Slasky - Made in Europe
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Slasky’s Made in Europe is a Giclée on Hahnemuhle 350 g/m², edition 2/5, measuring 60 × 43 cm, hand-signed, produced in Italy in 2020+ with the title Made in Europe and the theme of pop culture.
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Made in Europe (Ratto d’Europa) – Francesco Podesti / Slasky
In the contemporary reinterpretation of the famous Ratto d’Europa, Slasky replaces the pristine bull of Jupiter with a blow-up cow with disproportionate udders and a visible inflation valve. The operation is not only parodic but also acts as an X-ray of the myth and its persistently distorted presence in the European imagination.
In Ovid, Jupiter's metamorphosis is the ultimate act of divine power; here, transformation becomes an act of consumption, reversible, fragile, temporary. The inflatable object — a symbol of serial production, mass tourism, and the 'pop' rhetoric of the continent — replaces mythological flesh with synthetic plastic and compressed air.
Made in Europe – Inflate Responsibly introduces a meta-economic and identity-related comment: contemporary Europe is no longer kidnapped, but self-inflated, prisoner of its productive myth and the illusion of infinite expansion.
The scene remains suspended between the grotesque and the sublime: the cupids continue to shoot arrows, but they hit a PVC mannequin; the princess maintains her elegant gesture, but her steed is a toy, a advertising fetish of consumer society.
Slasky, in many of its iconic rewrites, does not destroy the classic myth — it literally empties it of air. What remains is a shiny, inflatable, and transparent surface: the thin skin of contemporary Europe, fragile and constantly at risk of deflating.
Giclée on Hahnemühle 350g paper + certificate of authenticity
Art is not about representing new things, but about representing them with novelty.
Slasky is a renowned Italian artist whose works have been exhibited in personal and group exhibitions internationally.
The artist has the ability to blend classical works of art with contemporary digital art techniques. With his neo urban style, he combines tradition and modernity, bringing the protagonists of the original artworks into contemporary social and artistic environments.
Latest Exhibitions
The Holy Art Gallery
Venue Address:
3 Chome-20-18 Jingumae, Shibuya
Tokyo 150-0001, Japan
September 12th-16th, 2025
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
ST-ART, STRASBOURG 2021
25 - 28 NOV. 2021
Strasbourg Exhibition Park
SM'ART AIX-EN-PROVENCE, 2021
14 - 18 October 2021
BOOTH 123A
2021
Mia Fair
Information about 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
Long live Rembrandt
Rijks Museum Amsterdam
Made in Europe (Ratto d’Europa) – Francesco Podesti / Slasky
In the contemporary reinterpretation of the famous Ratto d’Europa, Slasky replaces the pristine bull of Jupiter with a blow-up cow with disproportionate udders and a visible inflation valve. The operation is not only parodic but also acts as an X-ray of the myth and its persistently distorted presence in the European imagination.
In Ovid, Jupiter's metamorphosis is the ultimate act of divine power; here, transformation becomes an act of consumption, reversible, fragile, temporary. The inflatable object — a symbol of serial production, mass tourism, and the 'pop' rhetoric of the continent — replaces mythological flesh with synthetic plastic and compressed air.
Made in Europe – Inflate Responsibly introduces a meta-economic and identity-related comment: contemporary Europe is no longer kidnapped, but self-inflated, prisoner of its productive myth and the illusion of infinite expansion.
The scene remains suspended between the grotesque and the sublime: the cupids continue to shoot arrows, but they hit a PVC mannequin; the princess maintains her elegant gesture, but her steed is a toy, a advertising fetish of consumer society.
Slasky, in many of its iconic rewrites, does not destroy the classic myth — it literally empties it of air. What remains is a shiny, inflatable, and transparent surface: the thin skin of contemporary Europe, fragile and constantly at risk of deflating.
Giclée on Hahnemühle 350g paper + certificate of authenticity
Art is not about representing new things, but about representing them with novelty.
Slasky is a renowned Italian artist whose works have been exhibited in personal and group exhibitions internationally.
The artist has the ability to blend classical works of art with contemporary digital art techniques. With his neo urban style, he combines tradition and modernity, bringing the protagonists of the original artworks into contemporary social and artistic environments.
Latest Exhibitions
The Holy Art Gallery
Venue Address:
3 Chome-20-18 Jingumae, Shibuya
Tokyo 150-0001, Japan
September 12th-16th, 2025
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
ST-ART, STRASBOURG 2021
25 - 28 NOV. 2021
Strasbourg Exhibition Park
SM'ART AIX-EN-PROVENCE, 2021
14 - 18 October 2021
BOOTH 123A
2021
Mia Fair
Information about 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
Long live Rembrandt
Rijks Museum Amsterdam
Details
Artist
Slasky
Sold by
Direct from the artist
Edition
Limited edition
Edition number
2/5
Title of artwork
Made in Europe
Technique
Giclée
Signature
Hand signed
Country of Origin
Italy
Condition
Excellent condition
Height
60 cm
Width
43 cm
Depiction/Theme
Pop Culture
Style
Baroque
Period
2020+
Sold with frame
No
