13 July - 13 August
Astolfo Funes
Mala Vida

Cocktails Saturday, 21 July, 6 p.m.

Venezuelan artist, Astolfo Funes, returns to East Hampton for his third solo exhibition at Solar. Born in Maracay, in the state of Aragua, in 1973, Funes studied fine art after having first pursued a career in agriculture. Between 1995 and 2000 he studied at the renowned Armando Reveron Visual Arts School in Caracas, and from there went on to make his mark on the art scene, successfully entering and winning high praise and recognition in important juried and gallery shows throughout Venezuela, since 1993. Since 2002, he has exhibited in the United States through Solar (Hoffnung NY, 2002; Living in the Hamptons, 2004).

Mala Vida presents six new paintings by the artist in which he continues to explore the lives and surroundings of the women he observes and documents in strikingly colorful, quirky and edgy, expressionist canvases.

To view images from the exhibition Click here

above: Chicken Bar, 2007, acrylic on canvas, 44 x 58 inches