Mel Odom: Gorgeous! Jesus Vasallo and a heaping portion of

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Centra and Beatrice—the volume is a homage to the great lettering manuscripts and books that inspired so much of Sharp Type’s work

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textual elements and esoteric symbolism

he has learned that being an artist isn’t about your specific output

Mel Odom: Gorgeous! Jesus Vasallo and a heaping portion ofMel Odom Gorgeous! presents a selection of paintings and drawings shaped by the American artists desire, a pageantry of bold, sensual figures and pop superstars cast in Odoms trademark precision. I drew who I wished I was, he says, a transplant from the rural South enamoured with the shirtless clones of New Yorks Christopher Street. Edited by Luis Venegas in collaboration with Odom, this monograph spans the entirety of Odoms career to date, charting