Curved Surfaces is the title of the second solo show by Mexican artist Bosco Sodi in Brazil. This
exhibition, being held in Luciana Brito Galeria’s annex, features a set of works that deal with
the relationship between art and sustainability, while also approaching the Japanese concept
of wabi-sabi, which finds beauty in imperfection. One of the most important currently active
visual artists from Latin America, Bosco Sodi investigates the potential of materials from natural
origins coupled with traditional Latin American values and concepts. The show opens on April
2 and runs until May 14.
In Brazil for the first time, one of Bosco Sodi’s most emblematic series, Perfect Bodies, features
spheres produced from blocks of clay extracted from the soil of Oaxaca (Mexico), the city where
he maintains his studio, Casa Wabi. “These “perfectly imperfect” sculptures are molded by the
artist’s hands to then undergo a natural process of maturation by being dried in both shade and
sunlight as well as fired in a rustic kiln created by the artist himself. This procedure, which in-
volves the four elements of nature – water, earth, fire and air – confers unique aspects to each
of the pieces, which bear the “scars” and chromatic nuances proper to the process. Thus, the
works are not only imprinted with the artist’s gestures but also with the layers of time, in a col-
laborative process between the artist, the material and nature.
