Bosco Sodi
, Mexico City, Mexico — Lives and works in New York City, U.S.A.
Bosco Sodi is known for his richly textured, vividly colored large-scale paintings. Sodi has discovered an emotive power within the essential crudeness of the materials that he uses to execute his paintings.
Sodi's paintings are like Mother Earth, powerful and overwhelming. Focussing on material exploration, the creative gesture, and the spiritual connection between the artist and his work, Sodi seeks to transcend conceptual barriers. Sodi leaves many of his paintings untitled, with the intention of removing any predisposition or connection beyond the work’s immediate existence.
The work itself becomes a memory and a relic symbolic of the artist’s conversation with the raw material that brought the painting into creation. Sodi’s influences range from l’art informel, looking to artists such as Antoni Tàpies and Jean Dubuffet, to master colorists such as Willem de Kooning, Mark Rothko, and the bright hues of his native heritage.
About Bosco Sodi
The idea is to get into a certain state of mind, in which you can confront everything that goes into making a painting. In the end the process is what matters most. The whole painting is more like a texture than an idea being conveyed. The idea is to evoke a feeling in the viewer… In my work I can decide the ‘container’ by determining the shape and size of the canvas, but the magical and organic form that emerges is completely outside of my control. It is in this way that the shape of the painting is actually decided.