Discover ‘American Appetite 2017’ by William Overman this weekend

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — Artist William Overman reflects on what he calls our nation’s voracious and often misguided appetites by combining original ceramics with salvaged materials, wood, plastic, glass, acrylic paint, toys, china plates, and eating utensils.

It is a commentary on American consumerism and the unhealthy side affects of what we ingest both physically and emotionally.

Themes such as fast food resulting in obesity and the link between environmental deregulation and pollution run through his sculptures.  Each piece is made to look like food prepared with items unhealthy in other areas of our life.

Overman says his art “reflects some degree of humor through the unlikely marriage of materials, often salvaged. Many pieces are ironic while others may be contentious and provocative”.

The show opens Friday at Art in Bloom Gallery in Wilmington.