While the buzz of the 59th Venice Biennale with its crush of collectors, critics and the merely curious is a heady experience, real life for any artist is the time spent in the studio. And sometimes a change of scenery can really recharge the creative batteries.
At a time in our history when being displaced is pronounced, the New York-based Mexican artist Bosco Sodi, of earthy, elemental paintings and objects made of sawdust, raw pigment and natural fibers, lives by his own convictions.
Casa Wabi – the work retreat and exhibition space for fellow artists Sodi has built on the white sand beach of Puerto Escondido, was designed by renowned Japanese architect Tadao Ando, with additional structures by local Oaxacan architects and welcomes such talents as Daniel Buren, Ugo Rondinone, Izumi Kato, and Lawrence Weiner. There are film screenings and workshops for children, and concerts performed by local musicians.
Casa Wabi sits about 310 miles southwest of Mexico City, a long way from the champagne and celebrities swirling through La Serenissima. But when the party ends, the work begins.
Bosco Sodi’s work is currently on display on the piano nobile of the Palazzo Vendramin Grimani.
Photography by Nin Solis.
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