Diego. (On canvas) Acrylic

Urban Pop art in your own home by cult artist Sly.

This is an homage to an unknown artist who did this iconic image of an icon on a wall in Buenos Aires in 2011 which keeps everything very Argentinian. If anyone knows who did it then let me know and I'll pass it on. And of course, it is mainly to celebrate the all-too-short life of Diego Maradona who played the beautiful game beautifully; and with his passion entertained everyone, even people in England!. He scored a goal against England using his hand; how the referee failed to work out how the shortest man on the pitch beat the tallest man on the pitch in the air, I'll never know; maybe that was why it became known as the Hand of God. To make things right he went on to score a wonder goal, he ran half the length of the pitch beating everyone in front of him. He stabbed it home just before he was "taken out" by a defender. It was just as well he scored or it would have been a penalty, England would have gone down to 10 men and lost six nil! 🇦🇷🤦🏻‍♂️

These are not prints as each is individually done and signed to order and consequently vary a little from the illustrated picture. These paintings are sprayed onto canvas. 20 mm thick and ready to hang.

It is likely that Juan Sly has become the biggest seller of original artworks in the UK. An artist exhibiting in mainly spray stencils and oils. He has exhibited at the Saatchi (a proper gallery with pillars and everything!) alongside the likes of Banksy, Terry O'Neil, Tracy Emin and Vic Reeves and now has a permanent collections in Germany, Detroit and Uk, alongside Damien Hirst and some other artists you might of heard of plus private collections around the globe. His works rock from humour to anti-war, sex to surreal. Particularly fond of the stencil medium as it allows him to quickly respond to events and ideas and gives the work that gritty illegal look. The stencils naturally allow the works to be resprayed and so become affordable and disposable. He likes the fact that people can buy art that they like and not to show off how much they can afford. You can find them in bedsits, legal offices in the Temple or stuck to a fence in Bristol.

Spiel by Steeve.