On Sale (Clearance of Memory) (2026) Original Collage by Slasky

Artwork Title: On Sale (Clearance of Memory)


Medium: Analog collage on paper, advertising insert, and paper art reproduction


This artwork operates as an immediate and striking conceptual and visual short circuit. Utilizing the tactile technique of analog collage, the artist dissects and merges two seemingly irreconcilable worlds: the solemnity of 17th-century Dutch portraiture and the fleeting, aggressive nature of contemporary commercial communication.

The woman’s face, defined by a proud, intimate gaze etched with the passage of time, emerges from a violent chromatic tear.

The juxtaposition and subsequent grafting of the bold "SALE" sign is not a mere act of desecration; rather, it serves as a profound reflection on the commodification of culture, memory, and identity itself within our hyper-consumerist society.

The stark contrast between the pristine white ruff, the warm chiaroscuro tones of the classical painting, and the industrial red of the commercial typography creates an instant, compelling tension.

By stripping the classical portrait of its detached museum aura, the artwork thrusts it into the urgency of modern consumer culture, transforming a historical masterpiece into a poignant manifesto of visual protest.


Slasky (b. 1972, Italy) is a self-taught artist working from Artena, Rome. His practice emerged from outside
the institutional art system — a background in manual labour that informs both the materiality of his work and
the precision of its conceptual framework. Active since 2015, he has built an independent market presence
across Europe and Asia before undertaking a decisive shift toward institutional research practice.




Selected Exhibitions (2015 — 2026)

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

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2025

* Tokyo Open Art | Art on Loop Exhibition
Tokyo · 12 – 16 September 2025
* Art Parallax
London · 15 – 16 February 2025

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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

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2023

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

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2022

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

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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

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2020

* StreetArt // UrbanArt
Tozzo Atelier · 8 – 30 October 2020
* Work on Paper
Stockholm · 18 March – 21 April 2020

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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

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2018

* Neo Urban Classic — Solo Exhibition
MGallery by Sofitel, Kaluga · 16 March 2018
* Anti Donald Trump
Creative Debuts, London · 12 – 18 July 2018

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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

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2015

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

Materials used:

paper

Details:

• Collage on Paper
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 23 x 33 x 3cm (framed) / 23 x 33cm (actual image size)
• Framed and ready to hang
• Signed on the back
• Style: Typographic
• Subject: Still life