Imperfect Meal Sequence I

The MTSU Department of Art will showcase lithographic artist Andrew DeCaen and his work Thursday, Feb. 9, with an artist demonstration from 11:20 a.m. to 2:25 p.m. in Todd Hall, room 355. The following day, Feb. 10, studio visitations will be held in the same room from 9:00 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1-4 p.m.

According to DeCaen, eating and other rituals surrounding food are the context of his body of work.

“We eat our meals in various states of awareness of the act and its significance,” he says. “By re-contextualizing the familiar, my images aim to attract questions about food, science, consumerism and the sacred and mundane act of eating.”

DeCaen’s prints, drawings, and paper sculpture have been shown broadly across the US and in Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Denmark, England, Italy, Japan, Korea, Romania and Turkey. DeCaen lives with his wife and daughter in Denton, Texas, where he is an Assistant Professor of Art and the Printmaking Area Coordinator at the University of North Texas.

Visitations and demonstration are free and open to the public. For parking and other information, contact Eric Snyder at (615) 898-5653.

For more on DeCaen’s work, visit andrewdecaen.com.