classical Painting Reimagined, Dom Pérignon, Dom Pérignon Rosé, Champagne Art, Luxury Art, Contemporary Collage, Pop Art, Neo Baroque, Wine Art, Fine Art Print, Museum Style, Luxury Interior, Statement Artwork, Collector Art, Modern Allegory, Italian Contemporary Artist, Slasky, Luxury Branding, Contemporary Wall Art.
2026
* CI-AO
30 April - 28 May 2026
Via Del Vantaggio 28, Rome
Piazza del Popolo
* FACE2FACE
Laundry Studios · 5 – 9 March 2026
⸻
2025
* Tokyo Open Art | Art on Loop Exhibition
Tokyo · 12 – 16 September 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
2021
Mia Fair
The informazioni 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
#salvagecollection
#BreakthroughArtCollection
Seller's Story
Slasky once again begins to crack open the barriers of time with a work that acts as a refined visual and conceptual short circuit. At the center of the composition emerges the magnetic and indissoluble gaze of a classical feminine portrait, imbued with the meticulous realism typical of the great northern European painting tradition of the Seventeenth Century. The austere dignity of the noblewoman, framed by a lavish frilled white lace collar, is however intercepted, severed, and partially concealed by a geometric pattern of white and black diagonal stripes.
This graphic intervention is not a mere aesthetic overlay, but a powerful statement of urban poetics. Slasky introduces a pattern that immediately evokes the visual codes of contemporary road signage, Optical Art, and modern street graphics. The geometric crossbar acts as a barrier or censoring filter that fragments the face: one half remains faithful to its museum and historical dimension, while the other half dissolves into the cold rationality of the abstract code.
The work thus interrogates the perception of identity in the digital age. The face of the past, guardian of an intimate and solemn historical memory, is reactivated and compelled to dialogue with the syncopated rhythms and the brazen geometries of contemporary culture. To underscore this dichotomy, the choice of frame is decisive: a sumptuous black Baroque profile in relief that envelops the work, transforming the jarring pop contrast into a sacred object of museum-design.
With his unmistakable technical and editorial deftness, Slasky does not destroy the antique, but re-encodes it, proving that classical art belongs not only to the past, but is a living matter, ready to be traversed and re-signified by the symbols of our present.
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Edition
Limited edition
Edition number
2/5
Artist
Slasky
Title of artwork
Lettera d'Amore
Technique
Giclée
Signature
Hand signed
Country of origin
Italy
Year
2026
Condition
Excellent condition
Height
52 cm
Width
43 cm
Style
Baroque
Sold with frame
No
Period
2020+
