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Slasky’s Proiezione Semantica is a 40 × 40 cm limited-edition giclée print, hand-signed and numbered 1/5, reworking a portrait by Abraham Lambertsz van den Tempel with electric-blue lettering.
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This work by the Italian artist Slasky appropriates a classic of Dutch Golden Age painting, the portrait of a noblewoman by Abraham Lambertsz van den Tempel, superimposing a projection of large electric blue letters on it.
The alphabet, arranged on three lines, runs across the face and the ruff and forms the phrase "Fuck you" (ABCD / EFUC / KYOU).
More than a provocation aimed at the viewer, the insult seems to emerge from the portrait itself: the direct gaze and the impassive expression of the woman transform the phrase into a thought kept for centuries, which the light of the projection finally reveals. It is not the contemporary artist who attacks the classic, but the classic that takes the floor.
THE FRAME IS NOT INCLUDED
« Art is not about representing new things, but about 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 classical style, he combines tradition and modernity, bringing the protagonists of the original artworks into contemporary social and artistic environments.
Recent Exhibitions
Tokyo Open Art | Art on Loop Exhibition
Venue Address
3 Chome-20-18 Jingumae, Shibuya,
Tokyo 150-0001,
Japan
Parallax Art Fair
Kensington Town Hall
Hornton Street
London
W8 7NX
2024
Solo Exhibition
CONTEMPORARY VENICE
Palazzo Pisani-Revedin
S. Marco, 4013A , 30124 Venice, Italy
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, Switzerland
Lang Leve Rembrandt
Rijks Museum Amsterdam
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 TranslateThis work by the Italian artist Slasky appropriates a classic of Dutch Golden Age painting, the portrait of a noblewoman by Abraham Lambertsz van den Tempel, superimposing a projection of large electric blue letters on it.
The alphabet, arranged on three lines, runs across the face and the ruff and forms the phrase "Fuck you" (ABCD / EFUC / KYOU).
More than a provocation aimed at the viewer, the insult seems to emerge from the portrait itself: the direct gaze and the impassive expression of the woman transform the phrase into a thought kept for centuries, which the light of the projection finally reveals. It is not the contemporary artist who attacks the classic, but the classic that takes the floor.
THE FRAME IS NOT INCLUDED
« Art is not about representing new things, but about 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 classical style, he combines tradition and modernity, bringing the protagonists of the original artworks into contemporary social and artistic environments.
Recent Exhibitions
Tokyo Open Art | Art on Loop Exhibition
Venue Address
3 Chome-20-18 Jingumae, Shibuya,
Tokyo 150-0001,
Japan
Parallax Art Fair
Kensington Town Hall
Hornton Street
London
W8 7NX
2024
Solo Exhibition
CONTEMPORARY VENICE
Palazzo Pisani-Revedin
S. Marco, 4013A , 30124 Venice, Italy
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, Switzerland
Lang Leve Rembrandt
Rijks Museum Amsterdam
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
1/5
Artist
Slasky
Title of artwork
Proiezione Semantica
Technique
Giclée
Signature
Hand signed
Country of origin
Italy
Condition
Excellent condition
Height
40 cm
Width
40 cm
Style
Baroque
Sold with frame
No
Period
2020+
