Laura De Rosa Micc, a provocative Italian digital artist, uses social media to critique consumerism, digital alienation, and racism with visually arresting and discomforting artworks.
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Meticulously composed digital artworks, dripping with irony and layered critique, have become the unmistakable signature of Micc — an Italian artist whose visual universe feels at once slick, familiar, and deeply unsettling. Influenced by the language of advertising, his works are not just commentary. They’re accusations.
Micc has carved a name for himself online, especially on Instagram, where he shares his digital compositions that feel more like visual punches to the stomach than pretty content. His style blends sharp aesthetics with social discomfort, exposing the cracks in a society that still pretends to be flawless on the surface.
This isn’t art to soothe — it’s art to disturb
Micc’s work is driven by an urgent need to denounce what doesn’t work in the world around him. Consumerism is a frequent target, as are digital alienation, performative empathy, and our obsession with curated identities. His images often land between a grimace and a smirk — that uneasy place where satire meets despair.
Take Tinder Machine, one of his most striking pieces. It’s crude, hilarious, and tragic, all at once. Just like the app itself, some might say.
Scrolling through Micc’s feed is a strange kind of therapy — a jolt that leaves you laughing, frowning, and maybe a little ashamed.
Community over clout
His Instagram profile isn’t about going viral or chasing algorithms. Instead, it’s become a gathering space for people who are tired of surface-level content. Followers don’t just “like” his posts; they reflect, debate, and often question their own roles in the systems he critiques.
As Micc puts it, “I don’t want to entertain. I want to disturb the scroll.”
Social media meets artificial irony
Of course, AI had to make an appearance. In Micc’s world, artificial intelligence isn’t a gimmick — it’s another layer of alienation to unpack. One can’t help but wonder if his AI-inspired pieces are asking us: Are we even real anymore? Or just algorithms in designer clothes?
Then there’s Terracotta SHEIN Army, a piece that feels like a visual migraine — on purpose. It’s absurd, military, and haunting. The kind of image that looks funny until you really think about it. Then it’s not.
Michelangelo, meet modernity
And yes, there’s a tribute to Michelangelo. But not the kind you’d find in a polite gallery.
Micc revisits the iconic Pietà, but this time the figure is wrapped in an emergency thermal blanket, the kind used by migrants pulled from the sea. It’s deliberately jarring. In the caption, the artist writes:
“I can’t understand how people feel pity for someone described in the Bible, but not for those who die every day at sea — treated as enemies, mostly because of the color of their skin. So here you go — that Galilean guy, Jesus, was Black too.”
The post doesn’t ask for sympathy. It demands accountability.
And yeas, even onlyfans gets roasted
Micc’s critiques are democratic. No digital platform is safe. Even OnlyFans makes an appearance — a reminder of how everything, even intimacy, gets monetized, aestheticized, and fed back to us like fast food.
