Buster Simpson, Northwest Lure (1989 school), Aircraft grade aluminum, post-consumer plastic (head), glass, paint, optical foil, monofilament, swivels, cast iron weight and sneaker (counter weight) fulcrum 32" x 10.5" x 1"

As an artist active since the late 1960s, I have worked on major infrastructure and planning projects, site-specific sculptures, museum installations, and community interventions. I received my MFA in 1969, and later, the Distinguished Alumni Award in Architecture and Design, at the University of Michigan. I am the recipient of numerous awards, among them, NEA fellowships and the Americans for the Arts Public Art Award in 2009. In 2013 the Frye Art Museum mounted a major retrospective of primarily my social actions work. In May 2015 and 2016, I conducted the Rising Waters confab at the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation on Captiva Island, Florida. This confab brought together a collaborative team of scientists, artists, land use specialists, and activists to create approaches to resilience and the graceful migration of people and biota. I have exhibited at The New Museum, MoMA PS1, Seattle Art Museum, Frye Art Museum, The Hirshhorn Museum, Capp Street Project, International Glass Museum.

The artist requests that the "environmental lure" be hung outside and visible to the passing public.