Jennifer Odem Earth Mound, 2006 Plaster, soil and brass pressure valve; 60 x 36 x 36 inchesCollection of the artist, ©Jennifer Odem

Jennifer Odem Earth Mound, 2006 Plaster, soil and brass pressure valve; 60 x 36 x 36 inches

Collection of the artist, ©Jennifer Odem

Odem’s Earth Mound included in the New Orleans Museum of Art’s exhibition, Ear to the Ground: Earth and Element in Contemporary Art

on view October 19th, 2018 - August 31st, 2019

“Using earth both as a material and an inspiration, the artists in this exhibition treat nature as a metaphor for the complexities of contemporary cultural life,” said Susan Taylor, NOMA’s Montine McDaniel Freeman Director. “Their art envisions new ways we might relate to the natural world, as well as to one another.”