William Busta, Author at Collective Arts Network - CAN Journal

Paying Attention at William Busta Gallery

There is always something missing when an artist portrays a place visited during vacation or sabbatical. And there is often something spectacularly present when an artist’s work responds to the cultural and visual landscapes with which they identify. The best of these works have a way of becoming insistent in the culture, forever shaping how everyone understands that landscape. This fall, three exhibits at William Busta Gallery present the artists […]

1(3) Fall 2012

Traveling Through Space and Time

William Busta

You’re walking. And you don’t always realize it, but you’re always falling. With each step you fall forward slightly. And then catch yourself from falling. – Laurie Anderson (from Big Science, 1982) There is something disorienting about a lot of contemporary art. And then there is a lot about contemporary art that is re-orienting.Engaging with contemporary art is like a lot of training […]

1(2) Summer 2012