Body and Mind

Red Deer Arts Council and Red Deer Public Library are pleased to present Body & Mind: by Debbie-lee Miszaniec.

Fall is the season of feasts, and Debbie.lee Miszaniec (BFA ‘08, Painting) presents a lush abundance of dutch baroque inspired still life paintings of ‘forbidden foods’ in the Kiwanis Gallery. The exhibition focuses on the psychological struggle between the body’s needs and the mind’s direction when pursuing weight loss. A soft sculpture, tortured by these sweet sights, sits caught in the struggle between nature and diet culture. Is it the food which tortures the dieter, or is it a message from the body which only gets louder the longer it is ignored?

The paintings in Body and Mind mark the point at which one realizes that one has developed an obsession with food yet feels powerless to change it given the pressure to achieve/maintain the commonly accepted (BMI) definition of a healthy weight.

Earthly Delights, Oil on Canvas, 2022, Debbie.Lee Miszaniec