Tasting Notes: The Art of Sandro Chia

 

 

DeLand, Fla. – Tasting Notes: The Art of Sandro Chia, a member of the Italian Transavanguardia art movement, will be on display beginning April 19, 2013, at the Museum of Florida Art located at 600 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand, Fla.

Chia’s paintings and sculptures reside in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; The Art Institute of Chicago, The Tate Gallery in London, the Tel Aviv Museum of Art and in galleries and museums throughout the world.

In 2003, the Italian State acquired three important works of his for the permanent collection of the Italian Senate at Palazzo Madama, and in 2005 two monumental sculptures were acquired by the Province of Rome and placed in front of its headquarters in Via IV Novembre, Rome. In 1984, Sandro Chia acquired the twelfth-century hilltop fortress Castello Romitorio, in Montalcino, Tuscany.

 

After spending several years restoring the castle and transforming the land into vineyards, Chia built a state-of-the-art cellar and now makes prize winning wines developed with the country’s leading oenologist, Carlo Ferrini. Adorned with the artist’s unique labels, the award-winning wines are made using the finest quality grapes and the most advanced winemaking with respect to tradition.

Living between Miami, Rome and Montalcino, the Italian-born painter’s pursuit of symbolic and artistic perfection brings dynamic color to Museum of Florida Art that one should not miss. Tasting Notes will be on exhibition at the Museum of Florida Art until August 18, 2013. Click here to view images from a pre-opening fundraiser featuring Sandro Chia’s work.

Admission for the Opening Reception on April 19, 2013 from 5 to 7 p.m. is $10 for nonmembers. There is no charge for Museum members and children under 12. Regular gallery admission for nonmembers after April 19 is $5. Museum hours are Tuesday to Saturday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. and Sundays from 1 to 4 p.m. www.MuseumofFloridaArt.org