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Title:	BUSTED: Contemporary Sculpture Busts
Date:	4/4/2025 - 9/20/2025
Address:	Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, 1000 East Beltline Avenue NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49525
Location:	Grand Rapids, MI
Hours:	Monday - Saturday: 9am - 5pm, Tuesday: 9am - 9pm, Sunday: 11am - 5pm
Cost/Cover:	free - $22
Web Page:	https://www.meijergardens.org/busted/
Contact Info:	(888) 957-1580

Details:

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.