Bussel presents us not with portraits, not with fully fleshed out humans, but with highly stylized, nearly identical renditions of nearly featureless heads, invariably seen in profile. These ciphers are empty enough to contain us and full enough to exclude us, full enough to represent us and empty enough to confound our associations. They do not speak about humanity or even to humanity, they speak for humanity. (Peter Frank, Art Critic and Former Senior Curator Riverside Art Museum.)
2009, Mixed Media - Sand, Acrylic on Canvas, Wire Mesh, 96 in x 84 in x 36 in.
Conceptual. 2007. This work is part of the Living Monument Project which was unveiled publicly for the first time in 2008 at the Beijing World Art Museum and later in 2009 displayed at the National Gallery for Foreign Art before being donated to the Military Medical Academy, one of the largest government run hospitals in Bulgaria.
National Gallery for Foreign Art. Sofia, Bulgaria. 2009. Plaster on Bed Springs.
National Gallery for Foreign Art. Sofia, Bulgaria. 2009. Plaster on Bed Springs, Rope.
2012. Tel Aviv, Israel. Charcoal on Nylon.
2015. Sand, Charcoal, Acrylic on Canvas. 108 in x 84 in.
National Gallery for Foreign Art. Sofia, Bulgaria. 2009. Steel.
Beijing World Art Museum. Beijing, China. 2008. Steel.
Beijing World Art Museum. Beijing, China. 2008. Steel.
El Segundo, California. 2009. Plaster on Aluminum. 352 in x 95 in.
2014. Charcoal and Rope on Burlap.
Acrylic and Plaster on Canvas.
2014. Acrylic, Charcoal and Sand on Burlap.
2008. Acrylic on Steel, 48 in x 60 in.
Plaster, Acrylic and Rope on Canvas.
Beijing World Art Museum. Beijing, China. 2008. Wood Sticks, Chains.
Beijing World Art Museum. Beijing, China. 2008. Wood Sticks, Chains.
2007. Acrylic, Plaster, Wood Sticks, Rope on Canvas. 25 in x 46 in.
El Segundo, California. 2013. Plaster.