BUSTED: Contemporary Sculpture Busts
2025-04-04 - 2025-09-21 | Meijer Gardens, 1000 East Beltline Avenue NE, Grand Rapids, MI, 49525, United States
BUSTED: Contemporary Sculpture Busts, showcases this ancient sculpture genre as radically transformed by 21st-century artists. Throughout history, sculpted busts have served to commemorate and preserve the likeness of distinguished individuals, and to celebrate divinity or nobility. In recent years the bust format has experienced a revival among contemporary artists, as they’ve found it a compelling means to address issues tied to identity, mortality, power, and history. Featuring work in diverse materials—from marble to fabric—and made by artists from various cultural backgrounds, the exhibition invites viewers to reflect on vital questions in art history and human representation. Together these sculpture busts demonstrate the continued vitality of figural art as a means of addressing both timeless concerns and the most pressing issues of today.
