ArtPrize 2014 Venue Review: Grand Rapids Art Museum Enters '[Dis]Comfort Zones'

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Eric Souther's "Projecting Buddha" as part of an ArtPrize 2014. (Cory Morse | MLive.com)

MICHIGAN---Yet again, the Grand Rapids Art Museum has organized a thoughtful and thought-provoking exhibition for ArtPrize. Revolving around the topic "[Dis]Comfort Zones," the works are grouped into categories that explore a variety of ways that artists push themselves and take chances in their work. The exhibition opens with a poignant installation, "Projecting Buddha" by Indiana-based Eric Souther. An iconic but mass produced Buddha figure is seated calmly confronting a video screen with a thousand various images of himself projecting forward. As these images change, the surface of the Buddha does as well. [link]