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Bosco Sodi: Untitled (2015), mixed media on canvas, 150 x 150 cm. Photo by Kevin Kunstadt.

Canvas of Bosco Sodi that produces the preparation of a variety of materials such as wood and minerals, reminds the release of energy, such as the flow of the earth’s surface and dark red magma crack runs, it seems to reach out to the memory of the earth. Writer learned chemical engineering is to focus on exploration of its own pigments and materials, we went back to the direct interaction with the material. And the geographical land to visit, with reference to the cultural conditions, will continue to work with bare hands to make sure the material. layer of the adhesive surface, the shrinkage was soon drying, cracking, but produces an abstract expression with complex textures, and captured the natural gesture that filled the deformation of these materials in creative, canvas of Soddy is the There will a medium to record the trajectory of the remains. It avoid the unilateral control that fabricate the shaped by the will of the writer, perhaps the consistent methodology of Soddy to accept the physical nature and chance that material has.

Soddy is a student, over the Spain Barcelona, ​​Antoni Tapies, which was reflected in the strong work of the Catalan culture (1923- 2012) and the impact of “raw art” the honor was Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985) It said to have undergone. Organic nature and harsh colors in Soddy work, for physical involvement in the painting, and feel the “hot abstract”, including Informalism, against the background of the Mexican culture, and spiritual sensible color strong intention to increase to the appreciation will not appear. On the other hand, the formation of the work, such as the surface of the fragments, and left the process naturally, we combine the environmental nature depends on the weather and humidity of the land.

Is a lacquer of the scientific name “Luz Ferunishifurua -Rhus Verniciflua” Exhibition will be organized around a new work with a lacquer that was rooted in Japanese culture. Zhu and black, what is applied to the panel of the dichroic is a lacquer of sap and sawdust, also in volcanic rocks brought back from the field research, in the new work that has been subjected to golden glaze, large and small produce is magma that erupted from the earth’s crust It is multiplied by the artificial pottery technology in a variety of rock. In this exhibition, the role of the rock to see the dry landscape or such as the effect of the foil found in lacquerware, while involved in the Japanese cultural background is a production area, the idea of ​​Soddy that values ​​the nature of change and transition, ancient Japanese art It will be a new attempt to be joined to the can.

Bosco Soddy, the 1970 Mexico City was born. After studying chemical engineering and painting, it moved to Barcelona. To establish a production wherein the cracking of the material, and thereafter Berlin, New York, leading to the current spread based in Mexico City. 2007 Mexico - Barcelona - as part of Tokyo’s cultural exchange program, Tokyo Wonder Site Aoyama, stay in Creator-in-Residence. In 2014, it built a Kasawabi fund by Tadao Ando to design Mexico-Oaxaca, will be open as a multipurpose space for the purpose of art education of the Residency and local community for artists. The main exhibition, 2007 spirit -Lo spirit della material of material (MIAAO Turin International Museum of Art, Turin); 2010 Pangaea -Pangaea (Bronx Museum of Art, New York); 2012 Croatia -Croatia (San Ildefonso Museum, Mexico City), and the like. The main collection, Deutsche Bank, IBM Building, Fu-Mex collection addition to a large number.

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About the Artist

Bosco Sodi is a contemporary artist known for his richly textured artworks that foreground materiality, chance, and the raw power of natural elements, creating contemplative experiences that transcend borders, time, and language.

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SCAI The Bathhouse is a contemporary art gallery located in Yanaka, with a town ambience reminiscent of Old Tokyo. In walking proximity to Ueno, an area dense with museums and art schools, the gallery was converted from a venerable 200-year-old public bathhouse. Take a step inside, and you will find a white cube with soft natural light descending from the high ceiling.

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