Natural wonder

osco Sodi’s painting studio is set in a mid-19th-century warehouse in Red Hook, Brooklyn, a cavernous space with austere stone walls, exposed ceiling beams and towering doors that open onto the waterfront. Despite the impressive scale of his work (the titular painting for his 2010 show ‘Pangaea’, at the Bronx Museum, measured 4m x 12m), Sodi prefers to work alone, relying on an assistant only for the most physically