Slasky - YQEII

Titolo: YQEII (Elizabeth II)
Anno: 2020
Tecnica: stampa fine art su carta d’archivio Hahnemühle
Dimensioni: 90 × 90 cm
Condizione: presenta segni di usura accidentale della carta, visibili e documentati (vedi foto)
Unicità: opera unica

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Descrizione

Questa opera ritrae Elizabeth II attraverso un linguaggio visivo diretto, iconico e disturbato. L’immagine, costruita su un fondo rosso saturo e dominante, trasforma la figura della regina in un simbolo contemporaneo, sospeso tra autorità, immagine pubblica e riproducibilità mediatica.

La banda cromatica che attraversa lo sguardo agisce come un’interferenza: non nasconde, ma altera la percezione. È un gesto minimo che rompe l’intoccabilità dell’icona, suggerendo una distanza tra identità reale e costruzione visiva.

I segni di usura presenti sulla carta — accidentali ma permanenti — diventano parte integrante dell’opera. Non sono difetti, ma testimonianze fisiche del tempo e della materia, che rafforzano il concetto di immagine come reliquia contemporanea: fragile, esposta, inevitabilmente soggetta a trasformazione.

L’opera è stata presentata presso Bel Air Fine Art, inserendosi in un contesto internazionale di mercato e collezionismo.

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Artist Bio

Slasky (b. 1972, Italy) is a self-taught artist based in Artena, Rome. His practice developed outside the institutional system, shaped by a background in manual labour that informs both the physical presence and conceptual precision of his work.

Active since 2015, he has built an independent market across Europe and Asia, later shifting toward a more research-driven and institutionally oriented approach. His work explores the transformation of iconic imagery into contemporary artifacts, questioning authorship, permanence and visual authority.

His work has been exhibited internationally, including selection by the jury of the Rijksmuseum.

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Selected Exhibitions (2015 — 2026)

2026
• FACE2FACE — Laundry Studios
5 – 9 March

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2025
• Tokyo Open Art | Art on Loop Exhibition — Tokyo
12 – 16 September

• Art Parallax — London
15 – 16 February

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2024
• Waterloo — Solo Exhibition, Limassol
10 – 20 December

• ARTLAB 2024 — Munich
13 – 22 June

• Must Be — Solo Exhibition, Anemi, Limassol
3 – 10 February

• Contemporary Venice 2024 — Solo Exhibition, Venice
12 – 15 January

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2023
• Time Is An Illusion / Le temps est une illusion — Kramfors
2 – 23 October

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2022
• (UN)FAIR — (UN)DISCOVERED ART — Superstudio Maxi, Milan
8 – 10 April

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2021
• MIA Fair — Superstudio Maxi, Milan
7 – 10 October

• Lausanne Art Fair — Lausanne
30 September – 3 October

• Lille Art Up! — Lille Grand Palais
24 – 27 June

• Works on Paper — Antibes
18 March – 21 April

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2020
• StreetArt // UrbanArt — Tozzo Atelier
8 – 30 October

• Works on Paper — Stockholm
18 March – 21 April

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2019
• Long Live Rembrandt — Rijksmuseum
15 July – 15 September

• Wopart Art Fair — Lugano
19 – 22 September

• Andy Warhol Exhibition — Group Show
14 April – 23 September

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2018
• Neo Urban Classic — Solo Exhibition, MGallery by Sofitel, Kaluga
16 March

• Anti Donald Trump — Creative Debuts, London
12 – 18 July

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2016
• Arte Firenze — Sandro Botticelli International Contemporary Art Prize — Florence
18 – 20 November

• Twitter Art Exhibition — Trygve Lie Gallery
31 March – 21 April

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2015
• HUMAN RIGHTS? — La Casa della Pace
Fondazione Opera Campana dei Caduti, Rovereto
31 May – 30 August