2018 Disruption to Distraction

Disruption to Distraction | West End Art Space | July 2018

Exhibition Statement:

Concerned with the anxieties surrounding perception of one's place within contemporary society, this suite of paintings presents isolated aspects of the figure in a strange and shiny colour-field of abstract space.
The reflective qualities of the enamel and aluminium prompt a transition in focus (the physical aspect of perception) as metaphor for psychological uncertainty. By contrasting flat and textural, positive and negative, personal and public, Busch’s subject matter oscillates between serious introspection and the bizarre maelstrom that is the external world.
Research for Disruption to Distraction commenced at Billilla Mansion as part of the Bayside Artist in Residence program, July 2016- June 2017.

Always was, always will be Aboriginal land.
I respectfully acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land. Melbourne has always been a significant gathering place for the groups of the Kulin Nation, and I acknowledge and respect their continuing connection with the land
This work is copyright. Apart from any use permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced by any process, nor may any other exclusive right be exercised, without the permission of Wendy Busch Artwork, Victoria, 2011-2021