NEW YORK, NY.- Artist Bosco Sodi debuted his largest site-specific work to date, The Last Day, at Pioneer Works Center for Art and Innovation in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Measuring an impressive 57-feet in length, the monumental silver polyptych, created with Sodi’s signature mix of pigments and organic materials, questions the rapid deterioration of our planet and the impermanence of life, bringing to mind one of the essential Buddhist doctrines: all of conditioned existence, without exception, is transient, or in a constant state of flux. In addition to The Last Day, a group of large glazed volcanic rocks also are on view.

On the heels of this impressive installation, the German publishing house Art Identity is releasing Sodi’s first comprehensive artist monograph in early December. Edited by Jürgen Kreiger, the gorgeous, 190-page publication features original essays by Agustin Arteaga, Mark Gisbourne, Bernardo Pinto de Almeida, and Lilly Wei. The book offers a thorough examination of the artist’s unique and layered process, illustrated with behind-the-scenes photographs of Sodi at work in his Red Hook studio, and includes an in-depth interview of the artist with Robert Peterson.

Forthcoming solo exhibitions in 2015 will be held at Galería Hilario Galguera, Mexico City, in February, and SCAI Bathhouse, Japan, in October. Sodi’s sculptural work will also be included in two group shows: Proportio, a collateral exhibition at the 2015 Venice Biennale, and Museum of Stone at the Noguchi Museum in late fall.

Bosco Sodi (b. 1970, Mexico City) is known for his richly textured, vividly colored large- scale paintings. Sodi has discovered an emotive power within the essential crudeness of the materials that he uses to execute his paintings. Focusing on material exploration, the creative gesture, and the spiritual connection between the artist and his work, Sodi seeks to transcend conceptual barriers. Sodi leaves many of his paintings untitled, with the intention of removing any predisposition or connection beyond the work’s immediate existence. The work itself becomes a memory and a relic symbolic of the artist’s conversation with the raw material that brought the painting into creation. Sodi’s influences range from l’art informel, looking to artists such as Antoni Tàpies and Jean Dubuffet, to master colorists such as Willem de Kooning, Mark Rothko, and the bright hues of his native heritage.