{"product_id":"slasky-yqeii","title":"Slasky - YQEII","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis work portrays Elizabeth II through a direct, iconic, and unsettling visual language. The image, built on a saturated red, dominating background, transforms the queen’s figure into a contemporary symbol, suspended between authority, public image, and media reproducibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe color band crossing the gaze acts as an interference: it does not hide, but alters perception. It is a minimal gesture that breaks the icon’s untouchability, suggesting a distance between real identity and visual construction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe signs of wear on the paper — accidental yet permanent — become an integral part of the work. They are not defects, but physical testimonies of time and matter, reinforcing the concept of image as a contemporary relic: fragile, exposed, inevitably subject to transformation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe work was presented at Bel Air Fine Art, situating it within an international market and collecting context.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e⸻\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArtist Bio\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSlasky (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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eActive 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis work has been exhibited internationally, including selection by the jury of the Rijksmuseum.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ZipZappa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56841446556026,"sku":null,"price":2610.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/8524\/5719\/files\/1f5eeef2-0c05-41df-a493-814614b083ce.webp?v=1777367674","url":"https:\/\/www.zipzappa.com\/products\/slasky-yqeii","provider":"ZipZappa","version":"1.0","type":"link"}