Mel Odom, a Renaissance man in every sense of the term, with a career that has spanned over several of our generation’s most tumultuous cultural decades.
His work is situated between the world that we know and a sphere we are not yet familiar with. His visuals can only be addressed on their own terms - deriving their narrative from their content - without reference to what has come before. The figures are subdued - voyagers almost, in a quest of a world. The space is anonymous and they find each other in a bliss of desire.
We know that human imagination is limited, but Odom’s visuals are ubiquitous - present everywhere and in many places simultaneously waiting to share their secrets with you…