Santicri - Desecrated, La Gioconda





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Santicri’s 2026 unique mixed-media work *Desecrated, La Gioconda* is a hand-signed portrait measuring 30 × 20 cm.
Description from the seller
Santicri has participated in numerous internationally renowned art exhibitions. Among the most significant, in 2022 he exhibited his works at the prestigious Palazzo Grillo in Genoa and in 2023 he took part in the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) in New York, expanding his visibility in national and international contexts.
In 2024 he was recognized among the Best-Selling Artists by Artmayeur and listed among the three most searched names on Catawiki, confirming the growing interest in his artistic research.
Description of the work
An iconic artwork is struck by a provocative gesture: a portion of spaghetti with sauce seems to explode on the surface of the canvas, transforming a famous image into an irreverent and contemporary artistic intervention.
In “Desecrated,” Santicri questions the concept of an untouchable image, intervening on a symbol of art history through an element of everyday life. The contrast between the refinement of the original work and the spontaneity of the gesture creates a visual tension that oscillates between irony, provocation, and material experimentation.
The spaghetti present in the work is not real, but an artistic reproduction created to simulate the appearance and texture of pasta, becoming an integral part of the creative intervention. The sauce and painting elements contribute to create a dynamic effect, as if the gesture had just taken place, freezing on the canvas a moment of apparent disorder.
The intervention is not limited to desecrating an iconic image: it reinterprets it, generating a new balance between tradition and contemporaneity, high culture and everyday life, preservation and transformation.
Thus the profanation becomes an autonomous aesthetic language, capable of stimulating reflection on the value of images and on how contemporary art can dialogue with the past through unexpected gestures.
Technical details
Artist: Santicri
Title: Desecrated
Technique: Mixed media
Dimensions: 30 × 20 × 2 cm
Edition: Unique artwork, specimen 1/1. The same graphics can be reproduced in other works, but each specimen will be created with individual interventions and characteristics, making it unique and unrepeatable.
Signature: Hand-signed
Certificate of authenticity: Included
insured shipping. The work is carefully packaged and shipped already mounted on a wooden frame. Frame not included.
Artist profile
Born in 1992 in Macerata, Marche, Santicri is an Italian artist whose path, from studies in geometry and architecture to collaboration with a craftsman specialized in resin sculptures, has helped develop a personal language that fuses contemporary art, design, and material experimentation.
His works are sold internationally and are present in private collections and galleries in Italy and Europe. His research traverses Pop Art, conceptual art, and contemporary visual culture, transforming familiar objects and images into works with immediate impact.
In 2024, the recognitions obtained on Artmayeur and Catawiki helped consolidate his visibility in the contemporary art market.
“It's never easy to classify one's art. I try to convey what my eyes see, my way of observing what surrounds me, reworking it through a design that fits modern times: impactful and memorable.”
— Santicri
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Seller's Story
Santicri has participated in numerous internationally renowned art exhibitions. Among the most significant, in 2022 he exhibited his works at the prestigious Palazzo Grillo in Genoa and in 2023 he took part in the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) in New York, expanding his visibility in national and international contexts.
In 2024 he was recognized among the Best-Selling Artists by Artmayeur and listed among the three most searched names on Catawiki, confirming the growing interest in his artistic research.
Description of the work
An iconic artwork is struck by a provocative gesture: a portion of spaghetti with sauce seems to explode on the surface of the canvas, transforming a famous image into an irreverent and contemporary artistic intervention.
In “Desecrated,” Santicri questions the concept of an untouchable image, intervening on a symbol of art history through an element of everyday life. The contrast between the refinement of the original work and the spontaneity of the gesture creates a visual tension that oscillates between irony, provocation, and material experimentation.
The spaghetti present in the work is not real, but an artistic reproduction created to simulate the appearance and texture of pasta, becoming an integral part of the creative intervention. The sauce and painting elements contribute to create a dynamic effect, as if the gesture had just taken place, freezing on the canvas a moment of apparent disorder.
The intervention is not limited to desecrating an iconic image: it reinterprets it, generating a new balance between tradition and contemporaneity, high culture and everyday life, preservation and transformation.
Thus the profanation becomes an autonomous aesthetic language, capable of stimulating reflection on the value of images and on how contemporary art can dialogue with the past through unexpected gestures.
Technical details
Artist: Santicri
Title: Desecrated
Technique: Mixed media
Dimensions: 30 × 20 × 2 cm
Edition: Unique artwork, specimen 1/1. The same graphics can be reproduced in other works, but each specimen will be created with individual interventions and characteristics, making it unique and unrepeatable.
Signature: Hand-signed
Certificate of authenticity: Included
insured shipping. The work is carefully packaged and shipped already mounted on a wooden frame. Frame not included.
Artist profile
Born in 1992 in Macerata, Marche, Santicri is an Italian artist whose path, from studies in geometry and architecture to collaboration with a craftsman specialized in resin sculptures, has helped develop a personal language that fuses contemporary art, design, and material experimentation.
His works are sold internationally and are present in private collections and galleries in Italy and Europe. His research traverses Pop Art, conceptual art, and contemporary visual culture, transforming familiar objects and images into works with immediate impact.
In 2024, the recognitions obtained on Artmayeur and Catawiki helped consolidate his visibility in the contemporary art market.
“It's never easy to classify one's art. I try to convey what my eyes see, my way of observing what surrounds me, reworking it through a design that fits modern times: impactful and memorable.”
— Santicri
This listing contains views generated by artificial intelligence (AI). Please refer to the original photographs to verify the real conditions of the item.

