Germann Auctionhouse Zurich
Part I: Paintings, Works on Paper & Sculptures, Lot 1-137
Monday, 27 November 2023, 06:00 pm

Bosco Sodi, Organic Work (Black)

Lot 69

Bosco Sodi, 1970 (MX)

Organic Work (Black), 2012

Pulp, saw dust, glue and pigment.
D 1860 mm D 110 mm.

Verso signed and dated: Bosco, Berlin 2012. Verso inscribed on Studio Bosco Sodi label: Untitled, 2012, BS0199.

*CHF55'000 / 75'000
*EUR56'000 / 76'000
*USD61'000 / 83'000

Hammer Price: CHF 65'000

Provenance:
Studio Bosco Sodi, New York (verso with label);
Galería Álvaro Alcázar, Madrid.
Swiss Private Property.

Exhibition:
Galería Álvaro Alcázar, Madrid. Bosco Sodi, "Suspiro". 13 September - 1 November 2012.

Literature:
Exhibition catalogue. Bosco Sodi, "Suspiro". Galería Álvaro Alcázar, Madrid 2012, illustration on page 11.

Annotation:

“l believe in embracing the accident, embracing no control. Letting the process of the organic materials take their course. Letting the passing of time shape each painting and each sculpture.” ¹

The material and chance-oriented aspect of his artistic practice, which Bosco Sodi addresses in the quotation above, becomes clear in the process of creating his works: the artist applies the organic material to the flatly laid-out canvas with his bare hands over the course of several days - and then relinquishes control over the work. After this layering, the material shapes its surface itself in interaction with climate and temperature, and over time gives rise to a relief of crusts, cracks, and furrows.

¹Bosco Sodi, in: "Bosco Sodi in conversation with Francesca Marcaccio Hitzeman", in XIBT Contemporary Art Magazin, Issue 1, January 2021.