Always Wanting What You Cannot Have
2013
Resin, Glitter, Donuts
10" x 10" x 8"
Tracy Somervell
Ypsilanti, MI
Fresh pastries are displayed together encased in a glittery resin shell, preserving their appeal and attractiveness while rendering them inedible.
My work is a commentary on American society’s idealization of sugar and fatty foods, spiraling the obesity and diabetes epidemic that is largely onset by abuse of these foods yet is a widely socially acceptable addiction many people suffer from. My work serves as a personal narrative to rectify my own unhealthy relationship with food, sugar and my oral fixation with candy, sweets and other foods deemed ‘unhealthy’ or ‘sinful.’
Ypsilanti, MI
Fresh pastries are displayed together encased in a glittery resin shell, preserving their appeal and attractiveness while rendering them inedible.
My work is a commentary on American society’s idealization of sugar and fatty foods, spiraling the obesity and diabetes epidemic that is largely onset by abuse of these foods yet is a widely socially acceptable addiction many people suffer from. My work serves as a personal narrative to rectify my own unhealthy relationship with food, sugar and my oral fixation with candy, sweets and other foods deemed ‘unhealthy’ or ‘sinful.’
