Date/Time
Date(s) - Apr 23 , 2022 - Nov 27 , 2022
Location
Palazzo Vendramin Grimani
Website
Bosco Sodi Exhibition
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On the occasion of the Art Biennale 2022, the Albero d’Oro Foundation presents a new project by Mexican artist Bosco Sodi at Palazzo Vendramin Grimani, located on the Grand Canal.
Curated by Daniela Ferretti and Dakin Hart, the solo exhibition dedicated to Sodi’s painting and sculpture titled “Bosco Sodi a Palazzo Vendramin Grimani What Goes Around Comes Around” will be preceded by a period of residency by the artist on site at the palazzo.
Bosco Sodi is celebrated internationally for his use of raw, natural materials in large-scale textured paintings and sculptures that brim with emotive power. The essential simplicity of his materials and the vivid pigments he sources from around the globe are the focus of his process-based exploration of the creative gesture. Sodi has described his creative process as a “controlled chaos” that makes “something that is completely unrepeatable.”
In the installation for Palazzo Vendramin Grimani, visitors will witness an abrupt reversal of that ancient flow of trade between Europe and the Americas. The opulent interiors of merchant houses like Palazzo Vendramin Grimani preserve the memory of what was, historically, a one-way flow of materials. Sodi’s temporary occupation of the palazzo’s walls and floors with works closely linked to the material instinct that produces them will lead to a sort of ‘revenge’ of all that is raw, unprocessed.
See also: Art Biennale 2022
This is a collateral event of the Venice Biennale 2022, for other pavilions and venues click here: Italy, Ukraine, Uganda, Korea, Iran, Morocco.
