Transgressible Wall from the collection of South Carolina Arts Commission

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Buddy Folk
Transgressible Wall, 1980
watercolor painting
27.5 x 37.5 in

One of the most important ingredients in art is its ambiguity. If it has significance to the viewer, then it is a good painting. When I begin a painting I have a goal, but the work grows – it changes while I’m working on it. I always get a kick out of surprises. I am a painter who paints with watercolors. I love the independence, the expressive quality of watercolor. Spontaneity and freedom are very important to me.

Transgressible Wall is a painting, it is not literary. It can’t be explained as a novel. It was painted with watercolors so it does things which only watercolors can do.

Collections: South Carolina Arts Commission State Art Collection

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The mission of the South Carolina Arts Commission is to promote access to the arts and support the cultivation of creativity in South Carolina. We envision a South Carolina where the arts are valued and all people benefit from a variety of creative experiences.

A state agency created by the South Carolina General Assembly in 1967, the SCAC works to increase public participation in the arts through grants, direct programs, staff assistance and partnerships in artist development, arts industry, arts learning, creative placemaking, and folklife and traditional arts. Headquartered in Columbia, S.C., the SCAC is funded by the state of South Carolina, by the federal government through the National Endowment for the Arts, and other sources.

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