By Ashlie Albrecht
Christine Odlund, a Swedish artist, will be coming to perform and give a lecture in the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art at Utah State University on Sunday at 3 p.m. Her presentation is part of the newly implemented “Museum and Music” series. Her appearance will close the exhibition currently on display in the museum entitled, “Enchanted Modernities: Mysticism, Landscape and the American West.”
Katie Lee Koven, the director of the museum, said Odlund employs multiple media to incorporate video, drawing, painting, animation and music into her works.
“Her approach is very unique and not likely something we’ve seen at Utah State before,” Lee Koven said.
The “Enchanted Modernities” exhibition explores the influences of religion on visual art and music, particularly in the western United States. Christopher Scheer, an assistant professor of music at USU, said Odlund explores the boundaries of fact and fiction in her work, along with creating an overlap between the spiritual and the scientific.
“Odlund’s performance, which will occur within the exhibition space, will demonstrate how the influences discussed in the exhibition are still vibrant and influential today for artists and musicians, not only in the U.S., but around the world,” Scheer said. “She is one of the most exciting artists working today in this area.”
Odlund’s work has been exhibited extensively in Europe and Asia.
“We are excited to be one of the first institutions in the United States to host her and explore her work,” Scheer said.
Lee Koven said the average attendance for the “Museum and Music” guest performances so far has varied from 40 to 60 people, but she hopes Odlund’s appearance will be especially well attended because she will be traveling from Sweden for the event.
“We feel very honored to have her come all this way to provide exposure to new artwork and ideas, which is certainly an excellent opportunity for students and faculty as well as the community at large,” Lee Koven said.
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