About the Exhibit 

This is Sandro Chia’s third solo exhibit with Marc Straus Gallery in the Lower East Side.

The exhibit was on view from February 23 - July 31, 2020.  

“In his expressive paintings, Chia celebrates man’s sensuality, vitality and relationship with nature.” (source)  

Chia “assimilates culture and imagery from the troves of art history, particularly the Italian Renaissance and Futurism.” (source) 

Examples of this are the dog - which in Renaissance paintings were a symbol of loyalty, as well as horses that symbolize strength and vitality. 

In this exhibit Sandro opts for a more muted color palette, assigning color to the secondary subject in the painting such as a chair or dog. 

About the Artist - Sandro Chia 

Sandro was a part of Transavanguardia, “a Neo-Expressionist movement that sought to re-emphasize color and representation in reaction to the Conceptual Art of the times.” (source)  

“A central focus of [Chia’s] work, is the relationship between man and nature, a trope which has consumed mankind’s imagination through history – whether in real, mythological or religious terms.” (source)

Sandro Chia is an Italian artist who studied at the Istituto d’Arte and then at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence. He now splits his time between Miami and Rome.