Bosco Sodi
Bosco Sodi | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1970 |
| Spouse | Lucía Corredor Isita |
| Children | 3 |
| Relatives | Sodi family |
| Website | boscosodi |
Bosco Sodi (born 1970 in Mexico City) is a Mexican contemporary artist who works in painting, sculpture, and architectural projects. He is known for using raw and natural materials such as sawdust, pigments, and clay to create large-scale textured works that explore themes of nature, impermanence, and materiality. His artistic approach is influenced by the Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi, which emphasizes imperfection and the transient nature of life. Sodi’s work involves an ongoing exploration of the expressive potential of natural materials, as well as cultural heritage, spirituality, and contemporary art.
Work
[edit]In 2014 Sodi opened Casa Wabi, an arts centre outside Puerto Escondido, in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. Parts of it were designed by the Pritzker Prize-winning Japanese architect Tadao Ando.[1][2] He also operates an exhibition place called Santa María in Mexico City, and an art residency called Casa Nano in Tokyo.[1]
His installation Muro – a wall of bricks made in Mexico – was built in Washington Square Park in New York on 8 September 2017, and dismantled the same day by passers-by who took a brick each. The work was created again on the South Bank in London on the occasion of the visit to the United Kingdom of Donald Trump in July 2018.[3]
Life
[edit]Sodi is the son of Juan Sodi, a property developer and chemical engineer.[2] He lives in the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City, with his wife the designer Lucía Corredor Isíta, and his three teenagers.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Laura van Straaten (26 April 2022). Can a New Art Space Refresh a Tired Downtown? The New York Times. Accessed September 2022.
- ^ a b Elisa Lipsky-Karasz (2 October 2014). Casa Wabi: Bosco Sodi's Arts Foundation. The Wall Street Journal. Archived 22 April 2015.
- ^ Alexandra Topping (9 July 2018). Donald Trump to face 'carnival of resistance'. The Guardian. Accessed December 2018.
Further reading
[edit]- Dakin Hart, Juan Manuel Bonet (2020). Bosco Sodi. New York: Rizzoli International. ISBN 9780847867875.
