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Il Trionfo dell’Ombra, a limited edition Giclée by Slasky, hand-signed, 60 × 45 cm on Hahnemühle 350 g, Italy, 2020+.
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Il Trionfo dell’Ombra — 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 depths emerges the work Il Trionfo delle Arti by Carlo Innocenzo Carlone, transformed into a spectral presence: the figures, once immersed in light and upward movement, are darkened and frozen in a suspended, almost archaeological, dimension.
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 illusory perspective.
If Carlone led the gaze toward the sky, Slasky forces it back inside itself. Sacred Baroque thus becomes a contemporary, mute, introspective liturgy.
The work annuls the historical distance between Rococo and Abstract Expressionism, fusing flesh, cloud, and pigment into a single surface of tension and memory.
Gicleè on Hahnemuhle 350gr + certificate of authenticity
« Art is not about portraying new things, but about portraying 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 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
⸻
2025
* Tokyo Open Art | Art on Loop Exhibition
Tokyo · 12 – 16 September 2025
* Art Parallax
London · 15 – 16 February 2025
⸻
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
⸻
2023
* Time Is An Illusion / Le temps est une illusion
Kramfors · 2 – 23 October 2023
⸻
2022
* (UN)FAIR — (UN)DISCOVERED ART
Superstudio Maxi, Milan · 8 – 10 April 2022
⸻
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
⸻
2020
* StreetArt // UrbanArt
Tozzo Atelier · 8 – 30 October 2020
* Work on Paper
Stockholm · 18 March – 21 April 2020
⸻
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
⸻
2018
* Neo Urban Classic — Solo Exhibition
MGallery by Sofitel, Kaluga · 16 March 2018
* Anti Donald Trump
Creative Debuts, London · 12 – 18 July 2018
⸻
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
⸻
2015
* HUMAN RIGHTS? — La Casa della Pace
Fondazione Opera Campana dei Caduti, Rovereto · 31 May – 30 August 2015
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 TranslateIl Trionfo dell’Ombra — 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 depths emerges the work Il Trionfo delle Arti by Carlo Innocenzo Carlone, transformed into a spectral presence: the figures, once immersed in light and upward movement, are darkened and frozen in a suspended, almost archaeological, dimension.
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 illusory perspective.
If Carlone led the gaze toward the sky, Slasky forces it back inside itself. Sacred Baroque thus becomes a contemporary, mute, introspective liturgy.
The work annuls the historical distance between Rococo and Abstract Expressionism, fusing flesh, cloud, and pigment into a single surface of tension and memory.
Gicleè on Hahnemuhle 350gr + certificate of authenticity
« Art is not about portraying new things, but about portraying 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 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
⸻
2025
* Tokyo Open Art | Art on Loop Exhibition
Tokyo · 12 – 16 September 2025
* Art Parallax
London · 15 – 16 February 2025
⸻
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
⸻
2023
* Time Is An Illusion / Le temps est une illusion
Kramfors · 2 – 23 October 2023
⸻
2022
* (UN)FAIR — (UN)DISCOVERED ART
Superstudio Maxi, Milan · 8 – 10 April 2022
⸻
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
⸻
2020
* StreetArt // UrbanArt
Tozzo Atelier · 8 – 30 October 2020
* Work on Paper
Stockholm · 18 March – 21 April 2020
⸻
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
⸻
2018
* Neo Urban Classic — Solo Exhibition
MGallery by Sofitel, Kaluga · 16 March 2018
* Anti Donald Trump
Creative Debuts, London · 12 – 18 July 2018
⸻
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
⸻
2015
* HUMAN RIGHTS? — La Casa della Pace
Fondazione Opera Campana dei Caduti, Rovereto · 31 May – 30 August 2015
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
Artist
Slasky
Title of artwork
Il Trionfo dell’Ombra
Technique
Giclée
Signature
Hand signed
Country of origin
Italy
Condition
Excellent condition
Height
60 cm
Width
45 cm
Style
Abstract Expressionism
Sold with frame
No
Period
2020+
